Potential interview but their range is about 30% less than my desire and I wondering how low can I afford to go. I want to find as many positives as I can. How many benefits would make up for diminished wages. Might there be advencement potential within a year or two. Could I add to my repertoire of skills and move on and up more quickly than if I stay where I am. The job is spot on for what I love to do and I'm tremendously qualified. I need to hash this out quickly and say yes or no to move into interview stage.
Ironic this comes up right after talking about money and happiness yesterday. I don't know how honest I am with myself about the balance of money and or job satisfaction. I don't have answers that seem right.
You'll likely pick up new skills out of necessity, but I wouldn't expect advancement potential -- most NPs have limited org charts and so you get stuck in your title, if not your role. What's attractive about it, the job or the field? If the answer isn't "both," then this may not be the right opp to seize. I kinda think that in the Venn diagram of "job," "field," and "compensation," you need 2 out of the 3 for the sitch to work for you.
Been meaning to chime in on Ali's query. My wife worked for the Nature Conservancy for several years, and her experience was similar to Gaz's. She started at a decent salary since TNC is a pretty big outfit, but raises were meager if at all, and she never got a promotion, even though she went from being one of a 6-person admin department to essentially acting as office administrator with a staff of one. Which is why she quit.
Also, she found that non-profits don't usually tend to attract the highest caliber of executive (or if they do, they get frustrated and don't stay), so there were some pretty dumb decisions made during her tenure, but she had no power to do anything about them.
