Soft skills are developed over time, and are closely associated with personalities and behaviours. These behavioural patterns have become incorporated into the cerebral cortex as the actions have been repeated, which means altering them – whether strengthening or changing them – is not an easy process.
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An informational interview is a great way to build your network, find out more about an organization, hone your interviewing skills, and increase your chances of getting a job there. Surprisingly, few people take advantage of this powerful strategy.
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If you haven’t considered volunteering, you really, really should. There are so many reasons to volunteer, we had to write them down!
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An easier way than checking a large number of websites is to sign up to their email subscription lists or RSS feed. We have brought together a number of different websites’ email lists and RSS feeds, so it’s easy to find them and sign up!
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These websites also offer international development jobs open to more than one nationality, but are smaller or are focused on a niche, or may be the job board of a single organization.
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This link list covers the main international development job posting boards open to more than one nationality. If you check these websites, you are likely to see the vast majority of jobs that are posted centrally. Remember, some jobs are posted only on organizational websites, which means you will need to check these as well.
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First of all, it’s great that anyone takes an interest in development issues. However, attitude is only part of the formula. International development is a tricky business: very bright minds have been struggling with reducing global inequity for decades, and sadly the end of the road is not in sight. It’s understandable then that people from the developed world, in frustration, decide that they can make the difference.
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There are five groups that are commonly described as international development organizations.
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Like everything in the world these are not discrete categories, and there is considerable overlap between them. Both relief work and peace building should be seen as the beginnings of longer sustainable development.
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This is a non-exhaustive list of some of the possible benefits you may enjoy from working in international development. Some of these points will not be true of all jobs or countries, and you may not even regard all of these points as benefits.
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