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Hi All, I am looking to change career direction and enter into the charity/fundraising field. I feel as though I have lots of relevant transferable skills and have even had a little experience of fun...
Derek Whitaker
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: We are reviewing our probation periods and wanted to know what probations period you have for permanent and fixed ter...
Ocean King
We had an anonymous post on the community this week asking about the appropriate length of time to wait before following up with a recruiter after not hearing back. The responses so far have been ver...
Ocean King
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: How much does age discrimination crop up in your experience? Are employers more likely to employ someone in their 30'...
Ocean King
Hi all, we are a small relatively new charity working with children and horses for children's wellbeing and mental health advancement we have 7 horses 2 full time staff 5 volunteers/part time with a...
stuart carter
This question is from a member of our community that wishes to remain anonymous: I recently applied for a position at a charity and haven't heard back from the hiring officer yet. Is there an averag...
Ocean King
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...
A CharityConnect User
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
Recruitment
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
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