Social Impact Careers.Gc

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Careers for
Greater
Social Impact

School of Professional Studies
Graduate Center CUNY

Sean Harvey, MSOD, MSEd
Social-Impact Career Coach
June 22, 2010

Objectives

  To examine the social-impact landscape

  To explore the realities of making this transition

  To discuss strategies for making the transition

Careers for Greater Social Impact
© 2010, Boerum Consulting, All Rights Reserved.

Social-Impact Career Path?

For-Profits Social SOCIAL
(Sustainability) Entrepreneur/ Non-Profits Government
(CSR) Innovator IMPACT

A values-based career
where I can make a
meaningful difference in
my organization,
my community,
and society.

Common Myths
Life is easier in
a nonprofit!
Social
Entrepreneurs can’t
You’ll Starve! balance social
impact and profit
These
organizations are
lucky to hire The transition will
whoever they be easy with my
This work isn’t background!
all that can!
challenging!

CSR is really just
There is a lot of PR!
These mismanagement &
organizations are inefficiency in this
really laid back! space!


Social-Impact Landscape

For-Profits
  Complex interdependency between business needs
(Sustainability/
and wider societal concerns most often honoring the
CSR) triple bottom line: People, Planet, Profit
  >50% of executives consider sustainability very or
Social extremely important
Entrepreneur/
  Only 30% of executives say their companies
Innovator
actively seek opportunities to invest in sustainability
  Opportunity areas: education, business
modeling to make the case, execution
Non-Profits
  Examples: Timberland, Starbucks, Nike,
Gap, Inc., Levi Strauss, Seventh Generation

Government



For-Profits   Visionaries committed to revolutionary and sweeping
(Sustainability) long-term social change that address key societal
(CSR) problems
  The key question is scalability
Social   ??? Examples???
Entrepreneur/
  Resources to identify and propel social innovators:
Innovator
  Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
  The Skoll Foundation
Non-Profits   Echoing Green
"Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish
or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have
revolutionized the fishing industry.”
Government Bill Drayton, CEO, chair and founder of Ashoka



For-Profits   Nonprofits are defined by tax status, mission driven
focus, and revenues that are a means to pursue
(Sustainability) the mission
(CSR)
  Often focused on the immediate needs of society
Social
  1.4 million nonprofits registered in the U.S.
Entrepreneur/
Innovator   Nonprofit revenue of $621 billion (6.2% of U.S.
economy)
  About 70% have budgets under $500,000
  About 4% have budgets over $10 million
Non-Profits
  Estimated growth: over 640,000 new managers in
10 years

  490,000 employed by over 42,000 nonprofits in NYC
Government (15% of the NYC workforce)



For-Profits   Direct opportunities for addressing national, state
(Sustainability) and local issues
(CSR)   More than 2 million employed as federal civil
servants
Social   Federal government is the nation’s largest
Entrepreneur/ employer
Innovator   Increasing demand for services
  Retiring baby boomers creating more hiring
opportunities
Non-Profits   Pay is often competitive with private sector +
great benefits
  Considerable job security
  Nearly 85% of federal jobs outside of DC
Government
  www.usajobs.gov

Social-Impact Career Path?

What’s Attractive?
Reservations?
Questions?
For-Profits Social
(Sustainability) Entrepreneur/
(CSR) Innovator

Non-Profits Government


What’s Motivating You?
  What’s driving your career transition?
Are you moving toward a career or running away from one?

SKILLS
  What do you feel you would gain by making this transition?
What do you feel is lacking in your current career?

  What do you feel you would lose by making this transition?
Are you prepared to handle this loss? PASSION

  What are you prepared to do to make this transition a reality?
What time, energy and resources do you have to commit to the journey?


Key Trends Benefiting Career Changers

  Current economic, political and social climate

  Public-private partnerships and alliances

  Nonprofit mergers/acquisitions

  Revenue generating subsidiaries

  Innovative development/fundraising initiatives

  Socially-responsible investing/microfinance

  CSR/Sustainability/Green/Social Entrepreneurship movements

  Funders/investors require more from nonprofits and boards

  More cross-sector career transitions


Where’s Your Passion?
  What is your motivating cause/mission?

  How passionately do you feel about this cause? CSR
Enough to change your life?

  What skills, abilities and experience Social
do you bring to the table?
Gov Cause Ent

  What have you done in the past to support/
address this cause? Non
profit

  Ultimately what impact do you want to make? How will
you go about making an impact?

Identifying your cause/issue

Advocacy & Business,
Arts, Culture,
Community professional, and
and Humanities
Development trade associations

Environment, Education Foundations,
nature, and (pre-K, k-12) Grant making, and
conservation (College/university) Philanthropy

Religious and
Health and Human and
Faith-based
Science Social Services
Organizations


Realities: The Environment

  Unspoken hesitation among non-profits toward corporate folks

  Experiences really have to tell a story beyond general interest

  Heavy competition for coveted positions

  Fundraising is a key focus that touches every stakeholder

  Measuring impact can be more difficult

  Increased competition for fewer resources

  It’s about the mission not the organization in many cases

  All key stakeholders gets a vote: slower decision making


Realities: Making the Transition

  Hiring can be non-linear and an unpredictable process

  Networking is personal not just professional (emotional not logical)

  Volunteers and interns are often first considered

  Typically wages can be lower especially with smaller organizations

  New hires need to hit the ground running

  Potentially higher rate of burnout

  Career advancement may not be linear or strategic


Strategies to Make a Transition

• Formal Education Service Community
• Certificates • Intern/Shadow
• Leadership • Consult • Mentor
• Volunteer
Programs Strategically • Interim Roles • Advisory Groups
• Apprentice • Board Service • Research & Write • Like-Minded Peer
• Pro-bono projects Groups

Training Experience


Translate the language…
For-profit employees… Non-profit employees…

…work for a company …work for an organization, cause, or mission

…earn a profit …generate revenue

…develop sales leads …research potential donors

…grow and develop customer base …manage and expand their constituency

…achieve return on investment …achieve impact from donated funds

…make decisions that impact the bottom line …incorporate key organizational values into
decisions
…spearhead investor relations …achieve greater stakeholder buy-in

…achieve growth …going to scale


Sell Your Value

Articulate your
transferable
skills

Prepared for the Passion for the
change mission

Demonstrate
Willingness to
your
Learn & Grow
commitment

Understand the
Connected to
issues and have
the players
ideas


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