4 tips for a successful start to your global development career

Traditional advice on pursuing a career in global development has often pointed aspiring professionals down two uncomfortable paths: One ends in an expensive graduate degree, and the other leads to taking an unpaid internship in order to gain “necessary work experience.”

While some development organizations still operate with these expectations, a sector that “is notorious for expecting fancy master's degrees” is evolving, according to Nick Martin, an experienced educator and social entrepreneur and the CEO at TechChange. He shared his thoughts on how to launch a career in development during a recent Devex digital event.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people seem to “want to work for organizations of purpose — they want to have more meaning in their lives,” Martin said.

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