What Companies Doing CSR Can Learn From Non-Profits
Companies often look to other industries for inspiration. Take new start-up, EatWith for example, it’s looking to become the next Airbnb for the restaurant industry. Instead of looking at other for-profits for ideas, a secret source of innovation for companies doing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) should come from non-profits. Charities …
The #1 Most Underrated Tip for Networking
We’ve all been there, standing awkwardly at a networking event trying to make connections in between bites of hors d’hoeurves. Sometimes it even feels like a game – points for how many business cards you collected or people you’ve met. Regardless of how you feel about networking, when looking for a job …
Robert Wakulat. Partner At Wakulat Dhirani LLP. Lawyer and Social Entrepreneur.
Throw your Bay Street lawyer stereotypes out the window and let us introduce you to Rob, a lawyer who’s making a career out of helping others change the world. Locating his Toronto based practice, Wakulat Dhirani, at the Centre for Social Innovation, Rob provides countless social innovators, non-profits and emerging enterprises with …
Antonia Kalmacoff. Manager of Philanthropic Giving at Covenant House. MBA with a Non-Profit Job.
Antonia is a “career switcher”, transitioning from a professional in the entertainment industry to one in non-profit, via an MBA. Antonia’s current meaningful job is at Covenant House Toronto, an organization that provides shelter and programs for homeless youth. Working on the leading edge of philanthropy, she manages a large …
Adrienne Lo. Head of Living Planet @ Work At WWF-Canada. MBA with a Non-Profit Job.
Adrienne’s meaningful job has the perfect combination of purpose and impact. Adrienne shows us how it only takes one moment to realize you were destined for greater things. Since that moment she’s been on a career path that’s taken her from healthcare to working to help save the environment. In her …
Why we need to change the way we think about Charity
Dan Pallotta couldn’t be more right. In the TED talk that has everyone in the non-profit sector talking, Pallota urges us to change the way we think about charities. A shift towards his view of thinking would not only do wonders for the causes they support but also for the …
Jamie Bennett. CEO. Corvus Fittings. MBA and Social Entrepreneur.
What do pandas and sustainability have in common? Bamboo! Bamboo is the secret ingredient to Jamie’s two-year-old sustainable eyewear company- Corvus Fittings. Based in Vancouver, BC, Jamie’s story demonstrates the future of social entrepreneurship and sustainable business in Canada. Corvus focuses on fashion while building sustainability into the essence of …
Are There Corporate Politics in a Nonprofit Job?
While it’s true that everyone, or most people at least, working in a non-profit believe in and are actively working towards a common good, it doesn’t mean that staff meetings involve holding hands, singing Kumbayah around a camp fire. The realities of working in a non-profit job are not that …
Robin Mednick. Executive Director. Pencils For Kids. Non-Profit Job.
Robin’s background makes her a perfect advocate for the non-profit she founded, Pencils for Kids. Her inspiration came from hearing 30 kids had to share one pencil in a Niger classroom and it was her instinct to say “let’s not just talk about it, let’s do something”. Pencils for Kids …
Why We Started A Career Site For Meaningful Jobs.
NO MORE PLAYING HARD TO GET With jobs that is. We make it easier to find meaningful jobs whether it’s in CSR, Sustainability, Non-profit or Triple Bottom Line Businesses. WE SAW A PROBLEM Job sites don’t cater to professionals who want to make a difference and use their skills for good. Instead, you have to …