u/Phantom_John117

I dont know if its just for me, but i see now so many people that work in the area starting repost every ID and UN jobs in Linkedin with some comments and #

I mean im not complaining because a lot of opportunities I get to know by them, but for me its weird that people are just reposting every job opening they see even if its not from their organization or area

its just to bump their linkedIn numbers up?

Bom dia galera, eu to meio que numa encruzilhada profissional e gostaria de saber qual idioma eu deveria focar ou se é possível evoluir bem os dois ao mesmo tempo, no momento eu preciso de algo que me de uma evolução boa até +- março do ano que vem

Como estou na área humanitária o francês seria obviamente algo mais vantajoso, porém como meu mestrado é na alemanha (e minha namorada tbm) então eu tenho motivo pra aprender de vez o alemão para conseguir algo lá

Meu alemão é nível A2 baixo eu diria, eu tenho um bom vocabulário mas não me dou bem com a gramática, conseguia me virar no dia a dia mas fiquei um ano sem estudar então não sei ao certo como estou.

Francês seria nivel A1, no brasil cheguei a fazer um ano de cursinho popular mas esqueci tudo, e agora estou tentando retomar

Vocês acham que uma rotina de estudo para os dois idiomas seria viável? ou eu devo focar em somente um? e se sim qual eu teria a evolução mais notável dentro desse período que tenho para estudar?

No momento estou fazendo estágio na África (pais anglófono) e acabo tendo bastante tempo livre (n tem mt oq fazer além do trabalho) porém pq a internet aqui é bem limitada eu gostaria de sugestões tbm que não usasse mt recurso online

Falo inglês fluente e tenho uma boa base em espanhol tbm se isso influencia no aprendizado.

Desde já mt obrigado!

Hi everyone,

I'm finishing my Master's in International Crisis Management and trying to figure out my next move.

My goal: In 5-10 years I'd like to be working for an international organization, ideally the UN (OCHA, UNDRR, UNDP, etc.), or other NGOS like DRC, ICRC in humanitarian response and crisis relief. I know how competitive and difficult this is right now, but I'm playing the long game.

Specific interests: Anticipatory action (my thesis topic), disaster relief, and emergency coordination. Through my Master's I got exposed to and visited a lot of professionals and HQs, OCHA, UNHCR, ICRC in Geneva, etc, and I see more of myself in the practitioners in the field. Obviously I'd take an HQ role too if that's the path.

My background so far:

• 3 years, logistics/supply chain (private sector) — did the coordination of shipments for high tech clients. Hated the job itself, but it gave me strong Excel/PPT/office software skills and real logistics expertise (although more on the commercial side).
• 3 years volunteering with UNICEF — not an official position, but I was part of a student project they ran all over my country, and I was one of the leaders — basically helped with youth engagement and setting up meetings with speakers and stuff.
• Youth delegate (x2) I was sent twice as a youth delegate to follow conferences/proceedings at the UN in Vienna, and got a fellowship with the ILO for a two-week in-person course on new technologies and the UN.
• Current internship: humanitarian NGO in Africa (until November) the one I think is most relevant: I'm doing my internship in Africa at a humanitarian NGO. I mostly do capacity building (teaching and training) for orphaned young people from all over Africa (the NGO flies them here to prepare them to study abroad and then return to the continent as leaders). I also took the initiative to join their other program to gain more experience, in this one we do home visits to orphaned children and offer emotional and psychological support, while also assessing their needs, plus in-person activities and education.

Where I'm stuck:

The NGO work is meaningful and field-based, and renewed my commitment to be in the field, however it's not quite in my target area (anticipatory action / emergency coordination), and I have nothing lined up after November. I come from a low-income background, every step so far has been through scholarships or real sacrifice from me and my parents, so the lack of a next step is causing me real pressure, I say this because my MA is in Europe but I am from South America, so after here unless I find something I would have to return to my country as I would not be able to sustain myself in Europe.

My actual questions:

1. Given my profile, how do I connect the dots between what I have (logistics, youth engagement, tech exposure, field work) and where I want to go (anticipatory action / emergency coordination)?
2. Does this read as a entry-level CV to people actually working in the sector, is there any programme or organization I should keep an eye on?
3. I spent 5 months applying almost exclusively to UN internships with zero responses. After broadening my search I landed the current NGO position within a month. Now that I have this experience, is it worth trying UN internships again, or should I focus on growing within this NGO (or applying to similar NGOs) instead?
4. Which path or direction would you recommend me to take?
5. Any hard skill, Software or courses you would recommend me to strengthen the CV?

Would really appreciate input from anyone who's navigated this path or works in the sector. Thanks for reading this far.