Opinions Archive
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Should employers let job seekers know why they weren’t hired?
Posted 1 week agoLegal challenges and upsetting reactions from job seekers make giving detailed feedback challenging. -
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Create a personal job ad to discover new career paths
Posted on May 16, 2013What if you were to write an ad about yourself and use that to build a career? What information would you include and what kind of opportunities would you hope to attract? -
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4 pieces of advice that might be hurting your career
Posted on May 8, 2013To be truly successful, you need to determine the difference between good and bad advice as it relates to your own career aspirations. -
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Former NPR CEO offers suggestions for nonprofit improvement
Posted on April 24, 2013Continuing in this conversation around the challenges facing nonprofits, the Los Angeles Review of Books takes a look at With Charity for All, the recently-published book from former NPR CEO... -
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Want to be more successful at work? Think like an intern
Posted on April 22, 2013We’ve talked about the benefits of pursuing an internship to advance your career. But how could we do well at work by simply thinking like an intern? Lucas Havens, Board... -
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Are the challenges facing nonprofits driving people away from the sector?
Posted on April 18, 2013There has been a lot of talk lately about the organizational challenges of nonprofits, especially around the TED Talk of Dan Pallotta. Nate St. Pierre, a web marketer and consultant,... -
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Is a culture of permanent interns hurting us?
Posted on April 15, 2013As valuable as internships can be for career development and the job hunt, is there a point where it is just too much? The Washingtonian, a magazine focused on the... -
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How extraordinarily good intentions can be extraordinarily dangerous
Posted on April 11, 2013What happens when we do things that don't benefit the people we serve? -
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Can salaries be too high in the nonprofit sector?
Posted on April 10, 2013We’ve discussed how many nonprofit employees are worried about their financial futures and monetary compensation while working in the sector. Meanwhile, there are nonprofit executives on the other end of... -
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Community Question: Do you always have to give two weeks’ notice?
Posted on April 8, 2013There is often a high when you accept a new job, but nothing brings you crashing back down to earth more than trying to figure out how to tell your...