Making Changes
 
A newsletter dedicated to job seekers · July 2010
 
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Advocacy, Policy, Research

Director of Federal Policy and National Partnerships
National Center on Time and Learning
Washington, DC

Executive Director
The Tobin Project
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Director, Center for Community Health Research and Evaluation
Hispanic Health Council
Hartford, Connecticut

Education (K-12)

Director of Admissions and Retention
Newton Montessori School
Newton (Boston), Massachusetts

Education (Higher Education)

Director of Marketing
The School for Field Studies
Salem, Massachusetts

Director and Chair of Education Programs
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dean of the Chatham College for Women
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Director of Development, Principal Giving
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts

Director of Development
The Education Trust
Washington, DC

Foundations

Food, Health, and Well-Being Program Officer
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, Michigan

Food, Health, and Well-Being Program Manager
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, Michigan

International

Vice President of Communications and Development
Partners in Health
Boston, Massachusetts

Vice President for Information Technology and Business Services
Special Olympics North America
Washington, DC

Senior Manager of Internal Communications
Special Olympics North America
Washington, DC

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Partner, Pathways Fund
New Profit, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Partner
New Profit, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Social Service

Chief Operating Officer
Spectrum Health Systems
Worcester, Massachusetts

Coming Soon!

Grants Manager
Qatar Foundation International
Washington, DC

Other Interesting Opportunities

Development Associate, College Bound Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts

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In this edition, you'll find helpful tips, a feature article covering a topic central to your search, as well as information regarding our consulting services.

This newsletter is meant to help you in your search. To that end, your feedback is appreciated so that we may continue to improve what we offer.

 

 

Informational Interviews: Getting More than Just Your Foot in the Door

Informational interviews can be a great boon to your job search if done well. If done poorly, however, they can only hinder you.

Are you using them to their full potential?

In this months article, excerpted from Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector, we explore not only why you should be going on informational interviews, but how to use them to your advantage to:

1. Introduce yourself to someone who may have a job opening in the future.

2. Learn more about the people who work at the specific nonprofit in question.

3. Receive direction and guidance from someone who was once in your shoes.

4. Learn a name to drop in your networking and personal connections you can use.

5. Gain valuable insights from an insider about trends in the sector in general, this nonprofit specifically, and the language to use to describe both.

And, if that's not enough, you'll get to read about the top five "major don'ts" committed by informational interviewers every day.

 

 

 

Congratulations to NPAG Clients
New Profit and Jobs for the Future
on their Social Innovation Fund Award

This week, the Corporation for National and Community Service awarded nearly $50 million in Social Innovation Fund grants to 11 organizations and greater than 60 collaborating partners, representing a diverse set of nonprofit organizations and private and community foundations.

Winners shared a track record of success at identifying and growing high-performing nonprofit organizations and their proposals offer a set of compelling ideas for how to use innovation and evidence to tackle social challenges in a new way.

We congratulate our clients New Profit and Jobs for the Future for being among the winners!

To read more about the Social Innovation Fund, click here.

 

 

 

What We're Reading...

This month we're reading The American Way to Change by Shirley Sagawa.

Our nation faces crises in nearly every important aspect of American life - struggling students, poor health, climate change, and limited economic opportunity to name a few. Many people look to government to solve these problems. But while government has an important role, none of these problems can be solved by government alone. In fact, none can be solved without the committed efforts of the American people, taking action on their own or in concert with others.

Service is the American way to change America. Volunteering is on the rise, and there is every reason to believe that more people would serve if only they were asked. With the recently enacted Kennedy Serve America Act, the national service movement is suddenly positioned to achieve significantly greater impact-if we can leverage its true potential and manage this important labor force of volunteers effectively.

This book spells out how.

Learn more about this and others books on our shelf here...

The Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group is a consulting firm that takes a unique, "new economy" approach, tailoring searches to nonprofits, foundations, institutions of higher education, and the public sector. We are dedicated to strengthening the capacity of mission-driven organizations and their staff, as well as supporting job seekers through the creation of resumes, cover letters, and job search strategies.

Sincerely,

Laura Gassner Otting

Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group LLC