Making a Living, Making a Difference

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Making a Living,Making a Difference

• April 5, 2006
• Program Co-Sponsored By
• Career Employment Services
• American Humanics Student Association

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What is a Nonprofit?

• An organization whose primary objective is to
  support some issue or matter of private interest
  or public concern for non-commercial purposes.

• Arts
• Charities
• Education
• Politics

• Religion
• Research
• Other endeavors
• Source wikipedia.org

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5 Myths About Nonprofits
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Nonprofit Myth 1

• Myth There arent many nonprofit jobs.
• Truth Sector employs 12.5 million.
• Almost 10 overall employment
• Growing faster than business government

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Nonprofit Myth 2

• Myth Nonprofit dont pay well.
• Truth Competitive entry-level wages.
• YMCA Program Director 30k
• Girl Scouts 20-30

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Nonprofit Myth 3

• Myth You should have a social work degree to
  work in a nonprofit.
• Truth Opportunities for all majors.
• Assistant Controller Marketing Director
• Housing Developer Health Policy Analyst
• Project Coordinator Editorial Assistant

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Nonprofit Myth 4

• Myth Nonprofit job openings are hard to find.
• Truth Growing number of sources.
• www.opportunityknocks.org
• www.idealist.org
• Jobs for Liberal Arts Graduates bulletin
• Wildcat Works eRecruiting

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Nonprofit Myth 5

• Myth There are lots of applicants for nonprofit
  jobs.
• Truth Clear need for young talent.
• Baby boomers retiring
• Impending crisis skilled labor shortage

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Employers of K-State Grads

• Americorps
• American Red Cross
• Archdiocese of Denver
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• Henry Dorley Zoo
• Manhattan Emergency Shelter
• Mercy Regional Health
• National Center for Missing Exploited Children
• Peace Corps
• People to People International
• Public Interest Research Group
• Trinity Luthern Manor
• YMCA

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Todays Panelists

• Michelle Davis, Greater Kansas City Council on
  Philanthropy
• Aubrey Abbott Patterson, Hutchinson Community
  Foundation
• Lance Patterson, Hutchinson Boys and Girls Club
• Mindy Weixelman, KSU Foundation

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Top 10 Ways to Land a Position

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Questions?

• Career and Employment Services
• Kerri Day Keller, Director
• 100 Holtz Hall kdkeller_at_ksu.edu
• www.ksu.edu/ces
• American Humanics Student Association
• Caitlyn Arnold, VP of Public Relations
• amhum_at_ksu.edu