Saturday, August 4, 2012

International Jobs


The first organization I choose was Save the Children.  One reason is the television ads I see on the weekends. Are they really as good as they say when I listen to them? Yes they are with some big corporate sponsor backing them up such as: IKEA, Pepsi and American Girl. They have some job openings the key to finding them is selecting the right categories from their drop down menu on their job tab.  I was able to find one this way.  Child Protection Services it is not what we think of when you hear child protection.  This person is helping put together a CPS system in Haiti, with a BA in Social Work and 8 years experience in the field or related experience. Knowing French or Creole is a plus.

My next was fhi360 this organization works at empowering the citizen and families to become the best they can be. They do this through hands-on work based on evidence based knowledge.  To me this means they take what has been done by others that are working and apply it to what they need in the town or country they are working in.  I noticed that many of the jobs in the United State are behind the scenes or training those that are going to the different countries that are in need of aid.

My final organization is UNICEF we know them from other classes that we have taken so I decide to see what else they are working on. Currently they are working HIV/AIDS prevention and educating girls in countries that look at women as second class citizens. Again IKEA is a major donor as well as H&M and Pampers. I choose to look at short term jobs with many of them being out of the United States. The one piece I found interesting is that to be consider for higher paying jobs you have to relinquish your citizenship if it is different  than you nationality.

I think that if I was twenty years younger I would consider a job that is offered by any of these organizations. I knew that you needed some of the education background for them but I also see that they need hands on help in implementing their programs and it also would have given me the chance to enhance my language skills. 

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1 comment:

  1. Ms. Laury age is a number what is relevant today are your experience, skill and abilities. Therefore, I am sure that you achieve at least one of the requirements they need you to have. Our colleague Chritopher Felder has grandiose dreams, lets make our dreams come true. Please don't worry about things that are there temporary.
    I am glad to share my opinion...

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