Career Opportunities in Booming Nonprofit Sector Help MBA Grads Find Fulfillment
A wave of nonprofit management hiring in America has created a strong job market for MBA holders reports MBA-Business-Schools.com. In addition to the nonprofit sector experiencing growth, executive-level salaries are much more competitive than in the past.
(PRWEB) February 28, 2007 -- A new article on online business school directory MBA-Business-Schools.com explores the broad range of management opportunities for recent graduates of online MBA programs in the nonprofit sector (http://www.mba-business-schools.com/articles/2007/01/doing-good-work-management-opportunities-in-nonprofit-organizations.php). With nonprofit career growth surpassing the private sector in 46 of 50 states, the field now comprises more than 10 percent of the total job market according to figures released by Fortune Magazine.
In the MBA-Business-Schools.com article "Doing Good Work: Management Opportunities in Nonprofit Organizations," writer Karen Lawson explains why nonprofit organizations are a great career choice. Lawson writes, "You'll use the knowledge gained in your online business program to motivate and direct others to achieve their best for a cause that's important to you and your community."
According to the Independent Sector organization, the nonprofit sector grew to more than 1.2 million organizations with over $664 billion in revenues during the last decade. Nonprofits now offer competitive salaries as well. Fortune Magazine reports that a Washington, D.C. charity pays its CEO upwards of $130,000 a year. A director of finance for a nonprofit can typically earn $100,000 to $110,000 or more.
In Fortune Magazine, Josh Ruxin, a former management consultant who now directs Columbia University's Access Project, reports that: "I always put resumes with an MBA or business experience ahead of those with strictly not-for-profit experience. With the advent of enormous new sources of funding, operational talent is increasingly what is most needed. In order to create sustainable change, ideals alone are inadequate. You need business smarts and experience."
For those hoping to enter the field, Lawson (http://www.mba-business-schools.com/articles/2007/01/doing-good-work-management-opportunities-in-nonprofit-organizations.php) reports that "online business degree programs provide flexibility and the course content you need for management opportunities in the nonprofit sector." MBA-Business-Schools.com offers resources for future MBA students to find specialized MBA degree programs as well as its timely article on opportunities in the nonprofit sector.
Hiring is reportedly brisk. ExecSearches.com -- an executive search firm that specializes in nonprofit placement -- recently reported a diversity of management openings, including positions for a Vice President of Development, National Council for Research on Women; Managing Director, AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition; Director of Development, Cool Kids Learn, Inc.; Executive Director, Program for Torture Victims; and Executive Director, Alamo City Men's Chorale.
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