Habits of successful job seekers

After working in employment services for a few years and seeing hundreds of job searches up close, you start to notice patterns. Effective jobseekers often share a common set of traits and habits. Fortunately, anyone can develop them. Here are...

The cult of busyness in the nonprofit sector

You know the right answer, don’t you? It used to be that when someone asked “how are you?” people would say “fine” but somewhere over the last few years the usual and expected answer has become “crazy-busy”. It has become...

A bird in the hand: Whether to take a job or wait for a better offer

It's a classic dilemma that most job seekers face at least once in their lives: Should I take the job that is offered now or wait for a better one? While it would be nice if there was an easy...

Four tips to help you secure and prepare for your next job interview

Life happens. Sometimes you outgrow a position, or sometimes it outgrows you. Whatever the reason you’re considering new employment opportunities, an essential step in your job search is to determine whether the positions you come across are suited to your...

Should I stay or should I go? Tips for dealing with a difficult boss

A relationship with your boss can be tricky to navigate at the best of times. But what happens when the person you signed up to work for transforms from Jeckyll to Hyde once you’ve settled into your new office? You...

Do you have bad boundaries? An interview with Sheena Greer

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: This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and I am very, very happy to introduce...

How to cope with unemployment uncertainty

If you’re unemployed, feeling anxious and uncertain about your future, you are not alone! Feelings of uncertainty after job loss are not uncommon. When confronted with job loss and unemployment, you may experience a rollercoaster of emotions similar to grieving:...

Why fundraisers leave their jobs: An interview with Abbi Haggerty

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: This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I am so pleased today to be interviewing...

Being honest about the nonprofit sector: Conversations between sector newbies and veterans

We’ve all had times where we itched to give our opinion, knowing that what we had to say was in the other person’s best interest, but were afraid to do so because we knew what we had to say might...

Generation Gap: Understanding how different generations approach the workplace

It’s an extraordinary time in human history. We’re working for multi-national organizations, visiting space, communicating across oceans, and living longer than ever before. And it’s also the first time in history that there are four generations in the working world....