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Recruiter As Partner In the Hiring Process: Part Two

by Karen Alphonse | Dec 12, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management

Conducting a search for new talent is a cumbersome task. Trying to decide whether or not to involve a recruiter is another important, if not intimidating, aspect of the process. In my previous post, I outlined two specific areas of consideration with regard to...

References: How To Get Great Input, Part One

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,...

Recruiter As Partner In the Hiring Process: Part One

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...

Human Resource Management: A Low Priority for Nonprofits?

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...

Staffing Needs Are Important in Program Planning, Budgeting

by Sandra Sims | Oct 24, 2011 | Management, Recruiters, Uncategorized

In a year of higher-than-average unemployment, many working in nonprofits are finding they are providing increasing levels of services to their clientele. For example, homeless shelters have seen a dramatic increase in first-time homeless families which is often...

Management Training – Should a Donor Decide?

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...

To Be Asked or Not To Be Asked: These are the Questions

by Laura Gassner Otting | Oct 4, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers

Before 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. Most questions can be anticipated, but you should always be prepared for the unexpected....

HEADHUNTERS: Who are they – what do they do – are they for you?

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...

TEAM: The True Test of a Leader

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...

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Recruiter As Partner In the Hiring Process: Part Two

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Human Resource Management: A Low Priority for Nonprofits?

Staffing Needs Are Important in Program Planning, Budgeting

Management Training – Should a Donor Decide?

To Be Asked or Not To Be Asked: These are the Questions

HEADHUNTERS: Who are they – what do they do – are they for you?

TEAM: The True Test of a Leader

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