sector switching

Action steps for a nonprofit job search

Posted Thu, 10/29/2009 - 10:31 by Amy Potthast

Contributed by Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO of ProInspire, an organization that recruits business professionals to work for nonprofits. Monisha blogs at the ProInspire blog.

Breaking into the Nonprofit Sector

Posted Fri, 10/09/2009 - 12:42 by Amy Potthast

Contributed by Steve Joiner, Director of Career Transitions at Idealist. Follow him on Twitter.

My colleague Meg Busse and I joined Rosetta Thurman to answer questions during a Chronicle of Philanthropy live discussion. Our audience came from a variety of backgrounds and ages, and their excellent, timely questions had all of us in a flurry of typing. Their questions included:

Civic Ventures Offers an Online Course to Help You Transition to Your Encore Career

Posted Mon, 10/05/2009 - 11:55 by Amy Potthast

Marc Freedman will co-lead the workshops along with Nancy Morrow-Howell, a social work professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. Marc Freedman is the author of Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life and founder and CEO of Civic Ventures, the nonprofit think tank focused on Baby Boomers, work, and social purpose.

New Fellowship Helps Business Professionals Transition to Nonprofit Careers

Posted Mon, 09/28/2009 - 15:19 by Amy Potthast

Contributed by Monisha Kapila, Founder and CEO of ProInspire, an organization that recruits business professionals to work for nonprofits. Monisha blogs at the ProInspire blog and can be found on Twitter.

Are you a business professional who wants to work in the nonprofit sector?

Switching Sectors: Five Social Impact Signposts to Keep in Mind as You Search

Posted Thu, 09/24/2009 - 08:16 by Amy Potthast

Contributed by WendyBay Lewis, a lawyer, former nonprofit executive, and founder of CivicDictionary.com—Defining a Better World, a guide to the lexicon of social change.

The most important part of your decision to switch from for-profit to nonprofit employment is the opportunity for social impact. In short, you want to make an authentic difference in your community and the world.

Syndicate content