Course Objectives
Every last Thursday of the month, join us at the Career Tips Thursday. Learning experts from the UN System will deliver an interactive 1-hour session on different career-related topics, designed to provide tips, guidance and insights for your career and professional development.
Please join us every last Thursday of the month from 8:30 – 9:30 am EST (New York time) / 14:30 – 15.30 CET (Geneva time) Click here to join
This series of 1-hour webinars will cover topics on:
• Understanding a Job Opening
• Hunting for jobs efficiently
• Writing effective applications
• Answering questions in interviews
• Recognizing your skills, competencies and strengths
• Using your network for career development
• And other topics related to career development
Sessions:
PHP Writing
- Understanding a Job Opening (25.03.2021) Document Worksheet
- Writing impactful achievements (29.04.2021) Document Worksheet
- Making the most of the Job Fit Questionnaire (27.05.2021)
- Cover Letter and PHP Tips (24.06.2021)
Interviews
- How to prepare for competency-based interviews: Answering CBI questions (30 September 2021) Document Worksheet
- How to deal with difficult questions in interviews (28 October 2021) Document Worksheet
Networking
- How to make the most of your network for career development (25 November 2021) Document Worksheet
- Developing your networking action plan (27 January 2022) Document Worksheet
Skills, competencies, and Strengths
- Clarifying your work values to gain career satisfaction (24 February 2022) Document Worksheet
- Understanding what motivates and drives you at work (31 March 2022) Document Worksheet
- Identifying your skills, competencies and strengths (28 April 2022) Document Worksheet
MANAGE YOUR CAREER
- Hunting for jobs: stepping out of your comfort zone (26 May 2022) Document Worksheet
- Job search strategies (30 June 2022) Document Worksheet
- How to develop your own career path (29 September 2022) Document Worksheet
- How to have a career development conversation with your boss (27 October 2022) Document Worksheet
- Using your Performance conversation to drive your career (24 November 2022) Document Worksheet
- Setting your career (development) compass for 2023 (26 January 2023) Document Worksheet
- Session for General Service staff - Getting into the international professional category – G to P examination (23 February 2023)
- Manage your career according to your strengths (30 March 2023) Document Worksheet
- Dealing with your saboteurs to manage your career (27 April 2023) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Developing EQ in managing your career (25 May 2023) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Managing your reputation (22 June 2023) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Creating your personal brand (28 September 2023) Document Worksheet
- Resilience from a career perspective (Session I) (26 October 2023) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Resilience from a career perspective (Session II) (30 November 2023) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Finding your Ikigai for career satisfaction (25.01.2024) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Getting into the international Professional category – Moving to a different UN Organization (29.02.2024) Presentation (pdf file)
- A Holistic Approach to Career Development Session with Michael Emery, HR Director at IOM - UN Migration (21.03.2024)
- Writing your next career chapter (25.04.2024) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Deciding your future: Strategies for navigating career moves (30.05.2024) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- How to use LinkedIn for career progression (27.06.2024) Presentation (pdf file)
- Psychological safety at work: managing expectations with colleagues (26.09.2024) Presentation (pdf file) / Template Fillable (Between Colleagues) / Template Example / Template Fillable (Supervisor-Supervisee)
- Using the DISC Assessment to boost your career (31.10.2024) Presentation (pdf file)
- Exploring your Personal Journey: setting intentions and actions to help achieve your aspirations (21.11.2024) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Creating your personal strategy for growing skills for the future (30.01.2025) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Master Your Career: Time Management Strategies for Success (27.02.2025) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- From the UN to the private sector: Your transition guide (03.04.2025) Document Worksheet (Client Resume Template): Word/ PDF / Document Worksheet (Corporate Resume Template): Word/ PDF / Case Study Resume (Zipped file) / Link to the roadmap tool / Presentation (pdf file)
- Navigating your career with AI: smart prompts, ethical and practical strategies (24.04.2025) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Turning criticism into career growth: Asking for and receiving feedback (29.05.2025) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Cultivating mindsets for career growth (26.06.2025) Presentation (pdf file)
- Making your next Career Move. What do I have ready? What do I still need to do? (25.09.2025) Document Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Thriving as Your Authentic Self: Career Growth for Neurodiverse staff (30.10.2025) Presentation (pdf file)
- Habit and Agency: How to create lasting change in your career (20.11.2025) Presentation (pdf file)
- Mapping Your Motivators (05.02.2026) Motivators - Worksheet / Motivators - Mini Test / Presentation (pdf file)
- How to answer the question: Why are you the best candidate? (26.02.2026) Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- The 5i framework for career development - Exploring the five dimensions values, goals, skills, learning and constraints (26.03.2026) Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Developing and Sustaining Confidence in Navigating your Career Journey (30.04.2026) Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Career Resilience in Action: Own It, Skill Up (28/05/2026) Presentation (pdf file)
- Pre-recorded video interviews (25/06/2026) Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- How to spark Career Conversations (24/09/2026) Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Upskilling - grow your skills (29/10/2026) Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)
- Neurodiversity (19/11/2026) Worksheet / Presentation (pdf file)