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LinkedIn Has the Answer to Nonprofits’ No- or Low-Staff Recruitment Budgets

Posted September 23rd, 2011 by Ventureneer
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Learn how LinkedIn can help recruit the right staff and other important relationships for your nonprofit for minimal cost in Ventureneer’s webinar.


New York, NY September XX, 2011 -- Nearly 75 % of nonprofits do not have any formal budget for recruiting employees, according to the 2011 Nonprofit Employment Trends Survey.

Yet 67% of executive directors expect to leave their current employers within five years. That’s a big challenge to meet with no budget. Social recruiting -- using social media to find the right people -- is the low-cost and effective tool for finding good staff.

Ventureneer is offering a free online seminar, <a href="http://ventureneer.com/webclass/how-use-linkedin-nonprofit-staff-recruitment">How to Use LinkedIn for Nonprofit Staff Recruitment</a>
to introduce nonprofit leaders to social recruiting. The webinar will be presented by Bryan Breckenridge, Nonprofit Success Enabler for LinkedIn’s Nonprofit Solutions.

Breckenridge has helped organizations in the nonprofit and commercial sectors use technology to exceed their goals for more than 14 years.

“Recruiting the right staff from the ED to the IT guy to board members is a lot easier when you can expand your reach and narrow your focus. LinkedIn does both,” says Geri Stengel, founder of Ventureneer.

The free webinar will be held Thursday, October 13, from  2-3pm ET.

Recruiting the right staff has been a challenge for nonprofits. Not only do they need people with executive skills, they  need people with passion for a cause, and an interest in changing the world. Social recruiting is making the job easier. And LinkedIn is the social medium of choice for social recruiting.

With specific tools designed to help nonprofits, LinkedIn connects nonprofits to people with the skills and passion they need, no matter the cause, the size, or the challenges of the nonprofit.

Breckenridge will explain the three main tools LinkedIn offers for nonprofit staff recruitment, all of which are discounted significantly for some US 501(c) 3s:
  • LinkedIn Recruiter, for research and reaching out to candidates actively looking and those who are not yet looking
  • LinkedIn Jobs Network, for posting open staff, board or long-term volunteer roles
  • Career Pages, for presenting your distinctive story to potential employees and volunteers


He’ll discuss each, share examples, offer demonstrations of all three, and answer questions.  He’ll also tell a story about Goldie’s Place, a small organization addressing homelessness in downtown Chicago, that used LinkedIn Hiring Solutions to bring two senior professionals onto their board quickly with only a few hours work.

Nonprofit executive directors, members of the board’s executive search committee, Human Resources directors and staff, and hiring managers will be greatly relieved to learn how their jobs can be made easier.

For more information or to register, visit <a href="http://ventureneer.com/webclass/how-use-linkedin-nonprofit-staff-recruitment">How to Use LinkedIn for Nonprofit Staff Recruitment]</a>.

About Ventureneer
Ventureneer connects values-driven small business owners, <a href=" http://ventureneer.com/"> social entrepreneurs </a>, and nonprofit leaders with the knowledge they need to make the world a better place and to thrive as businesses. At Ventureneer, entrepreneurial and <a href=" http://ventureneer.com/nonprofit-management-training-critical-component-... "> nonprofit training</a> and advice are practical, accessible, and affordable. Ventureneer blends traditional, formal instruction with informal, peer learning. You can learn new skills, collaborate with peers, develop solutions to your real-world problems, get one-on-one help from experts, and access the information you need to make better decisions for your organizations.



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