Shortly after the Ebola outbreak turned into a full-fledged crisis, the International Medical Corps’ 30 open positions had ballooned to 300.
To keep up with hiring demands to contain the epidemic in West Africa, human resources staff has tripled at the humanitarian nonprofit’s headquarters in Los Angeles, while its international HR and logistics teams have doubled, Brandon Berrett, director of international human resources and recruiting at IMC, told Devex.
The organization — which regularly employs approximately 300 employees working in almost 30 countries — is expecting to have added several more hundred staff by February 2015 and currently has about six full-time recruiters dedicated to sorting through resumes in response to the call for professionals to help fight the Ebola outbreak.
Read more articles on the fight against Ebola:
● Health and relief groups fighting Ebola in West Africa
● The practical challenges of fighting Ebola on the ground
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Kelli Rogers@kellierin
Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.
