Nonprofits Making Moves to Avoid Employee Burnout

By Nonprofit HR on Friday, March 1st, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. 2 Comments

The 2013 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey has uncovered a possible trend by nonprofit organizations to install new hiring practices in an effort to avoid employee burnout. Over the past three years, responses to the survey indicate that the percent of organizations hiring new staff to support new programs or initiatives has risen (from 29% in  … Read more


Study: Nonprofits Not Satisfied With Recruitment Via Social Media

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, February 11th, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

According to the 2013 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey social networking sites are continuing to grow in popularity as recruitment tools in the nonprofit sector. Survey data show that formal and informal networking currently remains the most popular and effective recruiting methods of nonprofits. However, the use of social networking sites—in particular LinkedIn and Facebook—is growing  … Read more


Nonprofit HR Solutions Increases Staff

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, February 4th, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

Nonprofit HR Solutions (Nonprofit HR) today announced the hiring of Shaneka Stanley and Caroline Garrett as Human Resources Consultants. The firm expects these two new additions to its expert staff to allow the firm to continue to serve its growing nonprofit client base. “Our firm continues to be in high demand across the sector,” said  … Read more


STUDY: Majority of Nonprofits Lack Formal Retention Strategies

By Nonprofit HR on Thursday, January 31st, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

According to the 2013 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey, the vast majority of nonprofits (90%) do not have a formal strategy for retaining staff despite many indicating that staff retention is an organizational challenge. Interestingly, according to survey respondents, the top three functional areas experiencing the most growth are also the top three functional areas experiencing  … Read more


Twitter Recruitment Video

By Nonprofit HR on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

At Nonprofit HR, we love seeing the recruitment styles of other organizations. Twitter’s recruitment video is an excellent example of allowing organizational culture to shine through…no matter how bright it is. Their style is a far cry from the polish of Apple’s, but just as effective.    


Nonprofits Are Not Prepared for Leadership Succession

By Nonprofit HR on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

According to the 2013 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey, 69 percent of nonprofits do not have a formal succession plan for senior leadership. As the baby boom generation of nonprofit leaders retire, the lack of a formal succession plan may endanger nonprofits’ ability to effectively prepare for leadership transition and put organizational sustainability at risk. According  … Read more


Nonprofit Sector Lacking Innovation in HR

By Nonprofit HR on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

National survey finds that nonprofits plan to increase staff in 2013 WASHINGTON, January 29, 2013 – Findings from the 2013 national Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey™ conducted by Nonprofit HR indicate that nonprofits organizations will continue a year long trend of increasing staff in 2013. The hiring trend was first noticed at the end of 2011  … Read more


How to make HR Better

By Nonprofit HR on Monday, January 28th, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

Steve Browne collected some ideas from HR professionals at a roundtable in Cincinnati on what HR can do to make itself better. Here are some of the best ideas. They knew their business objectives. This isn’t the classic “HR needs to know the business” mantra. It is a call for HR to see itself as  … Read more


Of the 100 Best Jobs For 2013 Where Does HR Rank?

By Nonprofit HR on Friday, January 25th, 2013 in Nonprofit HR News. No Comments

From John Zappe, “When U.S. News issued its list of the 100 Best Jobs for 2013, its No. 1 criterion was hiring demand. After that came salary. Also factoring into the equation were work-life balance, stress, and the unemployment rate for individuals in each of the occupations. Based on those factors, and a few others,  … Read more