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Careers and Recruiting Newsletter
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| Onboarding: Tips for Transitioning into a Senior Nonprofit Role |
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Even the most confident professionals feel some understandable anxiety when starting a new job. And people moving into positions of senior leadership at a nonprofit—however experienced—aren’t immune from such anxiousness. Luckily, there are numerous ways in which both the new recruit and the organization can make the transition easier—and pave the way for success over the long haul.
Onboarding—a systematic method for transitioning new staffers, including senior leaders—starts during the interview process and lasts well into the first year on the job. While important for anyone taking on a senior nonprofit role, it can be especially important for the for-profit professional moving into the nonprofit sector.
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Discussion
Does your nonprofit organization have a formal onboarding process for new executives and, if so, what are its key elements?
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Poll
What is the most important factor in making your first few months in a senior nonprofit role a success?
- Attending key events before your start date
- Having mentor or peer support
- Setting specific, time-driven goals and work plans
- Building internal and/or external relationships
- Communicating regularly with senior team members
- Other
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The Raskob Foundation
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Wilmington, DE
Reporting to the President, the Executive Director and COO will be responsible for the overall operation of the Foundation, significantly contributing to the mission of the Foundation by enabling the family through her/his managerial and administrative expertise. This role will translate the overarching goals and strategies of the Foundation into actionable plans. The successful candidate brings a combination of business and/or philanthropic experience gained over the course of at least 10 to 15 years serving in an advancing range of executive roles. Experience in grant evaluation and grant making, impact assessment, complex project/program management, team and human resource leadership, and
awareness of the compliance environment affecting philanthropy is highly desirable in the successful candidate.
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San Francisco Beautiful
Board Member
San Francisco, CA
The Board meets once a month to provide guidance to the organization’s professional staff, set policy, and review program effectiveness. While there are no particular qualification requirements, a love of urban life is essential. Skills in the area of urban design, the law, architecture, landscaping, and communications are most useful. As the organization is concerned with urban beautification and quality-of-life, any background or interest in urban design, landscape architecture, or politics is helpful.
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Live webinar TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 12th at 11am PST/2pm EST
More than 65 percent of nonprofit leaders say they are cutting overhead to get through these tough times—an alarming number given that most organizations already skimp on critical infrastructure and capacity investments that are necessary to deliver results. Yet unrealistic expectations from funders about what it actually costs to run an organization paired with the tendency for nonprofits to under-represent those costs creates a "starvation cycle" from which no one benefits.
Join the Bridgespan Group's Don Howard and Ann Goggins Gregory, authors of Stanford Social Innovation Review's "The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle," for a live webinar that will address the most important actions leaders at nonprofits and foundations can take to end the cycle.
This webinar is scheduled to begin at 11am PST/2pm EST. The registration fee is $49 and includes an unlimited number of accesses to the archived webinar for 12 months. Please visit the webinar site to register and for more information.
Is your organization benefiting from social media?
Many nonprofit organizations are using social media tools, but how many are seeing measurable benefits? And what are those benefits? Please participate in a 10-minute survey to help us understand how nonprofits can make good decisions about investing in social media. We’ll publish the results in a freely available report. Your responses will remain anonymous.
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Visit CitizenYou.org
Citizen You is a book and website by CEO Jonathan Tisch which showcases the new and innovative ways that today's professionals are changing the world for the better. Whether it's the former professional basketball player who is now teaching city dwellers how to grow their own food, the banker who spends his free time mentoring middle school students, or anything in between—there are so many inspiring stories of people who are rewriting the rules of citizenship as we know it.
CitizenYou.org not only features much of the content from the book, but it also serves as an online gathering space where citizens can come together to share their personal stories of service—and find ways to get involved themselves.
Do you have an announcement? Send it to bridgestar@bridgespan.org
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Bridgestar is an initiative of the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Bridgestar offers a nonprofit job board, board of director listings, content, and tools designed to help nonprofit organizations build strong leadership teams and individuals pursue career paths as nonprofit leaders.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
Want to keep up with the latest research and best practices in social change? Read the #1 magazine for nonprofit and foundation executives. Subscribe now to the Stanford Social Innovation Review to get the quarterly print magazine and full online access, including a downloadable digital edition.
www.ssireview.org/subscribe
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Of Interest
Attracting—and Benefiting from—Sector Switchers
Bridgespan Group Partner Wayne Luke shares the story of a high-profile search, NASA’s recruitment of the Mercury Seven, which illustrates ways nonprofits can identify and evaluate great job candidates from outside the sector, and also integrate them successfully into their organizations.
Nonprofit Job Seekers: Finding the Right Fit for You
Determining whether a prospective employer is a good cultural fit can be a challenging process for job seekers, especially those who are entering the nonprofit sector for the first time. But there are practices that can help.
Marshall Chapin and Envision Schools: Reflections on Hiring a Bridger
A bridger and the nonprofit CEO who hired him share their perspectives on the process of hiring and transitioning a bridger.
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"The Ultimate Non-Profit Job Guide:
97 Job Boards that Cover It All" listed Bridgestar in its top 10 job boards for the nonprofit sector, saying, "Bridgestar has a strong job board that is easy to use as well as invaluable resources and advice pertaining to nonprofit work."
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Bridgestar has received a 2009 All-Star Award from Constant Contact, Inc., a leading provider of email marketing, event marketing, and online survey tools for small organizations. This award was received for meeting Constant Contact’s best-practice standards for the use of Email Marketing throughout 2009.
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