为什么要为公益组织工作?创造影响力的职业
When 您 try to picture 您rself working in 您r dream career, 您r mind comes up blank. 您 know 您 want 您r daily work to have meaning and hopefully make a positive impact 上 others. But working in jobs like nursing or social work really aren’t a fit for 您—you’d much rather find 您r fit in something closer to an office setting. So does that mean 您’重新卡在公司的阶梯上?
不必要!那里’s another option 您 may 不 have considered: working for a nonprofit 组织。
So 为什么为非营利组织工作? 没有t 上 ly do these workplaces often give back to individuals and communities in need, they rely 上 employees with savvy 商业 skills to help them make the biggest impact. We spoke with experts to learn more about working in fulfilling nonprofit careers. Read 上 to see if 您 can envision 您rself working as part of a nonprofit 组织。
首先,什么是非营利组织?
您’可能很熟悉该术语,但您可能不知道非营利组织实际上是什么的细节。顾名思义,非营利组织’存在是为了赚钱。相反,他们筹集资金以实现与美国国税局所定义的慈善,教育,科学,扫盲及其他相关目的。如果非营利组织遵守所有必要的IRS税法,则可以将其视为 501(c)(3)免税 组织。
只是因为这些组织不是’对获利感兴趣没有’这并不意味着他们都缺乏资源,必须略过雇员的薪水才能过上。非营利组织可以成为按需提供产品和服务的非常成功的组织。除了这些潜在的收入来源外,非营利组织还经常通过赠款和捐助者,社交媒体活动,活动和其他筹款活动来筹集资金。
在支付了运营成本(包括员工工资)之后,非营利组织确保其剩余收入用于他们的事业,无论是与儿童期癌症,照顾无家可归者,提供医疗保健服务还是保护野生动植物。
为什么要为非营利组织工作?
非营利组织的员工欣赏许多吸引人的优势。详细了解其中五个好处。
1. 您r work can make a difference
One of the biggest potential draws to working for nonprofit organizations is the fact that 您 can use 您r skills to earn a living while still feeling like 您’ve contributed to the greater good. Working for a nonprofit gives 您 the opportunity to make a positive impact by spreading awareness of 您r organization’原因并帮助组织尽可能高效地运行。
“Nonprofits offer the opportunity to change the world or to help 您r neighbors in 您r local community, all while continuing to build 您r professional skills,”该公司发言人里克·科恩(Rick Cohen)说 全国非营利委员会. Whether 您’re a fiscal genius or a marketing wizard, 您r skills can make a difference in the world when 您 put them to work at a nonprofit.
2. 您r work will likely have more variety in responsibilities
“我看到的主要好处之一是有机会立即戴上许多帽子,”的非营利组织和小型企业顾问Jill Santopietro说 21Oak人力资源咨询。在传统的商业环境中,给员工提供与一个业务领域有关的狭窄任务集。另一方面,非营利组织通常依靠较小的团队来处理工作量,从而为员工提供更多选择。
“In a nonprofit, 您 may be handling operations budgets, events budgets, 商业 plans for new services or offerings and speaking to community organizations all 上 the same day,” Santopietro says.
3.职责分工有助于职业发展
“Joining a nonprofit out of college will often mean more responsibility earlier in 您r career,”首席执行官Tasia Duske说 博物馆哈克. 通过 working for organizations that tend to have lean budgets and staff, 您 could potentially dive in to taking 上 important tasks early in 您r career—而这种经验可能是巨大的加分。
Obviously experience and exposure to certain job duties are a boost to 您r resume as 您 advance in 您r career, but don’t overlook the value of learning more about what 您’re 不 suited for. Maybe 您’re excellent at keeping a budget in line but 不 so great at event coordination. Learning this may have been a little painful, but potentially having a chance to try 您r hand at or assist with multiple types of work can help 您 put 您r plans for the future in focus.
4. 您 could be eligible for student loan forgiveness programs
非营利组织需要填补的许多业务职位需要学士学位’s degree. If 您’re afraid 您 can’买不起学位课程,请记住,非营利性职业可以带来好处—像学生贷款宽恕—选择公司路径的人无法访问。
至少十年的员工’其学生贷款的付款金额以及全职为501(c)(3)非营利组织工作的人,可能有资格申请 公共服务贷款宽恕计划(PSLF). If 您 meet all the necessary requirements, this program will forgive the remaining balance of 您r student loans.
5.互联的工作环境
私营企业的职业生涯常常因为仓鼠轮而感到冷落,无聊或与世隔绝,因而因此而声誉不佳。但是,非营利部门的工作给员工带来了一种联系感,这源于共同努力实现共同的使命。
“Another benefit of working at a nonprofit as a 商业 major is working with other smart people with similar values as 您rs,” Duske says. “具有强大使命和指导原则的非营利组织为员工提供价值。”
非营利组织为何需要商业专业
您 might be surprised to learn that nonprofits are in need of 商业-savvy employees since these organizations’ goals don’围绕金钱。“非营利组织是一家不打算为股东牟利的公司,但这并不意味着没有很多钱可赚!” Santopietro says.
“与营利性企业一样,非营利组织也面临着以专业,组织化和财务负责的方式开展业务的压力,而手头上的强大业务专业人员对于非营利组织的成功至关重要,” Santopietro says.
除管理资金外,业务专业人员对于帮助非营利部门实现其目标并进行战略性运营至关重要。“将商业头脑带给非营利组织可以帮助该非营利组织更有效地运作,这将使该非营利组织能够更好地推进其使命并为社区服务,” Cohen says.
具有商业学位的员工的非营利需求是’科恩认为,这与营利性公司的需求有很大不同。“非营利组织需要财务人员,运营人员和执行人员。拥有商业专业的人可以是非营利组织的CFO,COO或CEO,就像从事营利性企业一样。”
这些只是商务学位持有者填补非营利组织所需的一些职位:
- 执行董事
- 筹款经理
- 关联 director
- 首席运营官(COO)
- 首席执行官(CEO)
- 财务经理
- 人力资源经理
- 拨款总监
- 社区外展专家
改变人生的职业
没有w 您 can see that 您r 商业 skills could have a home working for a nonprofit instead of a large corporation. But first, 您 need to increase 您r 商业 acumen and gain the specialized skills nonprofits are looking for.
没有t every 商业 degree is right for 您r situation. Learn more about 您r options with our article, “初学者’s不同类型的商务学位指南.”
编辑’注意:本文最初于2014年发布。此后已更新,以包括与2020年有关的信息。