by Karen Alphonse | Dec 5, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Recruiters
Many organizations are familiar with using references in the final phases of search to support or eliminate one winning candidate. References can serve equally critical functions, however, beyond giving you data about your proposed “winner.” In this four-part series,...
by Karen Alphonse | Nov 14, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management, Recruiters
Your organization can directly benefit by partnering with an experienced recruiter to conduct specific key search functions. Recruiters can help attract talent, screen likely candidates and check the background and work history of your preferred candidate(s) in...
by Sandra Sims | Nov 7, 2011 | Featured, Management
Does your nonprofit organization have a Human Resources Department? Or, does it have even just one dedicated HR professional? If you work in the nonprofit sector, it may not come as a surprise to you that the majority of small nonprofits do not have one staff member...
by Sandra Sims | Oct 25, 2011 | Featured, Job Seekers
While social media is a great way to network with colleagues during a job hunt, remember not to focus all of your efforts online. There are many places for you to connect with others in the community. According to the 2011 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey from...
by Carmel Napolitano | Oct 11, 2011 | Featured, Management
This summer, the New York Times had a piece about how über-philanthropists Pierre Omidyar and Peter Lewis were keen on requiring leaders and other staff of organizations they fund to take management courses. As expected, there’s a wide range of ideas – if not...
by Laura Gassner Otting | Oct 4, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Interview PreparationTo Be Asked or Not To Be Asked: These Are the QuestionsBefore you step over the threshold of an interviewer’s office door, you better be prepared to impress them with well thought out answers to questions you haven’t even yet heard....
by F. Jay Hall | Sep 26, 2011 | Featured, Job Seekers
HEADHUNTERS: Who are they – what do they do – are they for you? Simply said, headhunters are recruiters, but not all recruiters are headhunters. Another term for the work headhunters do is “Executive Search” as headhunters literally search...
by Fredia Woolf | Aug 25, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management
From my experience working with leaders of all kinds, I have noticed many different styles and approaches can be effective depending on the context, situation, organization or personalities involved. But, there seem to be four essential characteristics that always...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 23, 2011 | Advice, Featured
How many times do we have a problem in front of us, and the solution is so painfully simple that it takes what seems like forever to figure out? This happened the other night at our house. Our family was enjoying a television show when someone requested, with regard...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 19, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
I honestly cannot believe that I look back at certain aspects my life and know somebody, somewhere considers them old fashioned. I’m not talking about the fact that we used to have to get up, go over to the television and turn a knob to change stations, nor am I...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 16, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management
I have a really big pet peeve. I try not to let it get me, but it does, and it just happened here. My husband was singing along to a song when the lyrics went from English to Spanish. He continued on without pause even though he could not keep up with the beat to...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 12, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Where were you when you first heard your parents were 40 years old? (Indeed, this moment is burned in our memories with many other “Where were you when’s …”) I was in our family’s garage with my friend Lisa swapping what felt forbidden information about our...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 9, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
When thumbing through the newspaper this weekend, an article caught my eye. “The Accidental Cartoonist,” provides some insight into the career development of Robert Trussell. A writer and reporter for the Kansas City Star for decades, Trussell writes that his...
by F. Jay Hall | Jul 25, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
I admit it’s been quite some time since I’ve been part of an active job search putting together my resume, sending it out, making that follow-up phone call to make sure the resume arrived … See? I told you it’s been a while. That follow-up phone call suggestion wasn’t...
by Karen Alphonse | Jul 15, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
There are so many options for presenting yourself professionally. Conventional means include your resume and biography. In addition, you can use your LinkedIn and Facebook profiles to present yourself. The same goes for Twitter and any blogs you host or to which you...
by F. Jay Hall | Jul 12, 2011 | Featured, Job Seekers
Transitions and turnovers are a natural part of the process is any workplace, and the nonprofit sector is no exception. It is anticipated, expected and – hopefully – planned for in such a way that the transition is smooth. The Daring to Lead 2011 study provides their...
by Carmel Napolitano | Jul 5, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Occasionally, I find myself watching the wise and wealthy Suze Orman on one of her various, televised programs for PBS. Her “People first, then money, then things” mantra is one of her positive affirmations that I take to heart. Of course, Suze is laughing all the way...
by Fredia Woolf | Jun 21, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management
Are you one of those people who gets excited by new ways of doing things? Or, do you get frightened and prefer to stick with the tried and true? Does your organization management constantly try to look around corners and make pre-emptive changes in anticipation of...
by Fredia Woolf | Jun 7, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management
The ninth annual D: All Things Digital Conference took place last week, and it was refreshing to read about a world in which leaders are forward-thinking and visionary, where people are enthusiastic and optimistic, and where innovation and excitement about the future...
by Fredia Woolf | May 24, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management
For the past decade, I have had regular conversations with a woman who leads an academic department in a US university. She was a long-time insider suffering under the yoke of the previous leader and thrilled to be appointed chair of the department when he retired. ...
