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Bringing Business Skills to the Nonprofit Sector

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With today’s baby boomers set to retire or move on from their nonprofit management roles, who will lead the nonprofit sector tomorrow?

Net Impact's Bringing Business Skills to the Nonprofit Sector addresses the potential of a promising group of candidates: MBA graduates. Through a study of over 1,700 nonprofit job postings, 200 nonprofit and business leaders, and 1,850 current MBA students, Net Impact analyzes the current landscape of MBA-level nonprofit jobs.

Some key findings include:

  • Nonprofits with a focus on education and health and human services are the heaviest recruiters of MBAs.
  • Demand is high for individuals with an MBA skill set in the nonprofit sector, but organizations are concerned about their ability to attract top talent and provide competitive compensation packages.
  • 71% of current MBAs indicate that they are interested in working in the nonprofit sector at some point during their career, but only 6% say they would like to enter into nonprofits immediately.

Click HERE to download the full report.