Career insights
The Career insights column offers articles of interest to jobseekers and prospective employers. For more information, contact Kyoko Uchida, managing editor, kyoko.uchida@candid.org.
What Are the Biggest Challenges of Today’s Nonprofit Job Market?
August 28, 2014What if you haven't had to look for a new job in, say, twenty years? In the latest article in our MyCareer series, Commongood Careers vice president Dana Hagenbuch brings you up to speed....
Greg Gardner Celebrates 8th Anniversary at Year Up
July 23, 2014In the latest article in our MyCareer series, Commongood Careers vice president Dana Hagenbuch interviews one of their earliest placements about his rise from a job development role to becoming a founder and senior program director of his organization's Puget Sound branch....
Bulletproof Your Resume: Four Mistakes Nonprofit Execs Make and How to Fix Them
June 25, 2014Molly Brennan, managing partner at Koya Leadership Partners, a national executive search firm dedicated to the nonprofit sector, looks at four mistakes nonprofit executives often make with their resumes....
Secrets to a Happy Fundraising Career (and a Sane One, Too)
April 17, 2014In the latest article in our MyCareer series, Sarah Beaulieu, a senior advisor to Opportunity Nation and founder of the Enliven Project, shares six tips designed to help development staff stay happy and centered....
Burned Out and Don't Know What to Do?
February 21, 2014In the latest article in our MyCareer series, we share a gem from the PNDTalk archives: a frustrated mid-career development professional named Maddy receives some terrific advice from three board participants....
The CEO Perspective: How Summer Search Changed Amy Saxton
January 15, 2014The latest article in our MyCareer series is an interview with the CEO of Summer Search about her experiences leading the organization, the opportunities for it she sees ahead, and the importance of building the organization's capacity to create deeper impact....
From For-Profit to Not-for-Profit: Exploding Myths About Sector Switchers
December 19, 2013A. Wayne Luke, managing partner of the not-for-profit practice at executive search firm Witt/Kieffer and a bridger himself, defeats the six most common misconceptions about professionals who move from the for-profit to nonprofit sectors....
My First Year as a Business Professional in the Nonprofit Sector
October 3, 2013Gillian Perron, director of financial services at product redistribution philanthropy Good360, shares her experiences during a fellowship that guided her transition from the corporate world to the nonprofit sector....
New to the Job Market? Control Yourself
May 9, 2013Ben Selznick, a career counselor at Marymount Manhattan College and private advisor for individuals seeking to make the college-to-career transition, guides new graduates interested in working in the nonprofit sector through the wilds and worries of the jobseeking process....
PNP Salary Survey Report: 'The Year of the Program'
April 11, 2013Robert F. Duvall, director of special projects at Professionals for NonProfits, provides an overview of its just-released annual Salary Survey Report, and predicts trends in nonprofit hiring and operations through the rest of 2013....
Give Credit Where It's Due
January 31, 2013Organizational psychologist Ben Dattner considers how blame and recognition make a difference in staff performance and provides tips to help your organization motivate its teams....
Views From the Talent Pool: Lessons From the 2012 Independent Sector Conference
December 26, 2012Commongood's Kevin Flynn shares three takeaways from the recent IS conference and holds out hope that millennials will bring much-needed energy and diversity of perspective to a sector that often seems stuck in a rut....
Innovation at Work: How a Talent Director Makes a Difference at iMentor
November 21, 2012Commongood's Maria Peralta explains why fast-growing iMentor decided to hire a Managing Director of Talent, what that person does, and what other organizations considering such a hire should look out for....
Uncommon Talent: Kailee Scales, Aiming High and Staying Focused
October 23, 2012Commongood's Maria Peralta interviews Scales about her work in the international and economic development field and what motivates her as a leader....
Fundraiser Wanted But First You Have To Be an Expert in....
September 28, 2012Nonprofit sector veteran Tony Poderis explains why fundraising jobs shouldn't require expertise in anything else besides fundraising....
View From the Talent Pool: Conferences are a Nonprofit Professional's Best Friend
August 15, 2012Just in time for the fall conference season, this article provides tips on how to strategize to make the most of a conference before, during, and after the event. Even if you are not actively on the job market, conferences are an amazing opportunity to build your professional network and get to know prospective employers....
Uncommon Talent: Lior Ipp, Breakthrough Collaborative
July 11, 2012For over three decades, Breakthrough Collaborative has been preparing underserved middle school students around the country for college while recruiting and training high school and college students to become educators. Lior Ipp, the organization's new executive director, discusses the challenges in education today, the next phase for growth at the organization, and his thoughts on leadership....
What to Do When a Recruiter Calls You
May 31, 2012Today's nonprofits are getting serious about recruitment. Some are increasing their in-house capacity, hiring internal recruiters or talent managers. Others are partnering with external recruiting firms that focus on targeting passive candidates in the job market....
