Older nonprofit workers fear discrimination from employersWhen Mildred Farrell left her job as the director of a Boston arts group, it never occurred to her that she ALSO SEE:How to Steer Clear of Age Discrimination would have trouble finding another position. After decades of managing arts and…
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How to Steer Clear of Age Discrimination
Paying attention to language when interviewing candidates can help keep hiring managers from making a costly mistake.
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Older nonprofit workers fear discrimination from employers looking to hire younger and cheaper help.
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A Nonprofit Leader Navigates Controversy While Preserving a Way of Life
Chatham, Mass. In traditional New England fishing villages, the shanty is more than just a structure in which fishermen store their gear. It is also a gathering place for the men and women who make their living on the sea. On a cool, rainy Tuesday morning, Paul Parker, executive director of the…
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Navigating Protocol and Courting Big Donors
An American fund raiser in London finds her job is more than translating dollars into poundsLondon Melissa Donham, a fund raiser, bids her fiancé, U.S. Air Force Capt. Christopher Welch, a fond ALSO SEE:Charities’ Fast-Track JobsLuring Fund Raisers Who Lure Big GiftsCultivating the Business Side of…
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Opportunity Knocks Across the Pond
In Britain, plenty of fund-raising jobs await Americans; landing a work permit is the hard partDemand for fund raisers in Britain has never been higher. As the British government scales back ALSO SEE:Charities’ Fast-Track JobsLuring Fund Raisers Who Lure Big GiftsCultivating the Business Side of…
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A Nonprofit Group Teaches Charities How to Sell Themselves
BRAINSTORMS By Jennifer C. Berkshire Residents of Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood welcomed an experimental venture this ALSO SEE:Resources for Charities Interested in For-Profit Enterprises summer: Fresh Ground, a fruit-and-vegetable stand operated by local high-school students. Every…
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A Pioneering Program Offers Graduate Degrees in Economic Development to Busy Nonprofit Workers
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Jennifer C. Berkshire MANCHESTER, N.H. -- When Joyce Dickens decided to enroll in the National Weekend Masters Program at Southern New Hampshire University’s School of Community Economic Development in 1988, she had a concrete goal. “I looked around my town and saw that there…
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Nonprofit Professionals Recharge Their Energy at Three Free Retreats
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Jennifer C. Berkshire David Mann was facing a pair of major changes in his life back in 1997: the impending birth of his first child and an offer to become co-director of a nonprofit group he had helped start, the Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action, a statewide group in…
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How Headhunters Recruit –Â and What Their Methods Mean for Those Being Hunted
JOB MARKET By Jennifer C. Berkshire When Kelly Parisi received a call from a headhunter last winter, changing jobs was the last thing on her mind. ALSO SEE:Dos and Don’ts for Contacting Nonprofit Recruiters Ms. Parisi, then the director of communications at the Ms. Foundation for Women, in New…
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