Human Resources Q&A: Countering workplace conflict

Sometimes everyone just can’t get along. Follow these tips to deal with workplace conflict.

The telecommute

Ever since the advent of the Internet and email, a slow but steady progression of working away from the traditional workplace office has taken place. And what once looked like a revolutionary trend 10 years ago, now seems to many simply to be part of societal evolution due to technological advances. But the questions remain: are nonprofit organizations making use of technology to their full advantage? Are more of them allowing people to work from home? And if so, has it been for the better?

More education…or real-life experience? Finding the best route to your dream job

Will a sheaf of credentials impress your prospective boss, or is old-fashioned, in-the-trenches experience still the gold standard?

Preparing the next generation of nonprofit leaders

Who is grooming the next generation of nonprofit leaders? It should be you!

Career Q&A: The art of a great elevator speech

Get advice on how to prepare and practice your "elevator speech" and be ready to network at a moment's notice.

Human Resources Q&A: A micro-managing employee

Advice on how to deal with a micro-managing employee.

Social media: What’s your policy?

If you’re an avid devotee of social media, chances are you’ve already heard about this infamous gaffe: a Red Cross employee uses HootSuite to send out an otherwise-innocent tweet about her alcohol-induced evening in the company of a specific beer. She thought she was sending it from her personal account. But she was wrong. As we all know, mistakes like that are not easily repealed and once you’ve hit that send button it’s hard to take things back.

New beginnings: When to quit your job

Here is a suggested list of factors that may point to the need to get on with that next chapter in your professional career.

Governance Q&A: Board service while job searching

I was invited to sit on the board of directors for a charitable organization. I am looking for work in the charity sector, including this organization. Is it a conflict of interest for me to accept?

Straight from the source: A crowd-sourced article about Millennials by Millennials

This experiment saw three article coordinators reach out to their Millennial networks to collaborate on a series of questions about engaged citizenship, work, social media, and stereotypes.