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International development coaching and mentor support

kcoach offers specialist advice for career changers, new graduates, VSO returned volunteers, international development workers and people in career transition looking for value driven careers.

You can get individual careers advice tailored to your needs to help you build a strategy towards your ideal job in International Development through a career consultation

  • Receive personal advice about your skills and your career options

  • Learn proven techniques to write a winning application or CV and get an interview

  • Get support in your applications and cover letters as you work towards your next international development job. more details>

Results?

My last client was one of 5 selected from 2,700 applications for interview.

The client before was selected for interview from 650 applications.

 

Case Study: Alex>

 

Get help with your application, CV or covering letter, or develop a strategy and career goals, whatever you need, we can help.


identity careers

international development career workshop

 

Are you confused after spending hours on the internet looking for answers? Find all your answers in one day at the identity careers workshop.

This one day workshops is:

  • Focusing only on International development careers

  • A small group of like minded people

  • Provides experts for you to question

  • Gives you all the resources you need to move forward

A one day career workshop in central London Saturday 8 October. Facilitated by two experienced NGO trainers. Places are limited for this small, informative workshop. Limited number of early bird tickets now available.

www.identitycareers.com>


 

September 24th and 25th Business Design Centre, London Tube: Angel
 

For the 9th consecutive year Kevin Cusack presented the enormously successful seminar, Transition into International Development,  to over 200 people.

The forum3 page on the KnowHow NonProfit website contains the following podcasts:

International development: the inside track
Kevin Cusack

How to break into international development: debate

Panellists include:

Katherine Tubb – 2Way Development

Shelley Reynolds – VSO

Jeff Riley – University of London, the Careers Group

Kevin Cusack – World Service Enquiry

Working in international development: top tips
Fiona Malone, World Vision UK

  • how to get into international development

  • opportunities at World Vision UK

Listen to WV's international development top tips


I want to be an Aid worker from www.globalpovertyproject.com



Feedback from Career Consultation clients...

I just wanted to say a very big thank you for all your wonderful help!

It has been a real pleasure working with you from the beginning with your great suggestions and following the simple yet effective strategy you set out for me.

Your feedback throughout the process is much appreciated and I will definitely recommend your help to anyone who is wondering what to do next and how to go about getting a job they are passionate about!! MH - NGO worker

Thanks for yesterday. It was definitely an eye-opener. ZH
A big thank you for your time yesterday – I love your style – I feel fully armed with the knowledge I need to get my CV up to scratch and as importantly what I need to be doing to refine and focus my quest to ‘move on’. JP - Assistant Director of a national charity
I have found your input enormously helpful, both with regard to my CV and also with regard to resources and advice for job-hunting. BJ - UK

Some reading ideas available from Amazon

Development as
Freedom
£5.94

How Rich Countries
Got Rich and Why
Poor Countries
Stay Poor
 
by Erik S. Reinert
£9.09

The Bottom Billion:
Why the Poorest
Countries are...
£5.39

Poverty and
Development
 
by Tim Allen
£36.04

The History of
Development:
From Western
Origins...
£15.29

Need more help with your career in International Development?

Come and hear Kevin Cusack speak about CVs and job hunting at 2 Way Development's International Development careers conference at the London School of Economics. Details>


 

 
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