Undoubtedly, just like private companies, non-profit institutions also need to rely on trained volunteers and collaborators to ensure the provision of a relevant service that, truly, makes a difference in people's lives.

For this, it is necessary to apply, within the entities, the same techniques used by private companies, which, in short, involve recruitment, selection, training, and development programs.

Furthermore, it must be highlighted that the third sector does not survive on voluntários (volunteers) alone. It is essential to hire paid staff to join the workforce. In both cases, the adoption of some previously defined recruitment and selection criteria, directly related to the needs and values of the organization, is essential.

Indeed, what distinguishes candidates for positions offered by the Third Sector from others is, precisely, their personal profile – their principles, convictions, empathy, and selflessness. In other words, to work in an organization, it is necessary not only to present key knowledge and skills, but also to manifest a more empreendedora (entrepreneurial), inclusive, and accommodating personality.

Additionally, this type of work involves a whole search for personal satisfaction. For this reason, it is interesting to select people who have the desire to promote well-being and to offer solutions to the problems of a certain group of people or causes.

However, for all this theory to bear good fruit in practice, it is necessary, first of all, to guarantee employees a continuous learning process, and that is where the key to the whole process comes in: the importance of people management.

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Why invest in people management in the third sector?

For maaaany reasons! One of them is that, a well-structured management department ensures that your organization complies with legislation and maintains transparency – a fundamental requirement to win (and maintain) the trust of doadores (donors).

Furthermore, trained professionals develop well-planned actions, hire appropriate employees, train and develop a team, motivate and engage collaborators, and, consequently, generate positive results for your institution.

In short, there is a series of tasks performed by the people management sector that can optimize the work of each employee and even improve relations within the team.

The key issue is that, regardless of an entity's financial situation, it is essential to invest in this department. After all, besides being responsible for dividing operational and bureaucratic tasks, people management is also responsible for monitoring the overall development of employees. In other words, the work done by the sector goes beyond running payrolls and scheduling vacations and extends even to strategic demands that positively impact the growth of the entire organization, such as career plans, training, motivational actions, and much more.

The difficulties of implementation

Undoubtedly, organizations' challenges in implementing people management boil down, mainly, to the lack of recursos (resources). After all, it is still difficult for most to raise and maintain the necessary funds to create projects and still invest in employees to manage the management department.

For this reason, in most entities, the management sector is limited to payrolls. Thus, the time of employee selection occurs through a shallow and informal conversation, and training-oriented actions are rarer every day.

But, in addition to financial limitations, the truth is that many managers refuse to adopt practices that would cause a major change in the organization's routine.

All these challenges, in practice, end up becoming a snowball. Whether due to lack of money or excess resistance, the fact is that failing to have this sector harms the entire development of a team, and can even compromise the progress of the organization as a whole.

The action of technology in this process

Finally, before thinking about creating a people management department, it is necessary to calculate the area's activities within your institution's budget, hire qualified employees, and have the help of a good technological tool for management. This is because some software programs automate operational tasks and ensure more time for the team to focus on strategic actions for the entity.

With the use of management software, it is possible to collect reliable and updated data about the sector in real time and access it whenever you want. Thus, it becomes much easier to monitor salary payments, track hours, and promote employee evaluations and feedback.

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