b'SMART HIRING FOR NONPROFITSNonprofit employers often have dedicated and driven workers, but they also have some of the highest rates of turnover and burnout. These tips from MissionBox can help you keep employees for the long haul.Build a strong hiring strategy. Prepare interview questions with those ideal candidate qualities in mind. The same questions should be posed to each candidate to fairly assess each person. Set clear goals for the new hire. Hiring underqualified people or overloading ambitious employees are frequent regrets. Promote from within. Hiring from within can be a key retention strategy in your human resources plan. Rewarding hard work and dedication with welldeserved promotions is a clear way to build employee loyalty. Look for a current employee who has the necessary skills, expertise, and commitment.Leverage the unique benefits of working for a nonprofit. Nonprofits can be good workplaces where effort is appreciated and employees are invested in a greater purpose. They can offer benefits like schedule flexibility, workfromhome options, extra holiday/vacation time, and childcare or education assistance to compensate for lower wages. Source: missionbox.com LIGHTENING THE LOAD Its easy to relegate problems of mental illness to the realm of a failed personal work ethic, not enough faith, or more recently, a chemical imbalance in the brain. In All Who Are Weary: Easing the Burden on the Walk with Mental Illness (Broadleaf Books), Emmy Kegler joins the reader on a long walk of reflection, understanding, and compassion, calling Jesusfollowers back to ancient practices of lament, vulnerability, honesty, community, and hope. Written with a wide community in mindincluding patients, parents, partners, coworkers, friends, pastors, therapists, and the whole churchKegler points to the embodied grace known in Jesus, trusting in the promise of a lighter load for all.JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 53'