Stop Just Hiring for Skills. Hire for Soul.

Stop Just Hiring for Skills. Hire for Soul.

Let’s be real. Your nonprofit isn’t just a business. It’s a movement. A purpose. So why are you hiring people who only punch the clock? The days of simply checking off a resume for the right years of experience are over. You’re not just looking...

Fundamentals for a Job Search Makeover

So, you are finding yourself either in an unhappy environment, have accepted a ‘buy out’, or maybe like so many, find yourself collecting unemployment? Colleagues and friends often ask me about how to improve and enhance a job search. In the past, you may have simply...

Unexpected Careers

Lauren Danziger serves as the Executive Director of the Meatpacking Improvement District, a nonprofit serving the historical Meatpacking District neighborhood in Manhattan. This role supports the financial development of the neighborhood through the management of...

A Look at Nonprofit IT Staffing

My post last week explored some of the challenges facing fundraising professionals and their employers.  This week, we’ll take a look at current staffing trends in another important function that has traditionally received less attention in nonprofit settings....

Salary Ranges, Part 1: Why Ranges?

In a recent post, compensation consultant Ann Bares questions whether salary ranges, long a staple of compensation programs among America’s companies and organizations, are still a useful tool given the relatively slow pace of salary annual growth during the...

The Power of Why

“Why?” “Because I said so.” This exchange, perhaps a staple of parent/child relationships, has no place in management. In fact, communicating to employees the why of their work — the context, value and relevance of their work — is...

The Buck Stops Where?

“Managers are commonly ill-equipped to understand the dynamics of their compensation costs, never mind monitor and control them.” I was struck by this statement by Chuck Csizmar in a recent post on the Compensation Cafe blog. Chuck was making a case for...

Q & A: How do you ask for a raise?

Question: How do you ask for a raise? Answer: From what I am seeing and hearing, the practical answer is that you don’t.  Many employers are not even hiring on a full-time basis let alone giving raises.  Many have cut bonuses or have made them entirely...

Negotiating NonProfit Job Salaries

Employees often have many salary-related questions. What is the most tactful way to broach this sensitive issue? When is it appropriate to raise questions about salary? What do you say? How can you prepare to answer questions about your compensation requirements?...

What the Hiring Managers Want in a Job Applicant

As job seekers, we all know what we want in a job; what our perfect job would look like, right? Well, recruiters and hiring managers know what they like and don’t like in a job seeker. Just as job seekers have thoughts about what makes a job or career...

What is your Employer Brand?

A key position in your organization needs to be filled, and you need to hire someone.  What is the first thing you do? Panic? Where on earth will you find the right person with the right skills who is the right fit? Feel complacent? Maybe you figure there are so many...

5 Things Your Resume Can Do Without

Your resume is your calling card. Long before you reach the interview stage, you are judged by your talents, your affiliations and what you can offer an organization. While you want to cover all of the above points in your resume and cover  letter, you don’t...

What Happens When You’re Overqualified

When job hunting, being overqualified is not usually a question. Being UNDER qualified tends to be the concern. Still, from time to time, we find ourselves in the position where we are overqualified for a position. This once happened to me , so when I applied for the...

When Giving Back Can Get You Ahead

A recent new article sparked a thought in me that I’ve always believed to be true: Volunteering not only opens the doors for the people you help, but it can open doors for you as well. The article, located at boston.com, reports that volunteering is turning in...
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