Dear Friends,
Before I was two years old, three nonprofits changed my life forever; two adoption agencies in different countries and one hospital that helped me walk for the first time. When I was growing up in Massachusetts, my father worked as an artist and my mother ran an international nonprofit adoption agency out of our home. You could say, quite literally, I was raised in a nonprofit. As a result of this rather unusual yet highly rewarding upbringing, I was instilled with a strong sense of giving back from an early age.
During my sophomore year at the University of Massachusetts, I had a harrowing brush with death during a school break. Once again a nonprofit (hospital) came to my rescue, and the memory of this life changing event has deepened my commitment to serve others through the world of service and social impact. In 2000 I began working as a recruiter for nonprofit organizations, first in New York City, then in Washington, DC.
In 2008 I founded Jobs In Nonprofits and the Nonprofit Career Coach with the goal of “connecting the brightest hearts and minds with the best nonprofits.” We are dedicated to serving idealistic, responsible job seekers who want to have a positive impact serving nonprofit organizations . The Nonprofit Career Coach provides strategic one-on-one career coaching, mentoring, workshops and training to job seekers who want help to accelerate their nonprofit career.
You’ll find that the business philosophy of the Nonprofit Career Coach is similar to that of a nonprofit organization. We put our mission ahead of our profit margin, and we take a team approach to serving our clients. The benefit to our clients is a team of honest, hard-working, and responsive career specialists that are dedicated to serving you and the nonprofit sector.
Sincerely,
Mark McCurdy, Founder & President
Mark McCurdy, Author, Speaker and President of the Nonprofit Career Coach and is Managing Partner of East Coast Operations at Scion Nonprofit Staffing, a boutique company helping job-seekers and nonprofit organizations fulfill their missions. As an inspiring leader, in-demand speaker, trainer and strategic nonprofit career coach, Mark has helped over 4000 professionals accelerate their nonprofit careers and has also assisted nonprofit organizations in unearthing skilled human capital. Mark has also worked in the nonprofit sector focused on workforce development issues at one of the largest employment centers in Massachusetts, The Work Place. Mark has been a featured speaker at:
- City Year
- Salvation Army
- Massachusetts Service Alliance
- Operation ABLE
- Babson College
- United Teen Equality Center (UTEC)
- Teen Empowerment Job Conference
- Stand for Kids
- Let’s Get Ready Youth Conference
- Smith College
- Lesley College
- Brandeis University
- Amnesty International USA
- the University of Massachusetts
- the Global Fund for Children
- the World Resource Institute
- Net Impact Boston
- AmeriCorps
- WINDS Networking
- the Jericho Road Project
Mark gives presentations on careers in nonprofits, career transitions, and key strategies for finding a dream job that will maximize one’s “social impact” in the nonprofit world.
Mark is certified as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). He holds a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in Human Resource Management from the University of Massachusetts.
Location
281 Summer Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
Phone: 617-855-8292
The Nonprofit Career Coach is a division of Jobs In Nonprofits, LLC.
