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Greetings from Commongood Careers!
In this month's Talent Works, you'll find answers to your questions about how to involve your board in the interview process, a downloadable tool for candidate assessment, and much more!
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Ask the Expert: Q&A with Commongood
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Q: What is the best time and most effective way to involve my board in the interviewing and hiring process?
A: Your board members are busy people. It's important to value their time but also ensure that they feel involved and heard when it comes to hiring new staff members.
To help determine the right level of board involvement, we recommend reserving these asks of board member time for senior level positions that may eventually interact with the board in some capacity. When engaging board members, it's always best to set expectations around the ideal candidate profile and share information about the core competencies that are needed for the role. In terms of timing, invite board members into the process after you have already vetted a candidate and conducted at least one in person interview. Make sure they understand the position responsibilities and prepare them with questions related to those responsibilities. And don't forget to share a copy of the candidate's resume and cover letter as well as any notes and impressions from the first interview's. Remind your board members that any interview process is also a marketing opportunity for the organization, so they should view each interview as a chance to build the organization's reputation and circle of friends, even if that candidate is not hired into the role.
In the end, involving your board in senior level hires can be extremely helpful in hiring the right candidate. Just remember to stay organized, keep them informed and set expectations for the process.
Have a question for our experts?
Email
kgagnon@cgcareers.org
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Help Us Compare Workplace Diversity Across Sectors
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 Last month, we invited you to participate in a new survey exploring workplace
diversity in the nonprofit sector. Since then, we've collected over 1,000
responses, mainly from nonprofit professionals like you. If you already took the
survey, thank you for lending your voice to this important
issue.
In
order to create a baseline comparison of workplace diversity across sectors, we
need your help. We are hoping to collect more responses from people who work in
the corporate sector. To help us do so, please forward the following link to
your friends who work in the corporate sector, inviting them to participate in
the survey:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/diversityandinclusiveness
We
greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word about this
survey.
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Innovate This! Daily Staff Ritual
Keeps Spirits High
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 Rituals are an important part of organizational culture. At
Playworks, the daily ritual of staff "recess" is an easy yet meaningful way for
employees to collectively exemplify the values of the organization.
As a national nonprofit organization that supports learning
by providing safe, healthy and inclusive play and physical activity to schools
at recess and throughout the entire school day, a core value of Playworks is
"playfulness." Around eight years ago, the staff in the headquarters office in
Oakland, CA decided to incorporate play into their daily routine by taking a
whiffle ball break in the afternoon. This soon led to the adoption of holding a
daily staff recess every week - just 15 minutes at 3pm - an innovation that
keeps staff morale high and helps employees feel connected to the
organization's mission.
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Tools You Can Use: Interview Assessment Forms
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This month we are sharing a free tool from our colleagues at OpportunityKnocks. These sample assessment forms are a great way to help review the candidates you are interviewing so that you can easily and fairly compare their background with the skills and competencies you need for your open position.
Download the assessment form here.
Opportunity Knocks, the
national nonprofit job board and HR resource, is pleased to provide the
following form from their Nonprofit HR Library as a complimentary tool for
subscribers of Talent Works. The Nonprofit HR Library provides your organization
with forms, procedures, checklists and business tools - all assembled in a
convenient collection for you! Click here for more information. |
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Select Job Listings
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What's Happening in Nonprofit Hiring
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Client Service Manager, Commongood Careers, Boston, MA
Director of Finance, The Trustees of Reservations, Boston, MA
Managing Director of Programs, First Place for Youth, Oakland, CA
Consultant, The District Management Council, Boston, MA
Executive Director, KIPP Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Regional Executive Director, BUILD, Boston, MA
Phoenix Executive Director, Playworks, Phoenix, AZ
For a complete listing of all of our searches visit our job board.
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Visit the Commongood Careers blog to read the latest news and ideas related to nonprofit talent, hiring trends, and more:
Obama on Improving the Hiring Process
In a recent White House memo, President Obama called upon the heads
of executive departments and agencies to "recruit and hire highly
qualified employees" comprised of the "most talented Americans." He went
on to say that the "inefficiency of today's Federal hiring process
deters many highly qualified individuals" from seeking and obtaining
jobs in public service.
Utilizing a Balanced Scorecard in Performance Management
Effective performance management is key to staff development
and retention. For Citizen Schools, taking a strategic and quantitative
approach to performance management has helped to keep staff on track with
organization-wide goals.
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