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You put so much thought into what you should add into your resume/P11/PHP (or what the application form is called in the organization you are applying for). Impactpool’s 37 unique tips helps you to focus on the right things and make your next application, the best ever. 29. Highlight Field office experience and Hardship experience  Even if you apply for a HQ position having experience from field office locations, hardship locations or crisis countries (e.g. Sudan, Afghanistan) are strong hiring arguments. It provides valuable extra information about you as an applicant and shows that you understand the context, complexity and have been able to deliver in the past. 30. Highlight experience from and/or collaborations with governments and International Organizations Previous sector experience is an asset. If you have work at or with the organization you apply for, make sure it is visible in your application. 31. Highlight previous experience from working in the same Region,...

You put so much thought into what you should add into your resume/P11/PHP (or what the application form is called in the organization you are applying for). Impactpool’s 37 unique tips help you to focus on the right things and make your next application, the best ever. 8. Avoid mega blocks of text -  as a recruiter the worst first impression I can get is to receive a CV in a massive text block. Studies show that recruiters look at resumes pretty quickly, a minute at best. Your goal as applicant is to make your application remembered by the recruiter even if s/he only glances at your application. Keep all text short and to the point, avoid blocks of text, instead use bullet points. 9. Avoid mixing fonts and colors  - Stick to one font and black color, different fonts and colors is not fun, to me it looks cheap and you take a risk that your application will not be taken seriously. 10. If you apply by submitting a resume formatting makes a difference -  don't leave or...

You put so much thought into what you should add into your resume/P11/PHP (or whatever the application form is called in the organization you are applying for). Impactpool’s 37 unique tips help you to focus on the right things and make your next job application, the best ever. A resume template for an International Organization looks different compared to a private sector application template. When applying for the UN it is important to include all your experiences, starting at the earliest year of your career although these experiences no longer have relevance for the job you apply for. In this article, we focus on   37 tips that make your next application the best you have ever made.  We start with the cover letter, we continue with format tips and end with what kind of experience you always should highlight in any application to an International Organization. Cover letter 1. What is the optimal length of a cover letter? Keep the length within one page, prefe...

The UN Secretariat works constantly to improve its recruitment system. Internal sources also indicate that UNDP may be switching from its own recruitment system to Inspira. In this article, we share what words you should use in your application to optimize the auto-filtering results used to filter the high amount of applications. Below table contains the keywords that the United Nations are looking for in applications for the Field Technology roles. We recommend applicants to use these words as frequently as possible in all text-fields in the application, as it will increase your scoring results.

The UN Secretariat works constantly to improve its recruitment system. Internal sources also indicate that UNDP may be switching from its own recruitment system to Inspira. In this article, we share what words you should use in your application to optimize the auto-filtering results used to filter the high amount of applications. Below table contains the keywords that the United Nations are looking for in applications for the Field Technology roles. We recommend applicants to use these words as frequently as possible in all text-fields in the application, as it will increase your scoring results. Impactpool are leading this sector’s work on understanding job titles, so far we have trained our algorithm on more than 200’000 jobs. We are positive that we soon will be able to launch an automated screening software, based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that will help organizations to significantly lower costs and time for manual screening. Below table contains the keywor...

World Food Programme (WFP) All-in-one applicable advice for job posts, Rosters, and Talent Pipelines. Successful applications are tailored to the position, they demonstrate a clear understanding of the Organization’s mandate and strategy, innovation projects and portfolio -  That's the easy part , but there are  plenty of tricks to adjust your applications  to give both hiring managers/and automated screening systems  exactly what will make you  score higher ; these adjustments &  key-words will outsmart the screening process .  We will tell you what exactly will take you straight to the interview plus we include a REAL CV  of one of our Fellows who landed a junior position at the World Food Programme headquarters.  NOTE: These insights will work just as well for every International humanitarian Organization such as UNHCR, UNICEF, DFS, UNHCR, OCHA, UNDP, UNICEF, Save the Children, ICRC, IRC, NRC, DRC, IOM, and so ...