Encore: Work that matters in the second half of life.

Have you switched — or do you want to — from business or government to a job at a nonprofit organization?

The Conference Board, a business research and membership group, wants to hear from experienced workers who have moved, or wish to move, from for-profit or government jobs into the nonprofit sector. It has extended the deadline for responses until May 21.

The goal is to better understand the key cultural, generational, intergenerational challenges they face, and which pathways they find most effective in moving to the nonprofit sector.

Conference Board researchers also want to survey nonprofit employers that recruit and hire workers age 50 or older from other sectors, to better understand how they reach out to this talent pool and which recruitment and “crossover” strategies work best.

Responses will be kept confidential. Each person who participates will receive a free copy of the survey results.

Nonprofit job holders who are age 50 or older and have transitioned into the nonprofit sector for a for-profit or government position within the past five years can click here to take the survey.

Nonprofit job seekers who are age 50 or older and (1) are currently employed in a for-profit or government position; or (2) were employed within the past two years in a for-profit or government position can click here to take the survey.

Nonprofit employers, specifically senior-level managers responsible for human resource policy decisions at organizations that have hired or attempted to hire (1) workers age 50 or older from for-profit or government positions within the past five years or (2) workers who have retired within the past two years from for-profit or government positions, can click here to take the survey.