For most job seekers, it’s almost always the same: You send out a resume hoping for the best — and more often than not, little happens. But if you want to kickstart a career in international development, have you tried knocking on that organization’s door in Cameroon lately?
That’s just one piece of advice Kate Warren, Devex’s former director of global recruitment services, shared in a 2013 Devex Career Google Hangout entitled “How to transition to a career in global development.”
The online chat is a follow-up to a similarly titled webinar Devex hosted in 2011. Since then, the aid industry has changed quite a bit, with the emergence of new donors and power players to the sharpened focus on public-private partnerships and value-for-money.