Willravel

Okay, time to get specific. I used to work for a local internet company that dealt in sales. I worked my way from management into a VP position there, but the CEO was a ponce and screwed the whole company up pretty bad. Once I realized this was the case, I started looking for work elsewhere. While I was working for this company, I was also volunteering my time at a local non-profit organization that deals with low income people. I did everything from handing stuff out to occasionally helping out with administrative stuff, as a volunteer. I liked helping out. Neeways, that non-profit was doing pretty well, and they decided that things needed to move in a direction in addition to the direction they were taking, and they knew about my business experience. They asked me if I would be interested in temporarily overseeing it, and I said sure. It went well, and the position is now permanent. I'm no longer making 6 figures as Cynth said above (yes, I took a pay cut), so I've also had to take an additional job with a local software company. They didn't just "hire he first one who volunteered". I have executive experience and, apparently, people skills that the jobs requires.