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This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Taking a job that your over qualified for and experienced pay cut because you like the cause. Thoughts?
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello all, Hoping you can help. We're looking for a new trustee secretary for our small charity.  Can anyone advise w...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: What is in a job description? Employers are saying they want one thing when they need another example calling a job s...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello all, I need help and advice. I am in a tricky situation in that as a CEO of a small start-up MH charity I am as...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Any recommendations for reasonably priced bookkeepers or where we can look for a very small charity?
Ocean King
Does anyone know of a reasonably priced training provider or consultant that can deliver a session around skilled worker visas in particular the regulations on second jobs? We have noticed an increas...
Jane-Marie Corrie
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I'm seeking some guidance. I've been employed by a health charity for over four years in an officer role. My responsi...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: An application form asks candidates to "Please tell me about your personality and how others would describe you." I'm...
Ocean King
I am doing some research into performance related pay in the charity sector and wondered if this something you would be able to assist with - have charity jobs got any information on this they would...
Emily Lenderyou
Happy Friday Charity Connect Community, We have a valued team member who recently completed a Master's degree at a UK university and is now working with us. This individual is an integral part of our...
Glyn Angus
Should Level 6 Digital Marketing certification from Charted Institute of Marketing be considered in the charity sector when hiring for digital communications role? Is it worth to have certification?
Ihtisham Khaliq
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Hi everyone, At CharityJob we're doing some research on AI in recruitment. I was wondering if there are any recruiters here who are interested in taking part in a 5-minute survey which asks for your...
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: How can we sub-contract work to an employee, which they will complete in their own time, not during their hours of em...
Ocean King
Does any one have a recruitment policy they would be wiling to share-would be most grateful.  Also if a panel of 2/3 are conducting the interview with score sheets-is it OK to do this collectively wi...
Joe Bailey
Suppose someone made it to the final six applicants for a job with a national charity (and had a first interview) but didn't quite make it to the final two (who had a second interview) so obviously d...
Sue Donym
Hello everyone, we're about to recruit for a Head of Operations post and I'm researching the best recruitment website to use. We always use CharityJob but I wanted to add more job sites for this role...
Debbie Holden
Hi, I work at a small charity offering a 9-12 month employability programme.  We are currently looking for more beneficiaries who would like to take part in the programme. But are struggling to recru...
Morning everyone, There’s been much talk about redundancies in the UK, with reports on the redundancies experienced in tech now extending to journalism, finance and hospitality sectors. Thankfully, t...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: Hello, does anyone have some advice on changing career path from project management to policy work, within human righ...
Ocean King
Hi all,  Looking ahead to 2024, we’d love to explore some new avenues for recruitment and are thinking about the option of careers fairs. Does anyone have experience of exhibiting at such events or k...
Amy Odaro
Hi everyone. I've added 7 volunteer roles to our CharityJob account and they are live for applications. I've noticed that these volunteer jobs do not show when you click into our charity profile, it...
Hollie Felton
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: When taking about your achievements in a fundraising CV, do you mention the amounts and the donor?
Ocean King
Does anyone have any advice on transitioning from school education working for a charity.  Are there any courses I need to do, teaching has many transferable skills, but I would like to increase my c...
Runyararo Mudzamiri
Hi there I work with a small charity (I'm a freelance governance consultant but pick up all sorts of non-operational stuff for them) and they are looking for a new CEO who would be contracted as a fr...
Gemma Sykes
Hi Not sure if this question will be permitted, I worked for Citizens Advice as an adviser and mostly as a supervisor for over 20 years. Am now struggling to find a new job after wanting a change. Ca...
Jayne Croucher
Hello!  I wonder if anyone has any recommendation on consultants/firms that conduct DEI and/or accessibility audit on recruitment process?  Thank you!
Alecia Ng
I am attending a careers fair to showcase working in the charity sector as an alternative career path to 15+ year olds. Does anyone have any resources they have come across that might be interesting...
Good afternoon all, I was wondering if anyone had any experience of using or hiring external bid writers for grant applications?  We currently have an in house one, however she is look to leave and w...
Harriet Foxon
Hi everyone, we're recruiting at the moment (and our ad is on CharityJob) but I wondered if there were any other sites that people have had success with? Would be grateful for any recommendations. Th...
A CharityConnect User
Are you a charity recruiter looking to improve benefits for your employees? Have you wondered how your charity’s benefits package measures up to industry standard? Want to learn how to attract more c...
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