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Your Nonprofit Team: Attracting, Retaining Talent

The NonProfit Times

Think beyond health insurance. Offer professional development programs, flexible work schedules, and wellness perks like mental health days. Leveraging Technology For Recruitment and Retention Technology can simplify hiring and keep teams connected. Be transparent about pay and get creative with benefits.

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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

The Need for a Systemic Alternative Despite the prevalence of gig work, workforce agencies’ training, support, recruitment, and data-gathering efforts remain focused on traditional, standard employment. Much of this employment was in care for children, seniors, or people with health issues. The average worker age was 37.

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Effective Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Nonprofit Talent

NonProfit Leadership Center

Effective Strategies for Attracting Nonprofit Professionals Mission-Driven Recruitment A great starting point to attract top talent is to ensure your organizational messaging clearly articulates your mission. Professional Development Another way to increase staff retention is to invest in the growth of your employees.

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Prioritizing Self-Care at Your Nonprofit: 3 Best Strategies

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Plus, creating a positive work environment that values your employees’ well-being will help you recruit new talent for your team. Offer mental health days. Mental health and physical health are equally important, but at many organizations, employees are expected to only take sick days for their physical health.

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Proven strategies for engaging and retaining volunteers

Candid

in 2022-23 , its worth asking: What are the drivers behind Americans volunteering less, and how can we boost volunteer retention? the number of community health volunteers or COVID-19 Community Corps grew in response to the pandemic, but that surge has ebbed. While recent data shows it is rebounding, going up to 28.8%

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Closing Care Gaps: Physician Shortages, Medical Deserts, and Health Disparities

NonProfit Quarterly

The maternal health crisis…which is most deeply and painfully felt by Black and Indigenous women, is particularly acute in rural areas where more than half of counties lack hospital services for…prenatal care. Residents of rural regions are also more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at later stages and have worse outcomes.

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Community Health Center Worker Shortages Could Undermine Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: nensuria on iStock Community health centers are vitally important within a healthcare landscape where a growing number of Americans can’t access care. The Commonwealth Fund defines FQHCs as “community-based outpatient clinics that provide primary medical, dental, behavioral, and other health care services.”

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