Exceptionally high turnover within a development team can lead to impaired donor relations and can jeopardize future donations. While nearly every shop recognizes the importance of recruiting and retaining talented development professionals, few have an intentional strategy to ensure they are recruiting the right development officers for their team and providing professional development opportunities and other incentives to ensure top performers stay and progress within their organization.
Join us for a session that will highlight best practices that support longer advancement team tenures within an organization. Our expert instructor will share information and advice about the following:
Preparing to recruit talented development professionals
Using search firms, dedicated human resources staff, and in-house recruiter models
Building retention into the interview and hiring process
Developing sound hiring criteria and an effective hiring rubric
Promoting from within/growing your own
Incentivizing employees when budgets are tight
Developing performance reviews that support your culture
Who should attend?
This program is intended for directors, executive directors, associate or assistant vice presidents and vice presidents of advancement and any other advancement or development professional responsible for leading and cultivating an effective advancement team. HR liaisons for advancement shops are also encouraged to attend.
Agenda
Preparing to recruit talented development professionals
Why strategically recruiting and retaining professionals is important to the success of your shop
Setting recruitment and retention goals that support your organizational mission
Opportunities for committing yourself to be a “talent magnet”
Use of search firms versus dedicated human resources staff or an in-house recruiter model
Recruiting talented professionals
Attracting a pool of viable applicants
Building retention into the interviewing and hiring process
Selecting and on-boarding the right team
Developing sound hiring criteria and an effective hiring rubric
