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Non-Profits Turn Off Young Workers

by Gillian Parrillo for Non-Profit Network
Wednesday, April 11, 2007. 10:15AM
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Based on results from a survey, the article says that few of the young non-profit workers expect to spend their entire career working in the charity world. The turn off - long hours and low pay. The low pay is driving men and minority groups out of the field leading to a lack of diversity. This leads to charities paying women lower salaries for comparable work. They speak about sexism and racism and glass ceilings existing in what they had believed would be a more equitable part of the marketplace.

This is a sad commentary on an industry segment that has much need of bright, motivated employees. Let's ask Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Executive Director of the Craigslist Foundation, about this when he speaks at the SEA Showcase next week.

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