Will there be a backlash if I put 'Community Organizer' on my resume?

Question

lol

oooooppsss Got 2 Go...Bill O'Reilly on in 30 Minutes...

Answer 1

Probably not.

Answer 2

If thats all you got you are screwed, unqualified for any job.

Answer 3

Community Organizer ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

The Community Organizing Manager customarily and regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment in the following job duties:

1. Develop and oversee the Community Organizing Department’s annual workplan and budget.

2. Serve as the lead staff to the Community Relations Committee of TNDC’s Board of Directors.

3. Supervise staff, tenant volunteers, and/or interns assigned to the department.

4. Serve as a member of TNDC’s Senior Management Team.

5. Serve on task forces, speak to the media, and otherwise serve as TNDC’s representative.

6. Coordinate and facilitate the exchange of information with, and the participation of, TNDC staff in community development efforts.

7. Provide technical assistance, support, and leadership development to neighborhood groups and residents.

8. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with tenant groups, community agencies, and neighborhood stakeholders and work collaboratively to address short- and mid-range community development goals.

9. Lead outreach, issue cultivation, and leadership development within TNDC’s tenant base, and throughout the community.

10. Help to coordinate and organize community input and support related to community issues.

11. Monitor and actively participate in relevant community meetings.

12. Educate and work with public and elected officials around community issues.

13. Give public testimony to city agencies, civic committees, and neighborhood groups as needed.

14. Inform and advise TNDC Executive Director about key community efforts where the organization could or should take a formal position.

15. Other duties as assigned by Chief Operating Officer or Executive Director.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Excellent community building skills, public speaking skills.

• Ability to supervise staff and/or volunteers.

• Ability to facilitate meetings.

• Excellent verbal and writing skills.

• Ability to understand and communicate the needs of low-income residents.

• Ability to work independently and within a team structure.

• Able to attend evening meetings and work on weekends.

• Ability to work within, and sensitivity to, a culturally diverse environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Four-year college degree.

• Two years of organizing or community development experience.

• Two years supervising staff and/or volunteers.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bilingual and Bi-literate in English and at least one of the following languages: Mandarin/Cantonese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog.

• Familiarity with the Tenderloin neighborhood

Answer 4

Apparently community organizers are lazy?  

Palin should have made fun of social workers and civil rights activists too.

Answer 5

As compared to what you're doing here, not so much.

Answer 6

hehehe yeah, if you wanna work for  Republicans

Answer 7

No.

The Peace Corps section of my resume has helped me get jobs that were beyond my experience/pay grade.

Answer 8

It depends. If you are a Republican, it will show that you are courageous, generous, and patriotic.  If you are a Democrat, it means you are an empty suit, an Islamic extremist, and part of the liberal elite.

Answer 9

Only if Palin is hiring.

Better wear a shade of lipstick that wouldn't irritate her.

She's notorious for firing people who disagrees with her.

Answer 10

Only if you apply republican biased job, like US Attorney.

Answer 11

You bet I am turning you into Homeland Security as we speak. Questioning the government? How un American. LOL!

Answer 12

Depends on how you placed it. If you just said community organizer then they may say what.

However something along the lines, I volunteered my weekends working at the soup kitchen and getting funds to provide the food through donations. I helped to get more students into college, I help many inner city youth through getting more after school programs to teach values.

that would be impressive.  

Answer 13

You have to have an education to have that job.

You lose.

say what you?