Talent Tips: Working for Liberty
Talent Tip #79: Two Solutions for Our Fundraising Talent Shortage
June 6, 2016
Talent Tip #79: Two Solutions for Our Fundraising Talent Shortage
Last month I donned my Captain Obvious hat and wrote of our need for fundraisers. But I’m not a fan of pointing out problems without also providing solutions. So, this month, with a little help from numerous friends I heard from in the interim, we’re going to address ways to correct the problem.
As I see it, there are two main solutions to addressing our fundraising talent shortage.
Expand… Read MoreTalent Tip #78: O Fundraisers, Fundraisers! Wherefore Art Thou Fundraisers?
April 19, 2016
Talent Tip #78: O Fundraisers, Fundraisers! Wherefore Art Thou Fundraisers?
If I meet another recent college graduate who tells me he wants to go into a policy career, I’m going to curl up in the fetal position and weep uncontrollably.
It’s not that I don’t want to see more policy talent in the free-market movement (I do!); it’s just that I really, really, really want to see more fundraising talent.
And why? Because that’s our biggest…
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Talent Tip #70: Choose a Job You Love…Maybe Confucius Was Right
July 28, 2015
Talent Tip #70: Choose a Job You Love…Maybe Confucius Was Right
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
I remember hearing people say this when I was just embarking on life after college. To be frank, I thought it was a bunch of malarkey. It was something that belonged on one of those really cheesy motivational posters from Successories. Ug. (No offense, Confucius.)
But after an unfulfilling stint in the…
Read MoreTalent Tip #19: Free-Market Karma: A Lesson in Retaining (or Losing) Talent
March 15, 2011
A friend of mine who used to work for a prominent free-market nonprofit recently told me a disturbing story. After he was laid off, he worked diligently to find another job in the liberty movement. During his search, he was shocked by how he was treated by many of our own organizations. Two examples he cited:
He often never heard back from hiring managers after engaging in lengthy interview processes. Even after his own follow-up, he rarely got responses. He received… Read More