Despite being a recession, learn how and why charity jobs have grown. This quintessential guide put together by Ronn Torossian, should help showcase the importance and viability of the non-profit industry.

1. Charity Jobs Grew
During Recession

2. According to new data obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
charity organizations and nonprofit groups are becoming
an increasingly vital segment of the American economy. Consider the
fact that the nonprofit sector is one of the few that grew during the
Recession. In fact, according to Trib Live Media, the nonprofit sector,
with an impressive 11.4 million jobs, is the third largest employment
sector, when compared to all other industries in the United States.
Charities accounted for more than ten percent of all non-government
jobs in 2012.

3. Plus, nonprofit organizations, as a whole, experienced employment
gains every single year from 2007 to 2012. This is the same time frame
in which most other industries were taking a beating thanks to the
Great Recession. Right, and nonprofit employees earned more than
$500 billion in wages in 2012 alone.
This success, Torossian believes, is the linchpin that will begin to change
perceptions about nonprofits in the business world. Bottom line, doing
good works can also mean having a great job.

4. Leading the charge among all nonprofits were the education and
healthcare industries. In 2012, more than 67% of all nonprofit
employees worked in either healthcare or social services. Education
added nearly another 16% to that total. These are skilled job areas
where employees can earn a good living while contributing to the
overall mission of the organization. So, if more than 8 out of 10
nonprofit sector jobs are in good-paying, professional fields, why aren’t
more people more bullish about nonprofit employment?

5. Industry insiders are calling it a failure of perception. On one hand,
many job seekers don’t equate healthcare or education with
nonprofits, so they don’t give that marketplace more than a cursory
glance. Further, these industries have failed to establish a message that
working with them is about more than making enough to pay your bills.
It’s about being a part of something bigger and better. About helping a
specific community and addressing specific issues. That’s the strength
of any nonprofit PR message, and it can become the strength of these
market leaders as well.
People will look longer and harder at better jobs if they can benefit
their hearts as well as their bank accounts.

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