Where should I look for a nonprofit COO job?
You can research existing job opportunities by browsing selected job posting sites, such as www.bridgestar.org, www.execsearches.com, www.idealist.org, and www.philanthropycareers.com. Research the field and/or organizations you are interested in to round out your target list and to prepare yourself for both informational and job-specific interviews. The better you understand both an organization and the field in which it operates, the more prepared you will be for these conversations. At the same time, start networking. A Bridgestar survey of 75 nonprofit organizations found that they tended to focus more on networking than on more formal search tools such as online posting and executive search and that the majority of the senior executives they hired came into the hiring process through personal networks.
