So What Do You Know About Careers and the Non-profits?

1) Nearly 11 million people worked as employees of nonprofit organizations in 1996, or approximately 7% of the nation's workforce ___________

2) There are more than 1.6 million organizations in the nonprofit sector, which is more than 6 percent of all organizations of all types (nonprofit, business, and government) in the country. __________

3) The most nonprofit sector employment occurs in religious organizations. _________

4) Nonprofits offer few job opportunities and are primarily volunteer organizations engaged in charitable activities. ________

5) According to some experts it may be easier to enter the nonprofit employment arena than to find jobs in government or business. ______

6) Nonprofit organizations typically lack accountability. ______

7) Similar to thriving businesses, nonprofits must increasingly advertise their activities and vigorously market their services. _______

8) Nonprofits typically offer low salaries and few benefits; in fact, many organizations, especially health groups, research organizations, foundations, and business and professional associations, offer some of the lowest salaries and fewest benefits of all. _______

9) Most nonprofits are tied to a community-based grass roots initiative and not located in the major cities; in fact, more than 90 percent of all nonprofits operate at the local level as community-based organizations. _______

10) One of the greatest benefits of working for a nonprofit organization might be that it allows people to pursue their passions through their work. _______

11) In the history of the United States, volunteer organizations formed before government institutions were in place. _______

12) Nonprofits typically place less emphasis on education as a prerequisite for employment than do for-profit organizations; in fact candidates who pursue continuing education will have less opportunities in the nonprofit marketplace than in the for-profit marketplace. ________

13) Career specialists recommend that the best way to find a job with a nonprofit organization (or any other organization) is to respond to the numerous position listings in local newspaper ads, on Internet employment sites, and on the web sites for the particular nonprofit organization of interest. ________

14) Baby boomers will leave over 40 trillion dollars to their heirs and to charities. _________

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