From one millennial to another: Four tips for millennial leaders

My name is Leanne. I’m a lot of things and apparently, at least according to the media, one thing in particular: I’m a millennial. Depending on the source, a millennial is a person who is born after 1980 and before...

How to avoid working for a bully at your next nonprofit job

There’s definitely something to the saying that people don’t leave bad organizations — they leave bad bosses. Good management is a key factor in both recruitment and retention. Knowing that job seekers always want to work for a great boss,...

When the charitable sector lacks charity: Bullying in the nonprofit workplace

Surely, we tell ourselves, surely everyone who works in the charitable sector must be...charitable. We read frightening statistics about Canadian workplaces: nearly half of Canadians report having experienced one or more acts of workplace harassment at least once a week...

The invisible thing that holds you back at work: An interview with Marc Pitman

Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I'm interviewing Marc...

Newly released 2017 Canadian Nonprofit Sector Salary & Benefits Report reveals current compensation trends

Compensation at nonprofits across the country continues to rise slowly for some nonprofit professionals, according to the new 2017 Canadian Nonprofit Sector Salary & Benefits Report. To better understand nonprofit compensation, we surveyed more than 1,000 participants who represented more...

No more Freedom 55: Why Millennials are increasingly considering mid-career breaks

In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, a series of Canadian television commercials featured people suddenly transported to an exotic location with their future self who had managed to achieve retirement by the age of 55. The reality over the...

Seven job search resolutions to help you be successful in 2017

Job searching can be hard at the best of times, but it is also something we all have to do at one time or another. Sometimes not knowing where to begin is the hardest part; other times it is breaking...

Networking for good: How to represent your organization at events

Why network? During my three years as a professional campaigner for a large community organization, I noticed that many of my co-workers, although amazing at relationship building, were reluctant when it came to networking. They weren’t unique in this. Many...

Networking: The missing link to employment

Want to learn more networking tips that can help you get ahead in your career? We partnered with the author for a free webinar - watch the recording here! Does the word networking cause you to break out into a...

Informational Interviewing: Who to speak with, how to introduce yourself and what to ask

At various stages of your career development, have you come to a point where you feel stuck, paralyzed by agonizing analysis that gets you nowhere? Perhaps you are student or career changer plagued by an overwhelming array of career choices,...