Well well well, it's a funny old world.
One minute I'm gearing up for a new career as a Recruitment Consultant, the next I'm being offered the position of Director of Operations for 'A Loving Spoonful', the AIDS charity I've been volunteering for for the past 12 months. The job itself is simply awesome. The organization runs a variety of meals programs to help men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS, and who have physical, mental or medical barriers to food and nutrition. Many of the clients are in palliative care. The idea is that no-one living with AIDS should live with hunger. Amen to that.
The job itself is simply awesome - full operational responsibility for the whole organization, which is one of the most highly regarded non-profits in Western Canada. The salary, as is always the case with non-profit, is not. Should I take this job I'll be earning a little over what I was earning at the age of 22.
What's a gal to do? A decent salary and excellent benefits package in a well established Recruitment Consultancy or a crappy salary and basic benefits in the ever-unstable world of non-profit? Arriving at work clean-shaven, suited and booted every day so I properly represent the company, or wearing what the hell I want and shaving only on special occasions? Working in an established role and being closely managed against set performance criteria or having free-reign to make a fantastic non-profit even better? Working long hours matching candidates to job opportunities and earning Randstad their next million dollars, or using all my skills and experience in operations to enrich the lives of some very needy people? Feeling tired and unfulfilled at the end of my work day or feeling tired and fantastic?
I start as Director of Operations for A loving Spoonful on March 5th. And I couldn't be happier.
