Ten Myths About the Nonprofit Sector

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The next edition will be sent on Friday, June 15. The sample article below is from their May edition.

Ten Myths about the Nonprofit Sector

In last months article, excerpted from the newly published book Change Your Career: Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector, we explore the nine questions that should guide any nonprofit job search, whether you are new to the sector or have been in it for years:

You have to starve to work in the nonprofit sector.
Working in the nonprofit sector will deplete your retirement.
Money is evil.
All nonprofit employees are saints.
Nonprofits are lucky to employ whomever they can find.
Working in nonprofits is not challenging.
Nonprofits are all flat, nonhierarchical places.
Nonprofit jobs are secure.
Nonprofit managers know how to manage.
A nonprofit is a nonprofit is a nonprofit.
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