Talent Profile – Meet Kenneth Bukoski!

By Nonprofit HR on Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Nonprofit HR’s Talent Acquisition team places hundreds of candidates in positions each year. This story features a recent placement who is making incredible impacts in the social sector. Interviewee: Kenneth Bukoski (KB)Current Organization: CommonwealthCurrent Title: Manager of Operations Hi Kenneth. Thank you for chatting with us today. Before we get started, Nonprofit HR extends many congratulations to you for landing your  … Read more


Fire & Ice: Your Organization is Not Immune to Raids

By Nonprofit HR on Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 in Uncategorized. No Comments

By Warren White – Dawn Lurie of Seyfarth Shaw wrote this excellent piece on the increase in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) inspections of employers across the country. The piece also included the steps that employers should take to ensure they are prepared in the event they are served with a Notice of Inspection  … Read more


Eliminating the Need for an Equal Pay Day

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, July 1st, 2019 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Many recognized Equal Pay Day last April but some believe we may need to observe this symbolic day much later in the year. Just last year, the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) published findings from a study asserting that the gender wage gap is much larger than we thought. According to IWPR’s research, women  … Read more


Retention Tips for Communicating Sensitive Messages

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, July 1st, 2019 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Close to a quarter (22%) of nonprofits credit dissatisfaction or disengagement with current leadership as a primary driver of voluntary turnover. This finding, from the 2019 Nonprofit Talent Retention Practices report, is not surprising. We have all dealt with difficult bosses or at least know a person or two that have. Despite the breakdown, many  … Read more


Millennials in the C-Suite

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, July 1st, 2019 in Uncategorized. No Comments

By 2020, Millennials are expected to account for 50% of the global workforce and 75% by 2025. Yet millennials, the generation loosely defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, get a bad rap in the workplace. We have all heard many of the stereotypes, ‘they are lazy, entitled, too forward/ambitious for their own good.’  … Read more


Talent Roundtable Discussion for Social Sector Leaders

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, July 1st, 2019 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Nonprofit HR recently hosted its #RetentionMatters Roundtable event where HR leaders and practitioners from across the Washington, D.C. region discussed highlights from our most recent Nonprofit Talent Retention Practices Survey. Central to the discussion was how important it is to invest in staff and the need to design a solid retention strategy built on frequent  … Read more


Hire the Writer: How strong writers bring value to every role

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, April 15th, 2019 in Job Search Advice, Recruitment, Uncategorized. No Comments

Written by Sophia LaFontant Have you ever found yourself torn between two candidates, and one had stronger writing skills than the other? My recommendation… Hire the writer.  As a talent acquisition consultant, and having interviewed hundreds of career candidates, I can say that writing ability has not received the attention it is due. Solid writing  … Read more


Why Your Organization Should Strive to be Talent-Focused

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, June 18th, 2018 in Uncategorized. No Comments

Nonprofit talent matters. To achieve your mission, it’s essential that your organization has the right, high-performing people in place. But as we learned from our 2017 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey, hiring competition from the corporate sector is heating up, and talent who might typically be attracted to the nonprofit space are now being attracted by  … Read more