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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There has been a concerted effort to destroy specific fields by laying off federal employees and ending and limiting contracts and grants. You can be "highly qualified" with a PhD and 20 years of high-level experience in something related to international development, science, or education...but if the jobs in your field got cut in half, where do you work?

And yes you can try to shift to another field, and people are obviously doing that, but this isn't the kind of roaring job market where that's easy to do. 10 years ago half the social scientists I knew transitioned to research or UX design in tech. Now tech companies are doing layoffs. It's hard.[/quote]

I work in the nonprofit sector and can report the elimination of federal funding has decimated the “do good” infrastructure domestically and abroad.

I’ve seen so many talented people lose jobs/careers as orgs necessarily downsized (dramatically) or shut down altogether.

I’m hoping I survive the continued downsizing. I’m not sure what I would try to pivot to if I’m kicked to the curb (especially at my age: too young to retire, too old to catch the eye of younger hiring managers). [/quote]

Most of the non profits are scams just to funnel money and continue to keep themselves afloat and funded [/quote]

Sigh.

Only a fool fails to grasp the concept of nonprofit-led initiatives for people, communities, and societal interest. [/quote]

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