Career development
Do you have staff members working in IC who are interested in reviewing their experiences or assessing their current situation? Or are your students interested in a career in international cooperation (IC)?
cinfo offers modules on the topic of career building in IC that are customised for your target groups. Depending on your requirements, we elaborate workshops in English, French and German on the following topics:
Project assignments from a career perspective
Content: IC actors, skill models, life/work balance.
Target audience: Persons in training who completed a foreign internship in the area of IC during their studies.
Reference: NADEL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
A career in international cooperation
Content: IC actors, entry-level positions for young university graduates in Switzerland, recruiting missions by UN organisations in Switzerland, profile analysis, characteristics of a good job application portfolio
Target audience: Students and former students
Reference: Career Center of the Graduate Institute, University of Geneva
Skill assessment and career orientation
Content: Current trends in IC and the associated job market, career orientation and steps in career building, identifying and communicating specific skills.
Target audience: Persons working in IC, e.g. persons returning from an IC assignment, accompanying persons, employees at head offices
Reference: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Entwicklungsdienste AGdD [Development services working group], Bonn
Evaluating internships: How useful are the acquired skills with respect to IC?
Content: Evaluating experiences, identifying acquired skills, important lessons to be learned.
Target audience: Students and former students who are interested in evaluating their internship with a view to employment in IC.
Reference: Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL), Zollikofen
Insight into the world of IC employment
Content: IC actors, career examples, motivation for IC, entry-level positions, field report.
Target audience: Students and former students who are interested in employment in IC.
Would you like to combine the topics differently or include some other aspect? Let us know – we will design an appropriate workshop for you.