“I took time away.
My skills didn’t.”
You raised a family. Life happened. Now your résumé gap gets more attention than what you bring.
YOUR ABILITY DESERVES AN OPPORTUNITYYou’re more than
You’re more than
your résumé.
Let’s show it.
You have the skills. You just need a chance to use them. Turn what you can do into real nonprofit work, recent experience, and proof that opens doors.
Your skills come first. A résumé is optional.
Your experience counts.Even when it doesn’t fit on paper.
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YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
You bring the ability.
Let’s put it to work.
POTENTIAL FIT
Make more room
for the mission.
Build a volunteer operations system for a neighborhood food nonprofit.
Uses your project coordination skills
A person behind every matchScope and support agreed together.
Something real to show.Experience. Evidence. A reference.
REAL SKILLS. REAL WORK. A NEW WAY FORWARD.Tap the phone tabs to explore · Illustrative app preview
SOUND FAMILIAR?You know you can do it.
01 / THE GAP 02 / THE PAPER“I built it myself.
03 / THE CATCH“I need experience
You know you can do it.
Getting the chance is the hard part.
Another application. Another silence. Another chance to explain your background instead of demonstrate your ability.
“I took time away.
“I built it myself.
That should count.”
You learned by doing. But without the expected degree or job title, your work is easy to overlook.
“I need experience
to get experience.”
You’re ready for a new field. You just need someone to give you the first real opportunity.
PICTURE YOUR NEXT CONVERSATIONLess explaining
Less explaining
your past.
More showing
what’s next.
Imagine opening an interview with a project you delivered, a problem you solved, and someone who saw you do it.
That’s a different kind of confidence.
YOUR EXPERIENCE, MADE VISIBLE
“Here’s the system I built.
Here’s the team it helped.
Here’s my reference.”
Recent workReal resultsSomeone to vouch for you
The kind of story Side Door is designed to help you build.
MEET YOUR SIDE DOORYou don’t have to wait
You don’t have to wait
for your résumé to tell the whole story.
Put your skills to work for a nonprofit that needs them.
Leave with more than a line on your résumé.
01
Start with what you can do.
Share your skills, goals, and availability. Self-taught experience and unconventional paths belong here.
02
Find work that matters.
Explore a scoped nonprofit project with human support, clear expectations, and a supervisor who sees your work.
03
Take the proof with you.
Build recent experience, documented accomplishments, and a professional reference grounded in real contribution.
Your next chapter.
Their next step forward.
Nonprofits get useful work. You get the opportunity to demonstrate what you can do. Communities get both.
Have a nonprofit project?THE FRONT DOOR ISN’T THE ONLY DOOR.You have something to offer.
You have something to offer.
Let’s make it visible.
Your next chapter doesn’t have to look like your last one.
Find your Side Door Starting with a Cedar Rapids pilot. Explore the concept today.