Recruiting and retaining a high-quality staff can be challenging. Understanding (and learning from!) the challenges recruiters face should therefore not just be a priority for human resources professionals, but for all job seekers.   That’s why Devex will explore common challenges aid groups and their recruiters face in a new series of articles — on everything from hiring innovators to hiring for hardship posts.   Our first story will be published in an upcoming edit...

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“If you open up the mind, the opportunity to address both profits and social conditions are limitless. It’s a process of innovation.” - Jerry Greenfield   Innovation? What is it, and how can we and our staff embody it?   For implementers of international development programs and their recruiters, responding to the demands of donor agencies to create and staff programs that hinge on innovation can seem like a daunting task, even though the private sector has bee...

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Job seekers looking for a career with the United Nations can now benefit from an online recruitment and roster system at UNOPS.   As an operational arm of the United Nations, at UNOPS, we help our partners implement more than $1 billion worth of aid and development projects every year, often in challenging environments.   The Global Personnel Recruitment System has been designed and built in-house to streamline all recruitment, as well as to create a pool of ...

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Last week, Devex hosted its 4th Annual Devex International Development Career Fair in Washington. It was our largest career fair to date, with 69 leading international development organizations exhibiting and more than 500 mid- to senior-level job seekers in attendance.   If you were able to attend, thank you; I hope you found the event insightful and helpful for your professional development.   If you weren’t able to make it to the U.S. capitol on April 2, though, donR...

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