1 / 10

Studium beendet – was nun?

Studium beendet – was nun?. Career options for ICT graduates in international organizations*. *Focus on organizations of the UN system. Martin Adolph, Programme Officer ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. Visit of DHBW Mannheim @ ITU, 16 April 2010, Geneva. Motivation.

ghita
Download Presentation

Studium beendet – was nun?

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Studium beendet – was nun? Career options for ICT graduates in international organizations* *Focus on organizations of the UN system Martin Adolph, Programme Officer ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau Visit of DHBW Mannheim @ ITU, 16 April 2010, Geneva

  2. Motivation Qualifications Academic career, MSc, PhD, … Interests Experience Work in other city or abroad “Perfect employer” Internship / Trainee “Where do you see yourself in 2/5/10 years?” Job market

  3. Disclaimer • These questions cannot be answered for you by the presenter. • It’s never too early to start thinking about possible answers. • Results may vary. • The views expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the ITU or its Membership.

  4. Potential employers (?) UN Organizational Chart available at http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart_en.pdf.

  5. ICT-related fields of work • Corporate/organizational IT/IS • ICT policy • ICT for (trade and) development • ICT statistics • Standardization • Applied ICT, e.g., GIS, mobile solutions, web • Etc. Leading UN agency for information and communication technology issues

  6. Entry-level positions • Where to search? • Official UN-wide e-Staffing System “Galaxy”, at https://jobs.un.org/ • Career websites of organizations, e.g., http://www.itu.int/employment/ • Other websites, such as http://unjobs.org/, http://www.jobs-io.de/, etc. • What to look for? • Positions requiring little experience • Young / Junior Professional Programs • Internship programs in most organizations (mostly unpaid) • Highly competitive recruitment process • Qualification • (international) experience • etc

  7. HR websites

  8. Government-funded programs • Funding of internships • E.g., in Germany: “Carlo Schmid Programm” • Organized by DAAD / Studienstiftung • 6 months • 2010/11: 143 proposed positions in ~40 UN organizations • Information at http://www.daad.de/csp • Junior Professional Officer • E.g., in Germany: “Programm Beigeordnete Sachverständige” • Organized by Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Büro Führungskräfte zu Internationalen Organisationen (BFIO)) • 1-2 year government funding for entry-level position in UN organization • Germany sends ~40 JPOs per year • Also see dedicated Auswärtiges Amt website

  9. Some room for discussion

  10. Thank you! Icons by 姒儿喵喵, published under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Genericlicense.

More Related