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Trends & Issues

Editor's note: We've shifted the focus of our monthy Trends & Issues column for 2010 to provide more in depth analysis and insight into trends and issues affecting the nonprofit labour force. If there's a particular topic, trend or issue that you think we should look into, please let us know.

February 2010

Gender mix in the nonprofit sector

The nonprofit sector’s labour force is predominantly female: three-quarters (75%) of those working in the sector are women. In most areas of the sector, however, men occupy a disproportionate number of senior management positions, while women are overrepresented in administrative and support-staff positions. Read more »

January 2010

A Portrait of Students Considering the Nonprofit Sector

Findings based on a From Learning to Work™ survey

During 2008 – 2009, the HR Council undertook research to improve the nonprofit sector’s understanding of the characteristics and motivating
factors of prospective “early career” employees. Read more »

John Szold

John
Szold

November/December 2009

Are Executive Directors Disappearing?

Planning for succession

Executive Directors are truly an endangered species. Frequently underpaid, they risk burnout while struggling to deliver value to stakeholders in the face of drastically reduced funding and contributions during the past year and a half of recession. Read more »

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