It is fair to say that recruitment consultancies have a poor reputation in certain quarters. We are aware of this and one of our favourite things is when we receive feedback like "you are not like other recruiters". Clearly we are not alone in this and...
There's a short sentence that appears on every single vacancy we post at PSR. It sits quietly under the job title, but it does a lot of heavy lifting: the salary. I know that sounds unremarkable. You'd think it would be the norm. But I am...
When working with clients looking to recruit fundraising staff we always ask ‘what does flexible working look like in your organisation?’ Answers range from occasional home working to totally remote and sometimes very complicated % of working hours calculations. The recent headlines surrounding the Flexible working...
There is an ongoing discussion about how hard it is to recruit fundraising staff. I am not sure this is a new phenomenon as even before the pandemic finding great additions to a team was not easy. There has been lot of comment, much of it...
A quantitive discussion with Trustees about the opportunities for increasing board diversity presented by remote meetings Introduction The initial UK lockdown saw increased participation in virtual meetings and trustee meetings were no exception. It quickly became apparent that the pivot to a virtual platform was not only...
Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to two brilliant fundraisers. Although one has specialised in corporate and events and the other in trust fundraising, they both had something in common: this was their first fundraising role having transferred from other industries. My corporate and...
Today we spoke with one of our candidates who is attending an interview next week. They informed us that they are now in self-isolation due to C-19. The candidate feels fine and is keen to have a virtual interview, if the charity is willing to do so....
Last week I had to tell a candidate that they came a close second at interview but they didn’t get the corporate fundraising job they had applied for. This person was gutted. We spoke at length about the things that they could do to improve their chances...
I have been leaping out of bed in the morning recently, not a state of affairs that is my default setting I have to add! There do seem to be a lucky few to whom this feeling is a natural constant but in my experience...
In 2001 I secured my first fundraising job with the National Film and Television School as the Marketing and Events Fundraiser. From day one, I was put in charge of organising an auction of film and television memorabilia at Christie’s, the proceeds of which would go to...