How is the Economy Affecting Your Job Prospects?
Earlier this week, the Chronicle of Philanthropy hosted an online discussion about how the current financial downturn is affecting the job prospects of nonprofit professionals.
The discussion explored if the financial crisis is causing shifts in the nonprofit job market, and how particular people are being affected. On one end of the spectrum, people seem to be postponing retirement and staying at their jobs longer. Younger employees are concerned about their long-term prospects in the social sector.
The overall financial situation may also result in sector-switchers from the corporate world wanting to enter the nonprofit sector, which creates more competition for fewer jobs overall.
How is the economy affecting you in your job search and/or current position?
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People everywhere have already lost their good paying jobs and now have to listen to people say that they shouldn’t buy things they can’t afford and go on about how their tax dollars are wasted on people who can’t manage their resources. Companies are going overseas. They get tax cuts and pay lower wages, Sometimes you lose your home to relocate, just to keep your job. Until it happens to those who think that it could never happen to them,...que sera sera!
Posted by frugal living david on 05/08 at 01:07 AM
