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Getting A Job: Faqs, Hints & Tips For Finding Your Job In Development Or Human Rights (PDF)  pop

This document has two major goals: 1) To introduce you to our "Resource Net" Jobs listing, including what it is, how to use it effectively, and what other similar resources are out there that you might find useful; and 2) to offer some tips, hints, and insider-info to help make you successful in your job search. The information in this document is especially designed for those in the early stages of their careers and is catered to jobs in the fields of gender and development, women's human rights, sustainable international development, civil society, environment, and social justice (PDF, 233Kb).

http://www.awid.org/publications/job_tips.pdf#search=%22Getting%20A%20Job%3A%20Faqs%2C%20Hints%20%26%20Tips%20For%20Finding%20Your%20Job%20In%20Development%20Or%20Human%20Rights%20(PDF)%22

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Guide to jobs internationally in environment and development  pop

This page provides some key links for tracking down job vacancies and volunteering programmes in the fields of environment and development.

http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/env_dev_jobs.html

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Idealist: Action Without Borders  pop

Action Without Borders is a global coalition of individuals and organizations working to build a world where all people can live free, dignified and productive lives. Idealist.org is a project of Action Without Borders where you can find: * Over 58,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location, or mission. If your organization is not yet listed here, you can add it now (it's free). * Thousands of volunteer opportunities in your community and around the world, and a list of organizations that can help you volunteer abroad. * Nonprofit Career Center, with hundreds of job and internship listings.

http://www.idealist.org/

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Starting your Nonprofit Job Search  pop

Are you just starting to look for a job in the nonprofit sector? Don't know where to begin or how to go about finding work in this area? To help you get started, Idealist have created this overview on how to look for jobs in the nonprofit world.

http://www.idealist.org/career/firstjob.html

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Working in International Development  pop

There is no one set career pathway. You need to carve your own career, be prepared to review and change it as development priorities shift and to make a careful assessment of your own skills and the contribution you feel you can make.

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/CDU/intdev.html

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Australian Aid Resource & Training Guide (AARTG)

This guide is a window through which the aid practitioner can plug into the humanitarian and development world. It consists of four main sections: * advice for those seeking overseas work * useful Australian contacts in the aid field * useful Overseas or International contacts related to the aid field * the main aid-related training courses on offer in Australia.

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/AARTG%20Mar%202006.doc

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Australian Aid Resource and Training Guide

This Australian Aid Resource and Training Guide (AARTG) is a window into which the aid practitioner can plug into the humanitarian/development world. It consists of four sections, which may also be relevant to NZ development practitioners: 1) Advice for those seeking overseas work or in Outback Australia 2) Useful Australian contacts in the aid or Community Development (CD) field 3) Useful Overseas or International contacts related to the aid field 4) The main aid and CD-related training courses on offer in Australia (TorqAid, April 2005)

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/AARTG%20April%202006.doc

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Careers Advice from George Monbiot: Choose Life

Every week, sometimes every day, someone writes to me asking for advice about the career they should take. I can't, unfortunately, respond to them all, so I thought I should try to formulate some general guidelines, which I hope people will be able to adapt to their own circumstances. This advice applies only to those who have a genuine choice of careers, which means, regrettably, that it does not apply to the majority of the world's workforce. But if the people writing to me did not have choice, they wouldn't be asking.

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2000/06/09/choose-life/

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How to get Ahead, by C. W. Mills

Based on years of research and astute observation, the legendary sociologist C. W. Mills, author of "The Sociological Imagination" and "The Power Elite", explains the personal characteristics of the top people, and how they made it to their pre-eminent positions. (Keep in mind Mills was not a great admirer of the rich and powerful - he once said "We study history, it has been said, to rid ourselves of it, and the history of the power elite is a clear case for which this maxim is correct.")

http://www.zmag.org/millsgetahead.htm

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International Fund for Research and Development & Maxwell Strategy: Online Job Scams

An organisation called 'International Fund for Research and Development (IFFRD) & Maxwell Strategy' is currently posting job advertisements on various development job websites. According to the Better Business Bureau this is an employment scam. It appears that 'successful candidates' for the 'jobs' offered by this group are requested to send money to defray training costs; after the money is sent no job eventuates. We strongly recommend that you avoid the International Fund for Research and Development (IFFRD). (For more information see the link below to the Better Business Bureau, 10 May 2007)

http://www.thelocalbbb.com/alerts/alerts.html?newsid=979&newstype=1

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NGOabroad: Custom Fit International Service

NGOabroad is a unique volunteer program, clearinghouse, referral and career consultation service that custom-fits peoples' skills with international humanitarian needs. Description: 1) exciting volunteer programs in democracy building; domestic violence; building girls schools, trauma counseling, vocational training, media, youth & children, micro-finance, capacity building, nursing & medical, & many more. 2) custom fit international service opportunities that are well suited to people who have something specific in mind e.g. they have cultivated a particular skill or desire & now want to make it a reality in international work; great for families, disabilities, internships. 3) Career Consults that help people enter into or advance in international humanitarian work - assisting you in articulating your strengths; clarifying your goals; designing strategies; writing smart cover letters & resumes.

http://www.ngoabroad.com/

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The 'cult-like' mystery charity looking to recruit

A mysterious "cult-like" charity led by a millionaire fugitive is scouting in Wellington for volunteers to work in Africa. Posters around the city are appealing for Kiwis to study through the Humana People to People programme to become "development instructors" working with street kids and HIV/AIDS sufferers in Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Botswana. (Patrick Crewdson, Dominion Post, Stuff, 9 December 2006)

http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/Cult-like%20mystery%20charity%20looking%20to%20recruit.pdf

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UNDP Procurement Procedures

UNDP procures goods and services through competitive solicitations. This section of the UNDP website provides procedures, manuals, FAQs and other information on procurement with the UNDP.

http://www.undp.org/procurement/

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Where To Find Your Next Job

An aid workers guide to the many job sites and e-mail lists for people seeking work in international relief and development.

http://www.aidworkers.net/?q=advice/jobs

(Added: Tue Aug 06 2002   Modified: Fri Sep 08 2006   Hits: 653)

Why Not Practice What We Preach?

This article argue that unpaid internships go against all of the values that international development NGOs preach. In addition, because those without a private income cannot afford to live without a wage, the internship system is biased towards the upper middle classes, helping to exclude many other sections of society from working in the field of development and human rights. (Adam Davies and Tom Allen, Bond, August 2006)

http://www.bond.org.uk/networker/2006/aug06/internships.htm

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