Corinna's highlighted quote:
"I always knew that this was thething that energised me the most - doing AWARE work, the discussions that we had in AWARE on issues, making a difference, helping an individual woman get out of a violent situation. I could do it for hours and not feel tired."
"She also likes the environment she works in. "This is not the corporate world, so it's a warmer human environment. Relationships seem a lot more real in a non-corporate setting. Maybe it's me, but in a corporate setting, I always felt that I had to have a certain mask on. I couldn't relax, to be myself. There's a certain persona, all these things that are expected of you. While you're in there, you don't really feel it, but having stepped out of it, you do."
"Most of all, she said, the work is fun, has high impact, and there is absolutely nothing she misses from the corporate sector."
"Before shifting to a non-rpofit full-time, Corinna recommends that they increase their volunteering activities.... provides a better understanding of how to manage the organisation... help with making sure the person understands that the sector works differently.... While there's a certain amount of professionalism, she said levels of expertise and standards can be lower, so people from the corporate world would need to make an adjustment... politics...People are measured by recognition or how much influence they have, rather than by money, so politics can be high in non-profits.... Having the right skill set also matters a lot... they also have to have that management experience."
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