Avoiding Mistakes in Nonprofit Personnel Matters

In You Hired Who? Top 10 Nonprofit Employment Mistakes, a brief article appearing a few weeks ago in The NonProfit Times, Siobhan Kelley discusses several mistakes to avoid in the process of hiring and managing personnel.  Because nonprofits must practice good governance, the article is worth a look.  The article identifies and discusses the following mistakes: 

1. Rushing To Fill An Empty Seat With A Warm Body: Mistakes In Hiring
2. Failing to Maintain Performance/Disciplinary Records
3. Not Requiring Managers To Document Performance Problems
4. Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors
5. Making All Employees “Salaried”
6. Letting Employees Work “Off The Clock” Or Volunteer
7. Drafting “Overly Optimistic” Personnel Policies
8. Not Appropriately Addressing Disability Issues
9. Treating Employees As Clients
10. Forgetting About The Employee On A Leave Of Absence

 JRB