"We are a smallish charity (14 staff, with an income of £1.8m) and we want to recruit a new fundraiser. My chief executive thinks we should employ another corporate fundraiser but I'm concerned this is a shrinking sector. How do I work out which specialisation our new recruit should be experienced in?"

In January 2005, David Bedford stepped down after five years as the chair of YCare International. The board decided to recruit a new chair who could build on David Bedford's achievements and work closely with Chris Roles to take the charity forward to the next stage of its development.