Job-Market Jitters

The poor economy is making it hard for fund raisers to find work

In mid-June, one month after Jaime Weller-Lafavor received a pay raise and a glowing performance review, she was shocked to learn that her job as director of development at a West Coast youth group was being abolished.

Ms. Weller-Lafavor, who has a master's degree and several years' experience as executive director of a local Lutheran social-services group, understood that her new organization was facing financial difficulty. But she says she was unprepared for the abrupt way in which

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