Movement Talent

02/28/2025

For job seekers and hiring managers alike, managing career transitions requires patience, persistence, and community. While the current job market presents real challenges, focusing on meaningful networking, clearly articulating transferable skills, and maintaining realistic expectations will position job seekers for success. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/lunar-new-year-10146847

01/29/2025

Happy Lunar New Year! As we welcome the Year of the Wood Snake, Movement Talent celebrates alongside the people marking this joyous occasion worldwide. In Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, and other cultures, these graceful creatures embody abundant wisdom, cunning, artistic spirit, and bountiful harvests. We wish you a year filled with the snake's most auspicious qualities: tolerance, passion, and creative inspiration. ("Untitled" courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum) - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/its-been-a-year-10146242

12/19/2024

It's Been a Year. Reflections from Movement Talent as we chronicle the previous year and look ahead to the next. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/its-been-a-year

11/26/2024

We find ourselves in a moment of profound uncertainty. Our challenges are complex and deeply interconnected – from threats to fundamental rights to escalating economic pressures. Yet, in these times, our collective resilience shines brightest.

This Giving Tuesday, Movement Talent celebrates the organizations and leaders working tirelessly to build a more just future. We're highlighting our Featured Organizations and inviting you to support the movement ecosystem in any way possible. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/investing-in-movement-leadership-for-giving-tuesday-2024

10/31/2024

One of the most common concerns we hear from job seekers is feeling caught unaware by interview questions they didn't expect.
In this month's e-news, we give you practical tips on how to ace your interview by reading between the lines - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/fueling-our-movements-the-importance-of-generating-resources-10144399

09/17/2024

The ability of organizations to generate resources is essential to fueling our movements for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice. “Diversifying Nonprofit and Movement Revenue: A Call for Conversation and Action,” a new report from The LeadersTrust, gave us some new ideas about how we can diversify our resource generation at Movement Talent - and we hope it can do the same for your organizations. Download the report to explore these insights and more from 30+ nonprofit leaders:

09/03/2024

With additional guidance based on our team’s experience reviewing thousands of resumes over the past several years, she focused on answering three key questions:

-What were my responsibilities?
-How did I do my tasks?
-What impact did my work make?

Especially for those of you who are job seekers, we hope you take away some tangible ways to improve your resume. Read more at:

Movement Talent was fortunate to have Katelyn Chacon as our summer intern this year. We asked Katelyn to share a bit about what she learned here, particularly updating her resume. In this blog post, we share Katelyn in her own words, with additional guidance based on our team’s experience reviewin...

07/31/2024

July E-News: Movement Talent's Tony Nguyen shares his session highlights from Netroots Nation, an annual event that gathers diverse, progressive voices from across the U.S. and worldwide. Link in bio. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/notes-from-netroots-nation-2024

05/31/2024

Can someone feel like they belong after an interview? In this month's e-news, we explore what an intentional interview process can look like. We also share thoughts on the Othering & Belonging Institute conference, including insights from Imani Barbarin and Scott Shigeoka. Read more: https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/springcleanignresumeslinkedin-9431716

04/30/2024

In this month's e-news, we're spotlighting Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha (CTUL), a worker-led organization where individuals organize, educate, and empower each other to fight for a voice in their workplaces and communities. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/springcleanignresumeslinkedin-9429352

03/28/2024

It’s officially springtime, and our thoughts turn to tidying up. No, not our home offices or the junk drawer in the kitchen. Instead, the Movement Talent team is focusing on rearranging our resumes and polishing our professional presence on LinkedIn. Making little changes at regular intervals is always easier than carrying out a major overhaul when a new opportunity arises. With that in mind, we’re offering a few tips to keep your resume relevant and effective. https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/springcleanignresumeslinkedin

02/28/2024

This month we’re shining the spotlight on Metro IAF, an organization with seven decades of experience drawing on the proven impact of person-to-person organizing to transform communities and build the local power necessary to create local, state, and national change. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/ready-to-maximize-your-role-in-the-movement-9424223

02/01/2024

You carefully examine your organization's needs and thoughtfully develop a new role. You write a position description. Everything gets approved. You post the listing on your website. You share it on social media. And… nothing happens. Where are all the applicants?

Our latest blog post provides tips to shift your mindset and help you craft a successful job announcement designed to generate buzz and attract the applicants you want. https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/ready-to-maximize-your-role-in-the-movement-9421639

12/19/2023

Peaceful Holidays from all of us at Movement Talent. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/ready-to-maximize-your-role-in-the-movement-9418231

11/28/2023

🌟Spotlight on Movement Organizations on Giving Tuesday🌟 Join Movement Talent as we amplify our partner organizations' work to advance social, economic, racial, gender, and environmental justice. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/givingtuesday2023

10/30/2023

Our October E-news is here! We know that malaise can set in during the search process – we have been there ourselves! The question becomes how to deal with these moments of uneasiness. In our new blog post, we’re offering concrete steps you can take to deal with discomfort in the job search process, whether you’re an applicant or employer. https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/what-were-reading-watching-and-listening-to-this-summer-9413187

09/29/2023

🎉Celebrating Grassroots Collaborative, a Disruptor Change Champion - September E-News https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/what-were-reading-watching-and-listening-to-this-summer-9397183

07/28/2023

Movement Talent is excited to welcome our first-ever summer interns in 2023. We’ve learned so much from working with Nihar and Leticia – who you’ll get to know a bit more about in this month's newsletter – and look forward to continuing to expand our internship opportunities in the future. - https://mailchi.mp/movementtalent/what-were-reading-watching-and-listening-to-this-summer-9390899