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== Employment Guidelines ==
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is composed of all kinds of people from around the world who have very different backgrounds.  One thing we all have in common at WMF, is that we share in the vision of providing all the world's knowledge to everyone for free. We are passionate, quirky, mission-focused and we believe the work we do is making the world a better place.  Together we need to protect this optimism and create a positive, safe,(contracted; show full)

==Growth==
===PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/EDUCATION===
Personal development is critical to sustain a thriving workplace for you to develop and contribute.  Wikimedia must leverage its education dollars across the organization
, which we do.  We do this by focusing our resources in priority order. Our first priority is to provide sufficient resources to assist staff in meeting the skills, knowledge and abilities required in current positions that are intended to have a direct impact on Wikimedia goals. Our second priority is to commit appropriate resources to staff development that will address longer term foundation and department needs. In this case the impact of such educational activities may not be immediate, but will be of significant importance ove(contracted; show full)

Wikimedia is also dedicated to growing leaders and has established a coaching program for those at the director level and higher. This program includes a combination of 1:1 mentoring, by both internal and external coaches, and through a series of monthly internal leadership jam sessions to learn, share and discuss timely topics in a group setting.