Resources
Finding the right job and developing your career take time, careful consideration and a lot of preparation. With our candidates, we see ourselves as partners in the whole process and do whatever we can to support people in whatever way we can. We've got a few resources here to help you as well as articles that we've come across that reflect developments in the sector.
We'd love to hear from you about what you think is useful and what else you might like to see on here. We'll be updating this regularly based on candidate requests, suggestions and feedback.
Who on earth wants to work in the charity sector now? Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, they went and did. And how.
I believe that the charity sector is the best place to work for two key reasons.
Firstly, the obvious: every day, whatever your role, you are personally making a real difference and changing the world for the better.
The rise and rise of the relationship approach to fundraising is mirrored by the fall and fall of the number of people available who can do it.
The acceleration towards a ‘relationship’ approach to fundraising has led to an acute shortage of people with the combination of experience, (aptitude ?) and skills required. There are more and more specialist ‘philanthropy’ roles being established by ‘mainstream’ charities and more often than not, senior executive roles place relationship fundraising as the key requirement. Not so long ago it was digital, digital, digital!