Borrow From Old MacDonald’s Farm to Interview for a Fundraising Job
Did you have a New Year’s resolution to look for a new development position? Or maybe to transition to work in the social benefit sector?
Have you put your job search off, wondering how your skills translate to what you’d really like to do?
We all have an inner critic telling us super unhelpful things like:
- You’re not ready yet.
- You need another course or degree.
- You need more years of experience doing x, y, and/or z.
- You need time to prepare.
- You aren’t good at this (math/negotiating/technical/financial/digital/sales) stuff.
- You aren’t as confident as other people.
- You can’t take this leap; it’s too risky.
These are all variations on the theme of “you don’t have what it takes.”
Nonsense!
This is a totally irrational fear. Your inner critic is perhaps trying to protect and defend you, but actually this critic is holding you back by ruminating on the risks and worst-case scenarios. If you always play it “safe,” you’ll never grow.
Today, I’d like to tell you what it actually takes to be an effective fundraiser.
I hope you’ll see these innate qualities and strengths are things you have already. All you need to do is formulate them into a pitch format you can use when you interview for a job.
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This week the groundhog told us it’s going to be an early spring!