To provide you with some insight into our career development plan, we provide a list of opportunities open to IOMBA students to enlarge their network of contacts, identify potential job interviews and develop their job seeking skill set. The calendar is by no means exhaustive and is changing from year to year and upon the demands of current students.
September - October
Reception with the IOMBA Alumni for incoming students
Career Seminar - The UN System and working in International Organizations.
Life-Oriented Objective Planning (LOOP) workshop
One-on-One Counseling
Communications Skills Workshop
Networking Skills Workshop
Resume/CV writing workshop
Forum Cinfo - Bi-annual Forum for employment information for work in the International Cooperation sector.
Student Club Events: Net Impact Speakers Event, UBS Corporate Responsibility Department
Conference: Students of the United Nations' General Assembly
One-on-One Counseling
February - May
Introduction to Management Consulting
Skoll World Forum at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University
AIESEC Career Days, Geneva & Lausanne
Classroom Presentations: GOAL, Norwegian Refugee Council, Aga Khan
One-on-One Counseling
July - September
IOMBA Internship/Consultancy
Conferences :e.g. July 5-6 2007, 2nd Global Compact Leaders Summit
The IOMBA programme career service staff was directly responsible for securing my internship in an international organization in Geneva. I believe that experience was critical in helping me attain the post that I am in now.
