5 Ways Volunteering Can Enhance Your Job Search
Looking for work can often be extremely challenging and frustrating. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Volunteering isn’t just about giving back to your community. It’s also a great way to build skills and experience, network and cultivate references, and hone your job application skills. Let’s delve into …
5 Meaningful Job Search Hacks for the New Year
As we enter into a new decade, you may have an itch to pursue a new career path or explore new opportunities. Whatever your reason may be, we want to support you in your job search. To help you, here are 5 simple tips on how to better streamline your …
How to highlight your top skills and stand out from the crowd
You’ve just found the perfect impact job, now it’s time to create the ultimate resume but how do you know what skills to include? Here’s three tips how to highlight your top skills.
Why the #FutureofWork conversation needs to be about the present
Why the #FutureofWork conversation is paralyzing us from doing work now and how to break free from the hype
This 1 skill, says an ex Google & Apple exec, can turn you into a great leader
Earlier this year, Kim Scott, an ex Google & Apple exec and currently an advisor at companies like Dropbox, Qualtrics, & Twitter, gave a talk at Strata + Hadoop World on how to be a better boss through the use of what she calls Radical Candor, the goal of which is to …
Two things you can do everyday to drastically improve your chances of getting promoted
Do you have a passion for social good but feel that you need to be in a higher position to be a change maker? Have you been in the same job for a while and are feeling frustrated that you can’t seem to move up? Or maybe you’ve been day dreaming …
3 nonprofit insiders share: biggest opportunities for their sector
No matter where you are in your career journey, it’s important to stay up to date on the latest trends. After all, today’s trends are tomorrow’s reality. This is especially important when thinking about future development and growth opportunities- not only for yourself professionally, but also for your organization. Whether you …
5 surprising facts about CSR jobs
If you’re looking for a corporate social responsibility (CSR) job, you already know that every company has a different approach to CSR. This variety makes it challenging to know what companies need and how to position yourself for success. And if you’re looking to switch into CSR, you may be wondering what …
Shama Ahmed. Manager of Financial Education and Social Finance. TD Bank
Despite a traditional background in economics and an MBA, Shama Ahmed’s job is anything but. On the cutting edge of Social Finance and Impact Investing, Shama leverages her deep skill set and experience at TD to take on the role of Manager of Financial Education and Social Finance. As part …
The CSR dictionary: A beginner’s guide
If you’re looking to get a job in CSR it’s important you’re able to speak the language of sustainability. If you want to walk the walk, you need to talk the talk. Here’s a beginner’s guide to the terms you may overhear around the proverbial corporate social responsibility water cooler.
A secret to career switching
Most recruiters won’t tell you all the things you need to do to switch into a social impact job. Beyond the traditional advice of networking and informational interviews – there’s one super important secret for career switching that is rarely discussed.