Sharing Knowledge: Attracting Talent in a Changing Economy


Sharing Knowledge

A newsletter dedicated to increasing the capacity of nonprofits · April 2011


Quick Links Recently Closed Searches Executive Director Health Quarters Boston, Massachusetts Senior Principal Giving Advisor Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Chief Operating Officer Conservation Law Foundation Boston, Massachusetts Partner, Social Innovation Pathways Fund Partner, Core Fund Associate Partner, Core Fund Director of Evaluation New Profit Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts Vice President, Medical Services and Patient Education Pulmonary Hypertension Association Washington, DC Executive Director La Vida, Families United in Education Leadership Boston, Massachusetts Chief Development Officer American Indian College Fund Denver, Colorado Senior Vice President The Philanthropic Initiative Boston, Massachusetts Executive Director Private Family Foundation Boston, Massachusetts Food, Health, and Well-Being Program Officer Food, Health, and Well-Being Program Manager W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, Michigan Strategic Giving Officer Special Olympics International Washington, DC Chief Financial Officer Director of Public Sector Development Partners in Health Boston, Massachusetts Board Members Higher Achievement Washington, DC Current Searches These are just a few of our current searches... Arts and Culture Executive Director Biennial of the Americas Denver, Colorado Associations Executive Director The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Chapel Hill Area, North Carolina Education (Preschool and K-12) Executive Director Boston Collegiate Charter School Boston (Dorchester), Massachusetts Middle School Academy Director Tenacity, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts Education (Higher Education) Director of Education Programs Chatham University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Grants Manager Families United in Educational Leadership (FUEL) Boston, Massachusetts Foundations and Philanthropy Program Officer, Racial Equity The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, Michigan Program Manager, Food, Health & Well-Being, Racial Equity, and Community & Civic Engagement The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, Michigan International Chief Marketing and Development Officer Special Olympics International Washington, DC Vice President, Human Resources Special Olympics International Washington, DC Senior Foundation Relations Officer - Project UNIFY Special Olympics International Washington, DC Spirituality, Dialogue, and Holistic Living Director of Marketing Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Inc. Rhinebeck, New York Women and Girls Field Director Director of African American Outreach and Leadership Legislative Representative Public Policy Analyst Field and Political Associate Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Washington, DC Regional Field Manager Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Location Flexible - South & Southwest Regions Coming Soon! Curriculum Director The SEED Foundation Washington, DC Director of Board Affairs Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. New York, New York The Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group is constantly launching new searches. To hear about them first, click here to sign up for our Job Seeker newsletter. Services for Nonprofits We offer unbundled search services to those nonprofits that need highly tailored services or cannot afford fully retained search. Most of our clients choose a la carte from our offerings as their needs demand. We provide packaged or hourly consulting in: job description preparation, outreach, resume screening, interviewing, reference checking, search committee management, and negotiation. We are also available to train board and staff in any or all of these areas. Our Commitment to Diversity We make every effort to present diverse pools of qualified candidates for each search. Since 2007, we closed more than two thirds of our searches with women or minorities and close to a quarter with female minorities. Learn More About Our Search Services. Join Us on Facebook! Become a fan and stay on top of the latest news from the NPAG team. Check out information on our new searches, read our monthly spotlight articles, keep up with NPAGU webinar series updates, and post your thoughts to our "Just Fans" section about hot topics in nonprofit search. Join Us on Facebook!

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Thank you for your interest in our employer newsletter.

In this edition, you'll find helpful tips, a feature article covering a topic central to hiring for nonprofits, as well as information regarding our consulting services. This newsletter is meant to help you in your hiring processes.

To that end, your feedback is appreciated so that we may continue to improve what we offer.

Attracting Talent in a Changing Economy

It is easy to assume in today's challenging economic climate, that there is plenty of talent for the taking, and that it will be quick and painless to attract and hire top talent. Surely you will launch a search for your next senior hire and be overwhelmed by hordes of highly overqualified, highly motivated job seekers, right? Contrary to what you might read in the headlines, that is not actually the case. In fact, today more than ever, it is easy to make the wrong hiring decision.

