2022-2023

Four world-changers start and manage their nonprofit careers after graduate school

This episode explores the bigger questions of the nonprofit sector and digs into the specific methods used for securing a job in this market. Four young professionals discuss their latest job search after completing the MS of Nonprofit Management at Columbia University. They share what led them to grad school and which classes stay with them in practice. Aside from identifying their interests relative to types of mission they also asked: Can I see myself working with the people interviewing me? Which skills do I want to develop or use in this role?

This strategy was developed in partnership with Dr. Gregory R. Witkowski and his students in the ‘Disaster and Community: Philanthropic and Nonprofit Engagement’ graduate course at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies. The research and writing were carried out by Caroline Schiavo (lead), Cheryl Brandon, Bernard Figueroa and Barbara Selman, with final editing by CDP staff in partnership with relief, recovery, and social capital disaster strategies.