Mark McCurdy, Author, Chief Purpose Officer and Founder of Careers for Purpose and the Nonprofit Career Coach, a boutique company helping job-seekers, social enterprises and nonprofit organizations fulfill their missions. As an inspiring leader, in-demand speaker, trainer and one of the first nonprofit career coaches in the country, Mark has helped over 4000 professionals accelerate their nonprofit careers and has also assisted nonprofit organizations in unearthing skilled human capital. Mark has the unique experience of working in the nonprofit, for-profit and social impact sector and brings this knowledge to his clients.
In 2008, Mark founded the Nonprofit Career Coach & Careers for Purpose 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 on their community. 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 and social impact career.
• Careers for Purpose and The Nonprofit Career Coach provides specialized nonprofit career coaching, career transition planning, and career training to help professionals and organizations to uncover their purpose that will accelerate their social impact
• Coach clients one-on-one to develop a new career strategy including nonprofit resume, cover letter development, and interview coaching
• Recruit candidates at all levels in the fields of Fundraising, Administrative, Accounting/Finance, Programs, Marketing/PR and Information Technology for nonprofits and social enterprises on the east coast
• Created the careers for purpose toolkit that is a system to help you accelerate your mission-focused work
• Lead the recruitment efforts for small local nonprofits and network for strategic staff
• Interview, screen, and check references for entry to director-level candidates for nonprofits
• Recruit nonprofit speakers for seminars, workshops and nonprofit leadership radio show
• Founder of the second largest LinkedIn Group for nonprofit jobs called Jobs In Nonprofits with over 32,000 members
• Develop client relationships and job leads through active marketing, client meetings, candidate networking, and telephone sales
• Speaker and trainer of Social Impact System: Four key strategies for living your dream job for purpose
