"I believe it's too soon to tell whether or not NOCS is going to be beneficial for us. I have had no response at all. That may be due to the fact that most of the ads posted there are for the executive type. I may have chosen the wrong place to advertise."
"In general, yes, we've been happy with results from Opportunity NOCs for
mid-level professional positions for the greater LA area and somewhat Orange County; not so much for Inland Empire."
"Our agency has used the center for non profit management as one of our prime sources of recruitment. We receive approximately 50% of our resumes through this source, but our placement rate is low from the resumes received. Our turnover is light and often the best candidate comes through personal referrals. The price has compared to the local publications, and the benefits we have found is to target a non-profit experience qualified pool of candidates."
"...had very good success in the past."
"I can speak well to the benefits of posting ads with OpNocs. We have used them a great deal, and consistently receive solid resumes from our placements. I think the publication is best used when placing ads for middle management positions and above. Their reading demographic is mostly one of mildly to highly experienced individuals who are wanting to make a career of Social Services. In relation to this fact you will find people with advanced degrees most likely responding to your ads (MA, MSW, MPA, etc.)"
"As far as I know, the Opportunity NOC's is most widespread job listing that caters specifically to the non-profit job market and those individuals who are interested in working in the non-profit/social service field. It seems like the majority of non-profit organizations (including some government agencies and private social services agencies) subscribe to the NOC's. And while going through the MSW program at UCLA, the Opportunity NOC's was the only job listing folks mentioned as students started their job search, so my sense is that it's widely distributed to the various schools locally (MSW, Public Health, Law, etc.)"
"I have used Opportunity Nocs for the past several years and have found it to be an effective tool for reaching the non profit sector. However, as with other publications, the level of response generally corresponds with conditions in the job market."
"We have success with this forum as a tool for recruitment. The last 4 folks that we have hired have come to us as a result of seeing our ad."
"From what I have found, we do not get a huge response like we would if we ran an ad in the local newspapers, however, even though that avenue brings in a greater response, most do not have the qualifications that we are looking for. What I found from Opportunity Noc's is that there is a response from people that really do fit into what we are looking for and if they do not then most of the time they may for another position. We have found a few of our Branch Executive Directors through this publication and it also works well for positions in our community service field. We like to use this publication because we tend to draw a lot of high level non-profit executives."
"I have used Opp Nocs and it is most appropriate for Admin positions."
"We get a much better response from the LA Times. Our response from Opportunity Nocs is minimal in comparison."
"I suppose we received 5 or 6 inquiries from Opp Nocs. Of the 7 people we have chosen for the first round of interviews, 1 of them came from Opp Nocs. The others from the LA Times. In the past, we have had people say they saw our ad in both Opp Nocs and the LA Times. For us, we feel the ad is an additional tool that we use to reassure us that we are making every reasonable effort to seek out qualified applicants. We think the ads in Opp Nocs may be reaching casual readers who may not be actively in the job market, but may apply if it was the right opportunity."
"A successful source for us generally (for positions at all levels) is Opportunity NOCs."
"I would recommend: 1.opportunitynocs.org, 2.socialservice.com, 3.craigslist.com(free for non-profits) and 4. nonprofitoyster.com All great sources for non-profits"
"The sites I've used are Opportunity NOC's and CraigsList and have good responses from both."
"Opportunity Nocs has worked for us"
"Opportunity Nocs is a great publication"