What motivates the people in your NFP to come to work each day? And others to apply for the jobs you advertise?
Many in the NFP sector, decrying the inability of the sector to match the wages that corporates and government often pay, reckon it’s mostly about how much your organisation can pay them.
You’ve gone through a thorough recruitment process, interviewed some exciting applicants and you’re ready to make an offer to the standout candidate.
But when you call to give them the good news, they turn you down. Now what?
As 2016 comes to a close, we’ve been reflecting on the year gone by – and what a year it’s been! We hope you’ve taken away some great ideas that made an impact in your organisation, and that have helped your organisation to make an even bigger impact in your community. We’re looking forward to […]
The rollout of the NDIS has left many in the disability services sector with questions about what their future workforce will look like. Now, there’s a free online tool that aims to help answer all your questions.
What are the best interview questions to ask to get the clearest insights into your candidates?
Last month, we asked our NFP People community to share exactly that – and here are the results.
‘Human resources’ – what does that even mean? Regardless of what name you go by, here are eight pieces of advice to be the best you can, and get the ‘human’ back in HR.
We’re still coming down from the high of the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference – two days, 35 speakers and 600 attendees from across the NFP sector and beyond. If you didn’t make it, we hope you’ll be able to join us in 2017. But until then, here are five lessons we learnt from the 2016 Not-For-Profit People Conference.
Have the hiring decisions you’ve made this year been a success? How do you know?
Few organisations measure the success of hiring managers in their decisions about who’s the right person to hire. But this simple process can help interviewers to improve their skills over time, as well as helping to prevent unconscious biases and stereotypes from creeping into your recruitment decisions.
Volunteers are the backbone of Australia’s not-for-profit sector, with 83 percent of Australian NFPs working with them. So could your organisation use a bit of help to support your volunteers?
Every new recruit needs at least a couple of reference checks. But no matter how excited you are about your new colleague, after leaving voicemails, sending emails and playing phone tag, it’s easy to get a little frustrated.
Surely there’s a better way to do your reference checks?