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It’s hard to find useful fundraising career advice. People just say “Stick with it! You’ll be rewarded!”

But according to the Bridgespan Group, most nonprofit staff are NOT being groomed for leadership, and only 33% of the time do people from inside the nonprofit even attempt to fill senior leadership level positions.

More than that, according to the 2013 Compasspoint Underdeveloped Report, 21% of development directors in small nonprofits are looking to move out of their current position, and 29% expect to leave the field of fundraising in the next 5 years.

That means that if you’re in your first fundraising job now, odds are you’ll have another 2-3 jobs in the next 5 years. That means you need to get savvy on how to get the right fundraising job for you. Don’t get stuck in a bad situation!

But how can you recognize a bad situation? This book will show you how, right in the interview.

This book represents the culmination of all of my years of experience looking for fundraising jobs, from how to create a killer cover letter to how to ace the interview. From speaking your truth at work (and calling out dysfunctional organizational culture), to how to succeed in your first 80 days.

How do I know all of this? Because girl I have been there!

I have been a development assistant, a development associate, a development officer and a development director, as well as a co-founder of a nonprofit and a development consultant. I’ve run big galas, career fairs, auctions, outreach festivals. I’ve written appeal letters and gotten grants. I’ve designed annual reports, marketing materials, and more.

In this book, you will get advice and materials that are easy to use and created especially for you, the busy fundraising professional.

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You’ll learn:

• How to create a compelling cover letter that gets results
• How to relate unrelated experience on your resume.
• How to ask good interview questions to find out if your boss will be a bully.
• Case studies of how people stepped into leadership roles at nonprofits.
• The three conversations you MUST have with your boss to be successful.
• How to negotiate for a higher nonprofit salary, AND MORE!

 

For only $39.97, you can get a clear roadmap to succeeding in your fundraising career.

Shipping included in cost below. Please choose US or international shipping. (For international orders, much to my chagrin, it really does cost $18 to send this overseas!)

What are people saying about this book?

Rated 5 stars by Nonprofit.About.com September 2013

Joanne Fritz, editor of Nonprofit.About.com, says, “Fundraising is hard, and it’s gotten a lot harder. Mazarine’s book is just about the most honest approach to the topic that I’ve seen. Read it before you go a step further.” Read more of the review

From a reader:

“I loved your book, Get the Job! In fact, it has helped me get two job offers and negotiate a raise since I bought it. Your book helped me write excellent cover letters and resumes and ask the right questions during interviews.  I decided the first offer wasn’t the best fit and turned it down, but am very excited to start my new job soon.  I will be re-reading the chapters on setting realistic expectations at my new job, which is part of a start up foundation for a university here in the UK (hard to believe there are still universities out there not in the fundraising game).

This week I am celebrating a quick win I had writing to current regular givers asking them to increase their monthly donations. The response so far has been phenomenal, and I now have a very sore wrist from handwriting so many thank you notes. Thanks for writing such a helpful book and an inspirational blog!” -Stephanie Miller

I just ordered your book Get the Job. Five minutes after placing the order the phone rang and I was called to come in for an interview with an organization that would be a wonderful next step in my career. That is what I call fast results! -Julie

 

Started reading your book last night and have already changed my LinkedIn profile following your advice. It’s a very valuable piece of writing. Thank you for putting your experience and wisdom on paper for others to share. –John Godfrey, CFRE, Advisor, Mentor and Trainer to Fundraisers at Artful Training, Sydney, Australia

 

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About the author:

Mazarine Treyz has connected nonprofit jobseekers and employers for over five years. She has:

• Directed successful nonprofit career fairs & looked at hundreds of resumes
• Connected jobseekers with nonprofit career experts
• Facilitated client job searches resulting in successful jobs in nonprofit and government
• Moved on up from Development Assistant to Development Director and Development Consultant.

 

What’s inside the book? I’m glad you asked. Here’s the table of contents.

Table of Contents

About the Author	vi
Intro	viii
Finding the Job	1
How to Never Miss a Job Posting Ever Again	1
Job Search Sites	4
LinkedIn For Your Nonprofit Job Search	8
What Skills Do You Need to Be a Good Fundraiser?	20
What Kinds of Fundraising Jobs Are There?	21
What’s In A Title?	29
Applying for the Job	31
Writing Your Cover Letter	33
Sample Cover Letter #1	38
Sample Cover Letter #2	41
Writing Your Resume	44
Sample Resume #1	45
Sample Resume #2	47
Applying For Nonprofit Jobs Online: Take it or Leave it	49
Looking for Work: Passion for the Mission is a MUST!	51
At-Will Employment WTF	55
But They All Want 5 Years of Experience!	57
Interviewing	60
10 Interview Questions You May Be Asked	60
6 More Interview Questions You May Be Asked	63
10 Stories To Tell In Your Interview	65
10 Questions to Ask in Your Fundraising Job Interview	67
6 Interview Questions to Find Out if Your Boss Will be a Bully	71
Sniff out for the Setup in the Interview	74
Cheat Sheet of Good Questions to Take To Your Next Interview	78
How to Negotiate Your Nonprofit Salary	81
Do Your research	81
How to Negotiate a Bigger Salary at a Nonprofit	84
Case Study of How to Negotiate Your Nonprofit Salary	89
Why Are We Paid So Little?	91
Now You’ve Got the Job	93
Too Many Interruptions? Try Solution focused Questions	99
Do You Have a Super Job?	100
How to Delegate Your Work	104
Moving On Up	107
How Can You Climb The Ladder?	107
Don’t Be a Leader. Be a Builder.	111
Why Sit On a Board?	114
6 Ways to be a good nonprofit leader	116
Case Studies of Nonprofit Careers	119
How to Become a Chief Development Officer	120
How to Be an Executive Director	123
Getting into Political Fundraising	126
Getting into Planned Giving	133
Are You Feeling Stuck?	136
Becoming a Nonprofit Consultant	140
Articulating Your Needs	143
Do You Have Any Thought-Terminating Cliches?	143
Change Your Language, Change Your Life	145
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, So Learn Some Vocabulary!	148
Clarifying Your Demands	153
Fire the Assholes, and the Company Culture Will Change	153
Managing Up, What Does it Mean?	156
Grading Your Boss	158
Brooking No Argument	162
How to Respond if Your Boss Yells at You	162
Bullying Bosses Can Cause Employee Suicide	166
What is Rankism?	168
Are You Attacked for Your Fashion?	171
Are You Attacked for Not Being Corporate Enough?	175
23 Fundraising Career Mistakes I Hope You Won’t Make	181
Speaking Your Truth At Work	184
Aw Girl, Are You Jaded?	184
Step Off the Fundraising Treadmill	186
Do You Hate Your Job? 3 Reasons Why	188
Do You Want to Know Who REALLY Has Cause Fatigue?	191
Are You a Wage Slave? Take This Quiz	193
10 Shocking Scary Secrets of Working In Fundraising	196
Breaking Out of Fundraising	199
Motivation	204
So, What’s My Motivation In This Scene?	204
Are You Obsessed with Saving the World?	205
What Are Your Attitudes About Money and Value?	209
How can You Recover from a Toxic Workplace?	214
Self Care Habits	217
Conclusion	219
Bibliography	220
Worksheets	223
What-How-Wow Stories	223
Rockin’ Internship Description	225
Volunteer Job Ideas checklist	227
Sample 3 Month Review	230
LinkedIn Profile Checklist	233
How to Become a Fundraising Consultant	234
Consulting Email to Set Expectations	236
Sample Development Consulting Timesheet	237
Outro	238

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