Hiring an Executive Director or Chapter Staff?

Congratulations. You are embarking on one of the most exciting and scary activities in the life of a nonprofit organization.

Whether you are hiring your first Executive Director or your eighth Executive Director, the Gill Foundation's Outgiving Department has compiled some helping hands for you to aid in the process of hiring an Executive Director.

All of the helping hands are borrowed from real, live lesbian and gay organizations.

Questions? Feel free to email your regional organizer (see contacts on the right). You can also email Russell Roybal at russellr@gillfoundation.org (he's with with the Gill Foundation's OutGiving Department) to help you out with the process.

Do you have ideas on information that would be helpful to you and other chapters in hiring an Executive Director? Send them on over to us!

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Basics On Hiring Your First Employee

• Hiring Your First Employee (www.inc.com)
• Hiring Your First Employee (www.oxygen.com)
• Hiring Your First Employee (www.smc.org)
• Hire Power: 6 Things you need to do before hiring your first employee (www.entrepreneur.com)
• Hiring Your First Employee: A Step-By-Step Guide (www.payroll.com)

Employment Laws

• Business Employment Center (www.hr.org)
• Laws to Know Before Hiring Your First Employee (www.allbusiness.com)

Personnel Resources for Nonprofits

• The Internet Nonprofit Center (www.nonprofits.org/)
• Personnel Policies, Handbooks and Records (www.mapnp.org)
• Free, On-Line Guide to Staffing (www.mapnp.org)
• Basic Overview of Supervision (www.mapnp.org)
• Hiring and Training Key Staff of Community Organizations (ctb.lsi.ukans.edu)
• Becoming an Effective Manager (ctb.lsi.ukans.edu)

Outsourcing Payroll

• Outsourcing Payroll (www.chamberbiz.com)
• Request Quotes from Payroll Services (www.buyerzone.com)