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Escalating Pension Costs Hurting Nonprofits

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Escalating Pension Costs Hurting Nonprofits Most nonprofit organizations offering retirement benefits to their workers report that these plans are under stress, according to survey results released today by the Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project. Nonprofits offering ...

Nonprofits to host Houston job fair

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Nonprofits to host Houston job fair College graduates looking for employment in fields such as education and social services could find what they’re looking for at a job fair being held on Friday, Nov. 6. Sponsored by SER Jobs ...

Opportunity Knocks Releases 2010 Nonprofit Wage and Benefit Report in Time for Budgeting

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Opportunity Knocks Releases 2010 Nonprofit Wage and Benefit Report in Time for Budgeting Atlanta, Ga. / November 3, 2009 Just in time for end-of-year budgeting, nonprofit employers can find salary and benefits information to make solid HR decisions for ...

Survey: Nonprofits plan to cut bonuses, freeze hiring

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Survey: Nonprofits plan to cut bonuses, freeze hiring Only a sliver of nonprofits across the country plan to increase hiring in the next six months and half anticipate reducing employee bonuses. That’s according to a report released Monday by ...

November dubbed nonprofit month

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November dubbed nonprofit month In 2008, Gov. Mike Easley of North Carolina named November as "Nonprofit Awareness Month" in recognition of the sector's contributions to the state. "North Carolina's communities are enriched and enlivened by the contributions nonprofits make to the quality of ...

Nonprofit jobs named as stressful and underpaid

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Nonprofit jobs named as stressful and underpaid CNN.com named 15 of the most overworked and underpaid professions out there. Many of the professions are professions in the nonprofit sector. Below are nonprofit professions that were named: ...

Bad Hires Are Costly Mistakes

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Bad Hires Are Costly Mistakes The best way to avoid bad hires is to gather as much objective information as possible about prospective employees. However, employers have to balance this need against the expense involved and the privacy ...

Best Nonprofit Tagline Goes After Guns, Jobs

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Best Nonprofit Tagline Goes After Guns, Jobs The tagline “Nothing Stops A Bullet Like A Job” from Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries won all-star honors in the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards. Homeboy Industries, which assists at-risk and former gang member youth with job training and ...

Nonprofits rethink how they use volunteers after economy causes 40% surge in volume Press Release

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Nonprofits rethink how they use volunteers after economy causes 40% surge in volume The slumping economy is forcing many North Texas nonprofits to add staff and shore up their volunteer management processes to accommodate a sharp influx in volunteers. ...

Composting Becomes Mandatory in San Francisco

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Composting Becomes Mandatory in San Francisco San Francisco's new ordinance requiring residents and commercial building owners to compost goes into effect today. Since the new law was announced in June, the city has already increaded its composting by 25 percent -- a big step ...