Being skilled or educated beyond what is necessary for a job — in other words, being overqualified — is an important issue for jobseekers, employers and policymakers. While it is sometimes a personal choice to work in a lower-skilled job,...
Whether being selected for a new job or attracting the best people to work in your organization, both the prospective employee and the employer need to go the extra mile in a hiring situation. Surprisingly, the vast majority of both...
A rapidly aging Canadian workforce, coupled with a decline in birth rates, creates a looming challenge for employers across job sectors — that of replacing retirees. In the nonprofit world, where limited funds and job insecurity are inevitable, the mean age...
I have been working with the same organization for some time. We have a tight team and have always included our team members as a part of the hiring committee. One of our new members recently asked about our hiring...
Do you have enough staff members with the appropriate skills to handle all of the responsibilities involved in efficiently running your nonprofit? If yours is like many other small/mid-size nonprofits and charities, this is an ongoing challenge. And it can...
I have heard that some organizations are using e-learning as a way to introduce new hires to their jobs and learning within the workplace (on-boarding). How does this work? What are the benefits? Many organizations we have worked with have...
When Erick came to Canada, he had a master's degree in psychology from an American university and over 10 years of experience in community work. He says now that he also had a "false sense of confidence" in his expectation...
With the recent down-turn in the economy, many organizations may be operating under the mistaken view that there will continue to be an endless supply of talent to fill staff roles as they become available. After all, recent recruitment drives...
I've been asked by potential employers and clients for samples of my writing, sometimes for something existing and sometimes for something new. Have you looked at the ethics of this? I have had the same requests, many times, and have...
Elana Ludman never set out to work at a nonprofit. It wasn't exactly on her career radar. Yet, that's exactly where she sits today — happily so — as the director of development and communications at Santropol Roulant, an organization...
