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American Millennials Choose Nonprofits

by Cameron Kobes | Jul 28, 2017 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Recruiters

For young people in the United States, finding a career path after college can be exciting, daunting, and frightening. For one, it bears with it the question of whether all the time and money spent on education was worthwhile. Additionally, many young people feel that...

Leadership Transition: Tips From The Children’s Partnership

by Cameron Kobes | Jul 10, 2017 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management, Recruiters

In 1993 Wendy Lazarus and Laurie Lipper co-founded The Children’s Partnership nonprofit organization, and they served as co-presidents until 2015, when they turned the leadership over to Mayra E. Alvarez (Koenig). The process of transitioning between leaders in a...

Functional vs Chronological: Which Resume Format is Best?

by Laura Gassner Otting | Jun 16, 2017 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers

Functional vs Chronological: Which Resume Format is Best? The purpose of a resume is to land an interview. Nothing more, nothing less. It need not exclaim to tell a potential employer why they must hire you this instant, but rather, get your foot in the door to tell...

Best practices for Checking References

by Cameron Kobes | May 23, 2017 | Advice, Featured, Management, Recruiters

In Karen Alphonse’s four-part article series, she addresses the various aspects of hiring and recruiting in the higher levels of the nonprofit sector. In her third part of the series, “References: How to Get Great Input, Part Three” she addresses the best way to...

The Ideal Help: Choosing the Right Consultant

by Cameron Kobes | Apr 6, 2017 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management

In certain professions and certain fields, it’s acceptable to hire just about anybody. A key role in a nonprofit is not one of those professions. Any key role—CEO, financial officer, resource manager, etc.—require a highly qualified candidate with demonstrable skill...

Coping With Leadership Turnover

by Cameron Kobes | Mar 30, 2017 | Advice, Featured, Management, Recruiters

One pertinent challenge facing nonprofit organizations today is leadership turnover, as described in the article The Nonprofit Leadership Development Strategy, from the Stanford Social Innovation Review. A significant number of nonprofit executives and managers have...

What To Expect When Your Board Members Are Expecting Growth

by Cameron Kobes | Feb 26, 2017 | Advice, Management, Recruiters

Napoleon Bonaparte allegedly once said that an army marches on its stomach, meaning that an army can only function if it has adequate supplies and food. This maxim applies to the modern world of nonprofit management as well, as a nonprofit ‘marches’ on its financial...

An Altruistic Shift: Transitioning from Business to Nonprofit Management

by Cameron Kobes | Jan 26, 2017 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management

A trend has been taking place in the world of business, with consequences for the way nonprofit organizations recruit and grow. According to David E. Edell’s article ‘Transitioning From Business to the Nonprofit Sector’, an increasing number of working business...

New Year and Career Checklist for Success

by Jay | Jan 4, 2017 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers

No matter how senior you are in your organization or how secure you believe is your position, you would do well to take an entrepreneurial attitude toward your career. It is comforting to believe others will take care of you, and it’s easy to become either...

Student Debt and Its Impact on Nonprofits

by Cameron Kobes | Dec 3, 2016 | Uncategorized

Anyone who stays up-to-date on current topics knows that student debt is one of the most pertinent issues facing young people in the United States. A university graduate is lucky to finish with less than $25,000 in loans, to be ideally paid in ten years or...

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