How This Candidate Landed Her Dream Role

Whether it’s The Windy City, The City by the Bay, or our nation’s capital; Careers In Nonprofits recruiters work to place the best people with the best causes across the country. This week, Careers In Nonprofits Alumnus, Estefany Paniagua-Pardo dropped by—and we asked her some questions about her dream placement with the HACU National Internship

6 Insider Tips on nonprofit hiring you should know

Nonprofit hiring season has arrived, and staffing your organization in a seamless and effective manner takes high priority. Here are 6 things you need to do—to help make your hiring process in 2019 a great success. Where your job is advertised. In this digital age, there are many platforms available to advertise your job posting. Be

The Career Incubator – Map Your Career, For Your Future

Would you like to: Sit confidently in the driver seat of your career life? Align your current skills and experience to the job of your dreams and fill the gaps? Meet your career objectives confidently and without delay? Create a succinct career map that reflects your ultimate career goals and your gifts to the world? Consistently

Internal Training: The Employer’s Competitive Advantage

There is no question that the job market is always changing. And with it, so are the needs of today’s employees. That’s why we survey our candidates – so we can share the most up-to-date data with nonprofit organizations on what employees want from their employers. Job seekers, future employees, staff looking for an exciting change — each

It Starts with You: Best Practices for Creating a Happily Engaged Staff

More than ever, it’s important for employers to recognize that the job market is very different from years past. While it’s been a slow and steady progression, we are now experiencing a candidate-driven market when it comes to hiring new employees. This means that there are more job opportunities than active job seekers. Because candidates

Question: My employer let me go after only two days working as a bartender at a Chicago restaurant. My schedule was Wednesday through Saturday, but my childcare fell through. I told my manager, and kept in touch with her over the next couple of days while I worked everything out. When I called and told her I had childcare but couldn’t work Wednesdays, she told me they were going to go with someone else and didn’t want to take a risk because I had kids and unreliable child care. Isn’t that discrimination? A lot of people say I may have a lawsuit. Do I? — Anonymous

Answer: Unfortunately for you, Illinois is an “at-will” state, which means employers can let you go for any reason, so long as bias against a legally protected group is not involved. The law states that employers cannot discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, age, or disability. And, though it wasn’t too bright

Question: I have 14 years experience in non-profit development and left my last job in January to move my family across the country and have my third child. I would like to return to work in the non-profit sector in my new city this fall. I am wondering the best approach to applying for work after an absence, albeit brief, and in a new community where I have no professional connections. I landed my previous positions pre-recession simply by applying and sending in resumes, so any tips on networking and getting to the ‘top of the list’ would be greatly appreciated. — Larsen

Answer: It’s reasonable to wonder, with a slow jobs recovery, whether biases against working mothers will factor into employers’ hiring decisions. In your case, there are 14 years of experience to consider and you have only been off work for six months. These aren’t red flags to most employers. You had a child and relocated.

A Search for Purpose: Reasons to Consider Working at a Nonprofit

There are a lot of good reasons why. The Nonprofit Times recently released its top 50 Best Nonprofits to Work For list. The pollsters concluded that nonprofit employees are happier than private sector workers. In nearly all categories, employees rated their job satisfaction above 85 percent. Those in the top 10 had approval ratings of

How important is it to love your job?

Careers In Nonprofits surveyed 200 current and former CNP job candidates seeking positions ranging from entry- to executive-level in Chicago and Washington, D.C. (100 from each city) to find out how they felt about work. In both cities, more than 60 percent of respondents said they love their jobs, with 62 percent in Chicago and

Question1: The last few years have been very difficult for job-seekers, and many of us have taken temporary assignments with agencies such as CNP while we search for permanent work. While the temporary positions have helped me learn new skills and support myself financially during my search, I am having trouble explaining the job-jumping and short-term positions to potential employers during interviews and don’t know how to list them on my resume. Any advice? – Leslie S.

Question2: With the economic downturn, I have found myself laid off from 3 positions over the last 3 years. I always received great performance reviews and got along well with my coworkers, but was one of the more recent hires and therefore my positions were some of the first to be eliminated. I’ve been feeling

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