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Working for a charity

  • 09-06-2014 10:18am
    #1
    daheff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭


    So if you were recruiting for a finance role and somebody came to you with a cv that said they were employed in a finance role with a charity, would you look favourably/unfavourably/no difference on that cv?


    I'm wondering on if industry/financial services companies would look down on somebody who did a finance role in a charity?


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  • #2
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    Maybe I'm weird but the first thing that came into my head was they will be expecting a high salary. My friends who work for charities earn significantly above market rates.


  • #3
    daheff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭daheff


    Mr. Loverman wrote: »
    Maybe I'm weird but the first thing that came into my head was they will be expecting a high salary. My friends who work for charities earn significantly above market rates.

    TBH I would have thought the opposite...they're a charity and want to use their funds for charitable causes...not paying staff bonuses and such like.


  • #4
    Nody
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    daheff wrote: »
    TBH I would have thought the opposite...they're a charity and want to use their funds for charitable causes...not paying staff bonuses and such like.
    I'd think the same of gravy train salaries to be honest. Most charities I've seen pay way more then market "to have good competence or they would leave"; esp. at the more senior positions.


  • #5
    daheff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭daheff


    ok...from the point of view of experience gained or work performed, what would peoples views be?


  • #6
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,295 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Working for Rehab might not be good for your CV at this stage :-)

    Other than that, I see them as just another organisation.

    My own experience has been that working in the not-for-profit sector was the hardest I've worked in year, way harder than either private sector or government roles.

    At ordinary worker levels the salaries tend to be about the same as private sector, or public sector (depending on the role). I don't believe you should work for less than market-rate, unless the charity is one you particularly support and want to make a contribution to.


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  • #7
    daheff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭daheff


    I suppose I'm more concerned about the afterwards- if you left how would industry/financial co's view your time working in a charity -favourable or unfavorably?


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
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    Probably less favourably or indifferently.

    If you think you might spend the next three years with a charity have a look now at the types of jobs you might be applying for in the future and consider how what you will be doing in the charity would cover that.

    It all depends on what you will be doing now and what you want to do after.


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