In this month's article, Laura Gassner Otting explores the importance of remaining aggressive in your pursuit of all possible candidates and how you can construct a search process to entice the "right applicant" who may not necessarily be actively looking at the moment.

Click here to learn more about attracting talent in a changing economy.

Special Olympics Appoints Strategic Gifts Officer

We are pleased to share that our client, Special Olympics International, has appointed Darnell Burtin as Strategic Gifts Officer based in Washington, D.C. He will work proactively across the sports movement and lead the expansion of their collaborative major gift efforts.

Darnell is a seasoned major gift fundraiser, having held gift officer positions at the Salvation Army as well as at major universities, including Purdue, Georgetown and American. At each of these organizations, he managed a large and geographically diverse portfolio of prospects and donors, working to identify and cultivate new relationships and steward existing ones. Those who worked with him at his previous positions champion Darnell's strong skills in donor research and strategic planning, personal and collaborative cultivation, and soliciting mission-centric gifts from supporters.

Educated in the sciences and engineering, Darnell earned a BS in Physics from Illinois Wesleyan University. He was an All-American track and field athlete, competing in the long jump and short track events. He and his wife, a Johns Hopkins School of Education Professor, live in Maryland with their two children.

Special Olympics is a global nonprofit organization targeting the nearly 200 million people around the world with intellectual disabilities. With active programs in over 170 countries and seven world-region offices, Special Olympics reaches more than 3.4 million athletes with intellectual disabilities - and continue to expand.

Learn more about Special Olympics here.

Don't Miss Laura Presenting in April...
In-Depth References:
Getting Past Name, Rank, and Serial Number

Join Laura Gassner Otting, founder of Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, in an engaging webinar session and learn how to use reference checks (on and off the list) to build a complete candidate profile. Takeaways include: · Questions to ask to get the true story. · Unpacking a candidate's track record. · The art and the science of good reference checking. · Advice on how to go "off-list" and get more views on the candidate.

This webinar will be hosted for free for participants but will have limited seats. Advance registration is required.

These webinars are presented as part of the NonprofitWebinars.com "Wednesday Webinar" series for nonprofit staff and board development; offering advice around strategy, planning, organizational development, branding, marketing, executive search, finance, fundraising, operations, and more.

Wednesday, April 27th

1pm Eastern

Interested in more Wednesday Webinars?

Here are some upcoming webinars you may be interested in:

April 20th:

3pm Eastern: Hot Strategies to Get Measurable Results: Traffic, Leads, Donations

April 27th:

1pm Eastern: In-Depth References: Getting Past Name, Rank, & Serial Number
3pm Eastern: Before You Hire An Architect

To register for these webinars or to see the full list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Career Pathways Leadership Program
2011-2012
Presented by the Council on Foundations

Applications & Nominations Welcome

NPAG has been pleased to partner with the Council on Foundations and be part of their speaker series used to educate the 2010-2011 class. The Council on Foundations is currently accepting applications and nominations for participation in the 2011-2012 cohort.

Launched in 2010, Pathways is a 12-month leadership preparation program for individuals currently employed in foundations and grant making institutions.

The program prepares candidates from diverse backgrounds to grow their capacity to serve the field of philanthropy, and to compete for and earn positions as philanthropic leaders. By bringing together talented high-level senior managers from diverse backgrounds with philanthropic leaders and executive search consultants, we strengthen the pipeline of talent excellence in philanthropy.

COF will be holding an informational teleconference on Monday, April 18, from 2-3pm Eastern. For early consideration, application materials are requested by March 31, 2011. The application can be found on COF's website.

For more information, please visit COF's website.

What We're Reading

The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond MidLife

In a game-changing new book, Civic Ventures founder and CEO Marc Freedman argues that we're having trouble acknowledging the obvious: We're all getting older, but most of us are not getting old ... at least not yet. The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife is Freedman's impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are - a new stage of life, an encore phase that constitutes something entirely new.

Read more about The Big Shift and see Marc's Tour Dates here.

The Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of nonprofits and their staff, and is available for search consulting projects on an hourly or per project basis for nonprofits, or to discuss the individual resumes, cover letters, and job search strategies of job seekers.

Sincerely,

Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group LLC