It’s May and for a lot of students, that means graduation time. It’s a time of excitement and new beginnings, but also of uncertainty as recent grads prepare to enter the work force.
If you want that first job to be in the competitive field of international development, it can be particularly daunting. This week, I received a couple of questions from soon-to-be and recent graduates asking how to get that first job in the field.
@SusanneHedberg tweeted: “hi! How do u get the first job in the field? I soon got a degree, doing an internship now at UNDP #jobs #career #development”
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Kate Warren@KateDWarren
Kate Warren is the Executive Vice President and Executive Editor of Devex, where she leads a global team of journalists, event producers, and communications and marketing professionals to drive conversations around the most pressing and urgent issues of our time, including climate, global health, food security, philanthropy, humanitarian crises, and foreign aid funding. Through live journalism — via in-person and virtual events — along with insider news, analysis, podcasts, content series, and special reports, Kate and her team ensure the most important ideas, voices, and debates reach an influencer audience to drive impact and make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
