Career Transition Series: Pivoting Outside the UN System
In light of the evolving organizational landscape across the UN system, building on the UN80 reform agenda’s emphasis on transformation and collaboration, IOM, UN Geneva, UN Secretariat in New York, UNDP, UNHCR and WHO have launched the Career Transition Series: Pivoting Outside the UN System. This inter-agency initiative responds to the growing need for practical career transition support, helping UN personnel navigate change and explore professional opportunities in the private and non-UN sectors.
Whether you are directly affected or proactively planning your next steps, this series will provide you with practical tools, expert insights, and the confidence to successfully pivot in today's evolving job market.
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Upcoming Session
Session 14: Finding your path in the private sector
Date & Time: 4 June, 15:00-16:30 (Geneva)
Session Description:
This session will help you navigate the private-sector landscape and identify where your UN experience can add value across industries such as consulting, technology, finance, consumer goods, industry, and social impact.
This 90-minute webinar will feature:
- A clearer understanding of the main private-sector career paths
- Insights into how your UN experience and role translates across industries
- A practical framework to evaluate which sectors may fit you best
- Tips to position your profile with confidence in the market
A live Q&A session to address participants’ questions
Please click here to register for the online webinar.
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Session 15: Mastering interviews in the private sector
Date & Time: 11 June, 15:00-16:30 (Geneva)
Session Description:
This session will help you understand how hiring processes work, what recruiters are really looking for, and how to prepare for each stage with confidence.
This 90-minute webinar will feature:
- A clearer understanding of private-sector hiring processes
- Practical strategies to prepare for live and recorded interviews
- Common interview questions and answer frameworks
- Tips to communicate your experience and value more effectively
Please click here to register for the online webinar.
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PAST SESSION RECORDINGS:
- Session 1: Using AI for Job Search & Networking (Pre-Application Focus: Searching & Networking) (15 October 2025) / Presentation
- Session 2: Courage in Career Change (6 November 2025)/ Presentation
- Session 3: Using AI to Build Your CV & Interviewing (Application Focus: CV & Interviewing) (12 November 2025)/ Presentation
- Session 4: Beyond the UN - Career Opportunities with the European Commission (2 December 2025) / Summary of the session with links
- Session 5: Leveling up Your Networking Skills (15 December 2025) / Presentation
- Session 6: Beyond the UN - Global Career Opportunities: International Financial Institutions (16 December 2025) / Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Presentation / African Development Bank, Presentation / Inter-American Development Bank, Presentation / World Bank Group, Presentation
- Session 7: Job Searching Techniques (17,18 December 2025)
- Session 8: Understanding the Geneva Job Market (Finding Direction, Confidence, and Connection to the Geneva Local Job Market) (19 January 2026) / Presentation / Worksheet
- Special face-to-face session: Exploring career opportunities in Switzerland (5 February 2026). To download the workshop materials (English & French), please click on this link (Important: to download the presentation from the workshop, you will be asked to register via the TnP website). For more information and additional resources, please visit the website of the International Geneva Welcome Centre
- Session 9: The Hidden Grief of leaving Work that matters (20 January 2026)
- Session 10: Optimizing Your Job Search Through AI, LinkedIn and other Technologies (Navigating Career Change: Build your roadmap) (12 February 2026 & 3 March 2026) / Presentation / Worksheet (To watch the recording on 12 February 2026, please click here. To watch the recording on 3 March 2026, please click here.)
- Session 11: Career move to Nairobi: Tips for Staff and Partners (28 April 2026) / Presentation / Additional information
- Session 12: Demystifying Job Searching in the UN System (29 April 2026) / Webinar resource article
- Session 13: Career move to Bonn: Tips for Staff and Partners (20 May 2026) / Presentation
