Hiring Fundraising Staff
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We explore a pain point for most any arts organization: hiring fundraising staff. There are too many jobs for too few qualified professionals in the arts, and the expectations for staff to produce are always high. This episode outlines some of the top challenges faced by arts and cultural organizations when hiring fundraising staff, followed by the five truly ineffective yet commonly used recruitment techniques, and finishing with a handful of “best of” hiring practices that may help during your next search.
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