Nonprofit jobs can be insecure, especially in the Bay Area. The state and local political climate allows for public involvement in policy making through a very active ballot initiative process. In terms of nonprofit work, this means that a program that was well-funded last year because it was the public's trendy concern can lose funding the following year when priorities change. Sometimes people are attracted to nonprofit work because they envision flat organizational structures in which people hold hands and sing songs, where the work is always meaningful and free of office politics. For most nonprofits, this is simply untrue.
Nonprofits can be as hierarchical as corporations.
The above challenges are formidable, but working with nonprofit organizations brings its own set of unique rewards. If you understand these distinct traits of nonprofit work and are still committed to getting and staying in a nonprofit job, you definitely have the motivation required to succeed in your job search. We hope this guide will help you. When you are deciding what to do with your life, you face many choices. But when you are about to graduate from college, or have just done so, you'll find some choices more accessible than others.