How to prepare for leaving a job

Choosing to leave a job is a significant decision.  Whether you are leaving your current job for a new opportunity, leaving a toxic workplace, or you’re retiring (lucky you), quitting a role is a decision you should fully consider and...

How to get an Executive Director role

A CEO is typically considered to be the most prestigious role within a private sector company.   In contrast, becoming an executive director is often seen as one of the most impressive roles that you can eventually earn in a nonprofit. ...

Pro tips for acing your next job interview

If you’ve found yourself in the market for a new job this year, you aren’t alone! Whether you are looking for your first job, have found yourself recently unemployed, or are ready to move on to greener pastures at a...

Resisting a Rest: How Urgency Culture Polices our Work

This article was previously published by Impact Organizations of Nova Scotia and is reprinted with permission. Full disclosure: this blog was supposed to be published last week. The stress had been building from the pressure I was putting on myself to complete...

Canadian Nonprofit Sector Salary & Benefits Report Infographic

  Planning to hire? Get detailed salary information relevant to your organizational size, and region. The Canadian Nonprofit Sector Salary & Benefits Report Infographic highlights key data points from the report. Interested in learning more about cash compensation, organizational characteristics,...

8 tips for a mobile job search

Job hunting is hard.  To even land an interview, much less a job offer, candidates need a well-crafted resume, cover letter, and online application to stand out from the crowd.  However, this application process becomes incredibly more challenging for many...

The 5 types of questions that should be asked at the end of an interview

“Do you have any questions for us?”  While many interviewees often focus all their interview preparation on answering job-specific questions (e.g. “tell me about a time...”), coming prepared to answer “do you have any questions for us?”, typically asked at...

Demystifying the CFRE credential

Original Broadcast Date: February 2, 2023. Summary: Watch the CFRE International webinar for your chance to learn how the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential benefits fundraising professionals in Canada. Whether you haven’t yet started your CFRE application or have one in-progress,...

Use these 7 types of rest to fight burnout

In a culture where hustling is commended, working long hours is a brag, and exhaustion is a competition, it can be hard not to feel burned out. Burnout is a state of mental, physical, and/or emotional exhaustion. It is caused...

How the CFRE benefits Canadian fundraisers

Interested in learning about the benefits of the CFRE credential? We’ve partnered with CFRE International to offer a free webinar on February 2. Register here. The CFRE. Those four letters you’ve seen after the names of your fundraising peers. What do...
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