Tips for making a move to a non-profit - The Globe and Mail: "Two years ago, after 20-plus years in executive roles in the for-profit sector, I accepted a role in the charitable sector as chief executive officer of CanadaHelps, a self-funded social enterprise that operates a leading online donations portal and provides affordable online fundraising technology and training to over 15,000 smaller charities in Canada."
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Leadership training caters to nonprofits - Doing Better at Doing Good - NewsObserver.com
Leadership training caters to nonprofits - Doing Better at Doing Good - NewsObserver.com: Burned out from years of number-crunching as a corporate accountant, Gina Rieves went looking for a change. She soon landed an executive role with a nonprofit - and quickly found that making the most of the job called for sharpening her leadership skills. That's when she encountered a startling truth: Leadership training is a luxury for many of the nonprofits that need it most.
"In the corporate world, you take things like training for granted," says Rieves, chief financial officer for Pace of the Triad, which provides alternatives for older adults in the Piedmont who do not want to live in nursing homes. "That is not the case in the not-for-profit world."
"In the corporate world, you take things like training for granted," says Rieves, chief financial officer for Pace of the Triad, which provides alternatives for older adults in the Piedmont who do not want to live in nursing homes. "That is not the case in the not-for-profit world."
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Learning About Finance: Advice for Nonprofit Leaders - Money and Mission - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Learning About Finance: Advice for Nonprofit Leaders - Money and Mission - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Learning About Finance: Advice for Nonprofit Leaders
August 17, 2011, 9:42 am
By Dione Alexander
The job market is full of visionary people hoping to find a job at a nonprofit.
They are idealistic young people who envision jobs that are the perfect nexus of “helping people” and using what they have learned in their academic studies. They are nurses who hope to run free clinics and fine-arts majors who want to start community theaters."
August 17, 2011, 9:42 am
By Dione Alexander
The job market is full of visionary people hoping to find a job at a nonprofit.
They are idealistic young people who envision jobs that are the perfect nexus of “helping people” and using what they have learned in their academic studies. They are nurses who hope to run free clinics and fine-arts majors who want to start community theaters."
Exec: Nonprofits need to be good places to work - BostonHerald.com
Exec: Nonprofits need to be good places to work - BostonHerald.com: "If you’re coming from a go-go job and you want to try life in the nonprofit world, the biggest factor in finding the ‘Right Next Place’ is the environment,” says Brooks, who will run a career transition workshop with the Boston chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association next week."
Monday, March 22, 2010
A Program Helps Baby Boomers Transition to New Careers - NYTimes.com
A Program Helps Baby Boomers Transition to New Careers - NYTimes.com: "he idea that many workers reaching their mid and late 60s think they are too young to retire and, particularly in the wake of the recession, may have no choice but to keep working, is not particularly new. And as Mr. Freedman writes in his book “Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life,” there are plenty of retired Americans who have gone back to full- or part-time work after retiring, perhaps turning their “golden years” into their “Wal-Mart years.”"
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