by Fredia Woolf | Nov 12, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
I spent some time this week listening to the sage advice of marketing gurus who share the mission to teach small business owners and operators how to attract more clients. As I listened, I realized that what they were talking about is applicable, with some tweaking,...
by Fredia Woolf | Nov 5, 2010 | Advice
Readers of this blog probably fall into one of the following categories: – you are actively looking for a new position – you are considering the next stage of your career – you are looking to hire someone for your organization...
by Fredia Woolf | Oct 29, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management
I have had the happy fortune in the last few weeks to attend talks by two of the leading “Happiness Gurus”, Doctor Barbara Fredrickson at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Doctor Tal Ben-Shahar, who has taught one of the most popular classes at...
by Carmel Napolitano | Oct 22, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
In my recent posts, we’ve been talking about making a switch from the for- profit sector to the nonprofit sector. We’ve looked at what you need to ask yourself before making the switch, and we’ve outlined some of the practical steps you can take to make a move. So,...
by Fredia Woolf | Oct 15, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
By chance more than planning, I have found myself delivering Career Development seminars to MBA students in Massachusetts and California in the past week. The first group with whom I worked were all women wanting to follow an entrepreneurial path, and the second...
by Fredia Woolf | Oct 1, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
Renee was the consummate professional. For ten years, her career was the model of upward mobility. Yes, she had had a slow start, but after her first couple of jobs trying things out, she accepted an entry-level position and soon hit her stride. She was eager to...
by F. Jay Hall | Sep 26, 2010 | Featured, Twitter Updates
Executive Director, Brooklyn Public Library, Brookyln, NY http://t.co/UdpgZGa #NYC #jobs #nonprofit # Dean Central Michigan University Mt Pleasant, MI http://cot.ag/c3EBXQ #academic #highered #jobs # Director of Development, NY Regional Office American Committee for...
by Fredia Woolf | Sep 24, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management
Bob Johansen, a professional Forecaster, authored a book called “Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World”. He wrote about the VUCA forces operating in the world today, referring to the increasing amount of volatility,...
by Carmel Napolitano | Sep 22, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
There is good reason beyond seeking a mission driven career to consider making a move to work in the nonprofit sector. Despite the economic downturn of the last two years, the sector continues to grow. In 2000, the number of nonprofits was about 800,000. By 2009, the...
by Carmel Napolitano | Sep 15, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Thanks to such people as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Angelina Jolie, philanthropy and nonprofits now enjoy a glamorized reputation. I can’t count the number of times a disaffected accountant, investment banker or lawyer has said to me that they now dream of...
by Carmel Napolitano | Sep 9, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management, Recruiters
Engaging an executive recruiting consultant for your organization’s position search shouldn’t cause you anxiety. You hired a search consultant to ease your anxiety. So, take a look at my Four R’s to get some pointers on how to make the most of the...
by Fredia Woolf | Sep 3, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management
I am working with a experienced client who just accepted a leadership position with an organization on the other side of the country. To displace his rumbling sense of guilt at his act of “disloyalty” – did he place his own career interests ahead of his allegiance...
by Fredia Woolf | Aug 27, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management
I am on vacation this week on Cape Cod. It has been a very hot summer, and I was looking forward to a pleasant week of relaxation, enjoying the warm sun, long walks on the miles of golden beaches, biking along the sand dunes and indulging in fresh seafood and summer...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 22, 2010 | Featured, Twitter Updates
#nonprofit #jobs Director of Education Policy Math for America New York, NY http://bit.ly/9snQIB #nyc # #nonprofit #job sDirector of Education Policy Math for America New York, NY http://bit.ly/9snQIB #nyc # Assistant Vice President, Finance and Administration,...
by Fredia Woolf | Aug 20, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers
I am reading the novel Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey. It is based on the travels of a young French nobleman, Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited the United States in the early 1800s and wrote about the young country. His observations about the American...
by Carmel Napolitano | Aug 17, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Management, Recruiters
Organizations large and small benefit from the use of retained executive searches. Each nonprofit, and even each department within a nonprofit, has a unique set of leadership needs, and retained search is one way to plan an organization’s future. For the use of...
by Fredia Woolf | Aug 13, 2010 | Advice, Job Seekers, Management
In preparation for an upcoming workshop I am conducting with a Board of Directors, I have been rereading the excellent book Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen. The need for this workshop arose during the last Board Meeting I...
by Carmel Napolitano | Aug 11, 2010 | Advice, Featured, Interviewing, Interviews, Job Search, Job Seekers, Nonprofit Employers, Recruiters
As a recruiter for the nonprofit sector, I often find that candidates see my role as one of a sentinel hired to prevent them from gaining even just a glimpse at a dream executive job opportunity. But, it doesn’t have to be that way! By understanding the roles and...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 8, 2010 | Featured, Twitter Updates
Health Director of Operations RAND Corporation Santa Monica, California http://bit.ly/cXkarj #nonprofit #jobs # #nonprofit #jobs President & CEO YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA http://bit.ly/cw0GR4 #executive # Rebuilding Humpty Dumpty – The Five...
by Fredia Woolf | Aug 6, 2010 | Advice, Management
People often adopt a myopic attitude at work. They focus on what they, themselves, need to do, lock themselves into their own universe and are often blissfully unaware of the impact they have on other team members or stakeholders. Communications are scattered via...
