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Beyond the Resume: Crafting a Nonprofit Portfolio

Apr 06, 2026

In the nonprofit sector, we often fall into the "duty trap." Our resumes become long lists of responsibilities: managed a team of five, wrote quarterly reports, coordinated annual gala, oversaw youth outreach program. While these bullet points tell a hiring manager what you did, they don’t tell them how well you did it, or more importantly, the specific impact you left behind. In a landscape where skills-based hiring is on the rise and...

5 Video Interview Best Practices for Hiring Organizations

Apr 13, 2021

Virtual interviews, commonly conducted via video conference or other online communication platforms, are common for screenings and first-round interviews where the candidate and hiring entity are in different locations. This allows the candidate and hiring team to get to know one another while being respectful of the candidate’s time and other commitments, from family to their current work obligations, and without the costs associated with...

Sample Nonprofit Interview Questions

Feb 05, 2021

This is a collection of sample questions you can use when interviewing a candidate for your nonprofit or mission-driven organization. This list should be customized to fit your organization's and the role's needs. Sample “beginning” questions: Let’s open up with your interest in this role and our organization – tell me more about that and why your feel your background and experience are uniquely suited to being successful here....

Conducting Successful Nonprofit Interviews

Jan 26, 2021

The interview is the first opportunity for the nonprofit organization and the candidate to get to know one another, so it is imperative to prepare well. Start preparing during the resume screening process by compiling a list of questions and/or issues you would like to probe with each interviewee. This article will help you get prepared and provides sample interview questions, and questions not to ask, while interviewing candidates. The...

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