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    How to launch a career in global health

    Opportunities in global health abound, yet landing that dream assignment can be tough. For advice on how to find jobs and succeed while working abroad, watch this webinar — a Devex exclusive — featuring Alanna Shaikh, a veteran global health professional.

    By Devex Editor // 05 July 2013
    Opportunities in global health abound, yet landing that dream assignment can be tough. For advice on how to find jobs and succeed while working overseas, watch this webinar — a Devex exclusive — featuring Alanna Shaikh, a veteran global health professional who currently works as strategic information director for a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded health project in Baku, Azerbaijan. Specifically, Shaikh discusses global health jobs available for expatriates, the challenges and benefits of working and living abroad, “unexpected” global health job hunting facts, resume and cover letter dos and don’ts, and the “beauty of working in global health.” Click the above video for the full career webinar, and read more Devex career advice. Watch other Devex career webinars: Getting your next development job Maximizing your presence at the Devex career fair Ask VSO: How volunteering abroad can kickstart your development career Careers in international development: You ask, Devex answers Check out more career advice and analysis online, and subscribe to Doing Good to receive top international development career and recruitment news.

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    Opportunities in global health abound, yet landing that dream assignment can be tough. For advice on how to find jobs and succeed while working overseas, watch this webinar — a Devex exclusive — featuring Alanna Shaikh, a veteran global health professional who currently works as strategic information director for a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded health project in Baku, Azerbaijan.

    Specifically, Shaikh discusses global health jobs available for expatriates, the challenges and benefits of working and living abroad, “unexpected” global health job hunting facts, resume and cover letter dos and don’ts, and the “beauty of working in global health.”

    Click the above video for the full career webinar, and read more Devex career advice.

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