How to cope with unemployment uncertainty

If you’re unemployed, feeling anxious and uncertain about your future, you are not alone! Feelings of uncertainty after job loss are not uncommon. When confronted with job loss and unemployment, you may experience a rollercoaster of emotions similar to grieving:...

Why fundraisers leave their jobs: An interview with Abbi Haggerty

Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I am so pleased today to be interviewing...

Being honest about the nonprofit sector: Conversations between sector newbies and veterans

We’ve all had times where we itched to give our opinion, knowing that what we had to say was in the other person’s best interest, but were afraid to do so because we knew what we had to say might...

Generation Gap: Understanding how different generations approach the workplace

It’s an extraordinary time in human history. We’re working for multi-national organizations, visiting space, communicating across oceans, and living longer than ever before. And it’s also the first time in history that there are four generations in the working world....

How to negotiate a raise at your nonprofit job: An interview with Marc Pitman

Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I am so pleased...

Job search advice for fundraisers: An interview with Phil Gerard

Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so excited to be...

Career portfolios give you a competitive edge

Editor's Note: Struggling to come up with achievements to include on your resume? We partnered with Dana Zaruba from the YWCA’s Westside WorkBC Employment Services Centre for a free webinar on February 11, 2016. Watch the recording here! A career...

Managing change and transition in your work life

Whether it comes about by conscious choice, or is forced upon us by the proverbial pink slip, a career change or job loss catapults us into external changes that can leave us feeling disoriented and dis-identified, while struggling to dismantle...

How can you become a successful fundraising consultant?

Editor's Note: This interview originally appeared on the Wild Woman Fundraising website and is excerpted with permission. You can read the full interview here. Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and I am so pleased...

Stress and the job hunt: Are we dealing with stress the wrong way?

For most of us, job hunting, and interviews especially, can be stressful. We have long-held beliefs, or mindsets, that stress is bad for us and that we need to calm down to be at our best. The truth is, stress...
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