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Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve When You Interview

Laura Gassner Otting, President & Founder,

Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group LLC

You’re called in for an interview for the job that could launch your encore career. The standard advice would be to promote your achievements, but that may not be the best strategy. Instead, voice your passion about this new stage in your life and share the “aha!” moment that set you on your new path.

Job seekers transitioning into the nonprofit sector are often filled with assumptions and expectations about the sector itself, some true and some not. Likewise, the nonprofit sector is teeming with assumptions and expectations about these job seekers. To avoid being stereotyped, encore careerists need to stand out in a different way.

Full Article:  http://www.nonprofitprofessionals.com/library/wear_heart_on_sleeve.htm