Hey David, thanks for the question. I just want to chime in from High Impact Professionals’ stand point.
High Impact Professionals has two main products, both of which are geared at getting professionals into more impactful roles. These are: - Talent Directory—We have a talent directory with over 750 impact-oriented professionals looking for work at high-impact organizations and over 100 organizations sourcing from it. We encourage both professionals and organizations to sign up. I think this doesn’t have much overlap with SuccessIf, except with their matchmaking work, where we’d be excited if they matchmade using our talent directory as a source. - Impact Accelerator Program—We are currently running a 6-week program geared towards helping professionals form and execute on an impact plan, with a focus on identifying and removing barriers to impact. Participants meet weekly to discuss progress on their impact plan and take part in a mastermind session where they discuss current barriers. I’d say this program has decent overlap with Successif’s programs, especially the peer support and overcoming barriers aspects.
I think one difference as I understand it is that SuccessIf is mostly focused on AI/​Longtermist work in terms of resources dedicated to those areas, whereas HIP is cause neutral in the sense that it doesn’t seek to prioritize a particular cause area. But I’ll let Claire elaborate here.
Successif started with career advising as the primary activity in May of 2022. It’s my understanding that High Impact Professionals has been focused on helping people fundraise through their companies and manage EA workplace groups.
We’ve had similar targets but different paths to impact. In the last few weeks, HIP announced new programs that overlap with some of our work, and we don’t yet know how these services will differ.
I agree it’s important to recruit more experience into EA. How do you relate to High Impact Professionals?
Hey David, thanks for the question. I just want to chime in from High Impact Professionals’ stand point.
High Impact Professionals has two main products, both of which are geared at getting professionals into more impactful roles. These are:
- Talent Directory—We have a talent directory with over 750 impact-oriented professionals looking for work at high-impact organizations and over 100 organizations sourcing from it. We encourage both professionals and organizations to sign up. I think this doesn’t have much overlap with SuccessIf, except with their matchmaking work, where we’d be excited if they matchmade using our talent directory as a source.
- Impact Accelerator Program—We are currently running a 6-week program geared towards helping professionals form and execute on an impact plan, with a focus on identifying and removing barriers to impact. Participants meet weekly to discuss progress on their impact plan and take part in a mastermind session where they discuss current barriers. I’d say this program has decent overlap with Successif’s programs, especially the peer support and overcoming barriers aspects.
I think one difference as I understand it is that SuccessIf is mostly focused on AI/​Longtermist work in terms of resources dedicated to those areas, whereas HIP is cause neutral in the sense that it doesn’t seek to prioritize a particular cause area. But I’ll let Claire elaborate here.
Hi David,
Successif started with career advising as the primary activity in May of 2022. It’s my understanding that High Impact Professionals has been focused on helping people fundraise through their companies and manage EA workplace groups.
We’ve had similar targets but different paths to impact. In the last few weeks, HIP announced new programs that overlap with some of our work, and we don’t yet know how these services will differ.