From Making a Profit to Making a Difference: How to Launch Your New Career in Nonprofits - Hardcover

King, Richard M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1884587178 ISBN 13: 9781884587177

Publisher: Planning/Communications, 2000

Synopsis

Unprecedented numbers of entry-level workers to CEOs are racing to join the 10 million Americans working for non-profits. Applying 30 years experience in non-profit recruitment and management, King reveals the inside secrets for switching to non-profits: "strategic volunteerism," building a non-profit contacts network, gaining credibility in a non-profit community, learning how non -profit leaders think and hire, writing effective resumes even when you lack any non-profit experience, and more.

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About the Author

Having served in the nonprofit sector since 1969, author Richard King knows the nonprofit hiring process from both sides of the hiring desk. He is currently President of Kittleman and & Associates, LLC., one of the top executive search and management consulting firms that exclusively serve the nonprofit community nationwide. He joined Kittleman in 1985.

Mr. King has been the chief executive officer for three nonprofits: Wholistic Health Centers, Inc.; the Illinois Youth Service Bureau Association; and Youth in Crisis, Inc. He has served on boards of directors for several nonprofit organizations and consulted with dozens of nonprofits across the country on issues of governance, board development, long–range planning, fund raising, program development, and personnel appraisal.

A resident of Oak Park, Illinois, Mr. King was born in 1944 and grew up in Eureka, a small Central Illinois town. He and his wife Cheryl have two grown children, Megan and Cory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Planning/Communications
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1884587178
• ISBN 13: 9781884587177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 178