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April 02, 2019
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In-House Recruiters Have an Edge
When Tahsin Alam (front) came to the Rutgers University Foundation four years ago to run an office that finds and keeps top-quality fundraisers, the vacancy rate was 18 percent. It’s half that now. The foundation keeps an internal database of candidates and finds others on LinkedIn and elsewhere.
Ambitious, multiyear fundraising campaigns require lots of fundraisers — but not just any fundraisers. What’s essential are the skills development professionals bring and how managers deploy their talent.