OK Radio #14
Shelly Cryer, Author of The Nonprofit Career Guide and founder of the Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers

9.16.2008
OK Radio host Lynne Norton speaks with Shelly Cryer, Author of The Nonprofit Career Guide and founder of the Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers, a research and advocacy project now a program of American Humanics. Shelly shares additional insight on the mission of this new book and how it can help people assess and explore nonprofit careers.

What is the reality of compensation and livable salaries in the nonprofit sector? For people newly exploring a nonprofit career, what should be the three things on their short list to do first? What are the common misconceptions about nonprofit jobs?

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Interview Highlights
:55 Mission of the Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers and The Nonprofit Career Guide
4:01 What’s inside the book and how can nonprofit jobseekers use it
7:42 Three things on a short list for those newly exploring a nonprofit career
12:31 Reality of compensation and livable salaries in the nonprofit sector
16:03 Common misconceptions about nonprofit jobs
20:25 Highlights of the nonprofit people profiled in the book
23:32 OK If? What life lesson would Shelly teach her child?

Shelly Cryer
Author of The Nonprofit Career Guide and founder of the Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers

Shelly Cryer, author of The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference (Fieldstone, 2008, http://nonprofitcareerguide.org/), is the founder of American Humanics’ Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers. Shelly also works as a consultant to nonprofits, designing strategic media, public education, and development campaigns. Her focus has been human rights and public health. Shelly has served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University and The City University, teaching graduate courses on the media, policy, and nonprofits.

Website: http://nonprofitcareerguide.org/