Devex Executive Vice President Kate Warren returns to answer your career questions and help you land a job in the global development sector. This month’s Ask Devex looks at how to start working with the United Nations, among other common career challenges.
The U.N. is a diverse organization with many different individual agencies, explains Warren. Each has their own way of hiring, working, and evaluating. It is important to acknowledge this and look at the individual agencies, she advises, to hone in on the agencies that best align with your experience and networks.
Like many big organizations, landing a job with the U.N. is very much about networking. Many staff working there start out by doing consulting of some capacity, explains Warren. The organization is often interested in people who have experience working within the U.N. system and who understand how to navigate the bureaucracy there.
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