In the world of consulting, it’s all about who you know and who’s recommending the work you’re doing, RTI Global Health Recruiter Kate Wood told Devex’s Kate Warren in a recent video interview (see below).
And in order to network to the max, it helps to have contacts within different donors or to have worked directly with the U.S. Agency for International Development, United Nations or World Bank, for example.
Due to the widespread reliance on online job portals, it is easy for job seekers to feel like the resume they submit disappears into what amounts to a black hole, never to be reviewed by a recruiter. But that’s not the case, Wood said, suggesting that she regularly goes into her company’s database to look at CVs.