Human Resources

Training Volunteer Managers through the Points of Light Curricula by Susan Lawton, Director, Volunteer Services, United Way of Tampa Bay.

Cultural Competency in the Workplace by Margarita Sarmiento, The Pascall Company.

The Charity Channel : E-newsletters on Boards & Governance, Volunteer Management and E-Philanthropy.

Benefits Link : Free compliance information and tools for employee benefit plan sponsors, service providers and participants. The Benefits Buzz feature scans the web to find links to useful articles on employee benefit plan compliance matters. The Q&A feature allows nonprofits and others to post questions (i.e., benefits plans of tax exempt organizations, a past Q&A). This site also offers a message board for benefits professionals and other resources.

How to Hire Handbook : This site from Rice University Human Resources provides guidelines for writing job descriptions, interview processes, effective and permissible interview questions, sample forms and more.

Nonprofit Times Salary Survey 2004 : Nationwide survey results. PDF, 3 pages (view and print at largest text size).

Continuing Education : Even though they often have tight budgets, nonprofit organizations can save money in the long run by investing in continuing education for their boards and staff. A guest column by Claire McCullough in the Philanthropy Journal.

Career Journal : This feature of the Wall Street Journal includes a searchable nonprofit salary database, links to several nonprofit salary reports, and a search feature for articles. Typical articles include "Nonprofits Seek Execs with Business Acumen," "Nonprofit Board Work Can Boost Your Career," etc.

Determining Executive Compensation : An article from The Grantsmanship Center Magazine.

Daring to Lead: Nonprofit Executive Directors and Their Work Experience. PDF for free download. This 2001 report from CompassPoint Nonprofit Services is based on a national study of over 1,000 nonprofit leaders from around the country, and includes findings on nonprofit executive career paths, tenure, salaries and job challenges. Also included is a series of Calls to Action for funders, technical assistance providers, boards of directors, and executives themselves--strategies for supporting and retaining the sector's leadership talent. Copies of the study may also be purchased online.

Salary Management for Nonprofits : The Fine Art of Distributing Dissatisfaction Equitably. By Jerry Jensen in The Management Center Magazine.

Screening Prospective Staff is Sound Risk Management : A fact sheet and screening checklist from "Mission Controls" at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center.

Help Wanted: Turnover and Vacancy in Nonprofits is a 28-page (PDF) report (2002) from CompassPoint based on a study of over 400 nonprofits. Though the study was based in the San Francisco Bay Area / Silicon Valley, it offers insight applicable to other regions as well, and proposes that nonprofit managers and boards can benefit from viewing the nonprofit workforce as a constantly changing pool characterized by increasingly fluid borders with business and government.

Coping With Employee Fear and Low Morale : A fact sheet on crisis management, from "Mission Controls" at the Nonprofit Risk Management enter.

TransitionGuides , dedicated to sustaining and strengthening nonprofits through better managed leadership transitions and related organizational development.

Volunteer Management Library : From Energize, Inc., founded and managed by Susan Ellis, the library includes statistics on volunteering, Archives from e-Volunteerism: The Electronic Journal of the Volunteerism Community, free electronic books, and a variety of articles and resource links.

Volunteer Management Resources: Resources for Volunteer Administrators. List provided by Rebecca Heimstead, Mayor's Youth Corps & Volunteer Coordinator, Tampa Parks & Recreation Department.

Network for Good : Organizations can post an unlimited number of volunteer opportunities (and receive email notifications of interest for follow-up) at no charge through this site, created in partnership with the USA Freedom Corps and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

The Making IT Work for Volunteers site creates opportunities for the high-tech sector and the voluntary sector to assist one another to bridge the digital divide. See Techdictionary.com, where you can look up thousands of computer terms right from the homepage. Type in a word in the Search box.

Team Building : Links to a variety of articles, tools and other resources on team building and group dynamics assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, Ph.D., for MAP for Nonprofits.