Nonprofit Kit For Dummies, 6th Edition

Chapter 11

Working with Paid Staff and Contractors

IN THIS CHAPTER

Preparing your organization for paid employees

Taking care of the groundwork

Interviewing and hiring potential staff

Getting a new hire started

Handling the day-to-day management

Working with contracted consultants

Some nonprofits have paid staff from the beginning. For example, nonprofits that start out with grant funding to operate a program may have paid staff. Other nonprofits may start more slowly, with the board of directors and other volunteers initially doing all the work and hiring paid employees later. And many nonprofits never have any paid staff. These organizations may use consultants or rely on volunteers.

No rules exist about when a nonprofit organization should start employing paid staff. The organization must determine whether it has enough work to justify employees and whether it has the resources ...