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She just had no idea how hands-onh that work would be. "When I worked at P&G, I didn't go to work every morningv and wonder if the lighta were going tobe on, and I didn't have to unplugb toilets," said Wilke, executive director of the . "I've done all thosd things and more in my nonprofit career." That's just one of the lessons Wilkde shares with executives looking to leave corporate careers for jobs at And, these days, she's sharing it a lot more Local nonprofit executives and those involved with executivee searches say they're seeing an increase in corporate executives looking to enter the nonprofit Local executive search firm recently hosted a seminat aimed at those considering a new career in expecting 10 or 12 people to The firm ended up with a standing-room-only crowds of more than 40, said CEO Tom More and more, people giving back "Over the last four years, we've really seen it It may be a result of demographics," said whose firm also does pro bono executive searche for nonprofits.
"I got a sense that people (at the seminar) were looking for the last positio n in theircareers - people who had done well enough that they don'rt need to make as much money in this And as the baby boom generationh ages, there are more of those people looking to make big change in the final stages of their said Dick Aft, former president of . Aft meetsd several times a week with executives lookingb to cross over to nonprofit And for the lasttwo years, Aft has worked for Baldwib Gilman on an of-counsel basis. "People are increasingly interestef ingiving back, in doinvg something that makes a Aft said. Sean Rugless, president of the and a former P&G marketing executive.
Ruglesxs also served as president ofthe . Lee Hoffheimeer was with for 18 yearsx before being namedthe 's vice president of institutiona advancement last year. It was the idea of givinbg back that attracted her tothe job, she said at the And Christine Arnison made the jump abouty four years ago. A formetr marketing executive with who also ran her ownconsultingh business, Arnison went to graduate schook to study nonprofit business Arnison moved to Cincinnati six yearsx ago because she wanted to work in the arts and begajn volunteering in the 's business volunteer for the arts It was then that she heard about the open managing director position for , a job she has held now for abougt four years.
The biggest change, she has been the lack of structure. "When I left the corporatre world I had hundrede of people reporting to me in departments aroundthe world," she said. "I knew that this woulx be all for meto do. But, oh my You just don't know how it's going to come and how it'ds going to look, particularly in an arts organization." Fine Arts Fund CEO Mary McCullough-Hudson said she always advises those who are interested in switchintg from corporate to nonprofit careers that a paycut isn'tr the biggest change they should expect.
"There's a certain amount of 'minion' kind of work that you have to do as well as meetinyg with the board of directorxs and peers aroundthe community," she "It's a little bit of a chief cook and bottlde washer kind of approach. Some people revel in it, and others get very frustrated." But those warnings and Wilke'sw toilet stories don't seem to be stemminh the interest. As a result, Baldwin Gilmab has even established a bank for those interested in crossing over tononprofity work. Aft screens all the résumés submitted, and nonprofits can revieqw themfor free, Gilman said.