The Entry-Level Illusion: Why So Many Emerging Leaders Struggle to Get Hired—and How Faith-Based Organizations Can Reform It A Calling, Not Just a Career In the last year, we have noticed and have heard about a new trend in the hiring process with new graduates seeking their first jobs. In churches and values-driven nonprofits, hiring is an act of ministry. Yet even here, a troubling pattern has emerged: a growing trend toward what we call The Entry-Level Illusion —positions