https://dotint.careers/news/ Public updates, stories and career-market observations from dotint.careers. en Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://dotint.careers/news/61-what-counts-as-relevant-experience-in-un-applications/ https://dotint.careers/news/61-what-counts-as-relevant-experience-in-un-applications/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT In UN applications, relevant experience is measured by dates, closeness to the vacancy and level of responsibility. The hiring office may see your value more clearly than HR does... https://dotint.careers/news/60-food-security-lcaw-climate-finance-and-crisis-response-this-week-s-hir/ https://dotint.careers/news/60-food-security-lcaw-climate-finance-and-crisis-response-this-week-s-hir/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT This week pointed to a market that is active, yet not easily accessible. The clearest signals came from financed programmes, London Climate Action Week and operational... https://dotint.careers/news/59-what-happens-after-you-submit-a-un-application/ https://dotint.careers/news/59-what-happens-after-you-submit-a-un-application/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT After you press Submit, your application does not fly straight to your future boss with a trumpet fanfare. It enters a formal recruitment process: screening, shortlisting,... https://dotint.careers/news/58-crisis-jobs-ai-rules-and-specialist-profiles-this-week-s-hiring-watch/ https://dotint.careers/news/58-crisis-jobs-ai-rules-and-specialist-profiles-this-week-s-hiring-watch/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT This was not a week of big hiring announcements. It was a week of useful signals: food-security needs are stretching, outbreak response is back in focus, AI is moving deeper into... https://dotint.careers/news/57-between-dhaka-and-bonn-a-young-it-guy-s-path-to-the-un/ https://dotint.careers/news/57-between-dhaka-and-bonn-a-young-it-guy-s-path-to-the-un/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT In Dhaka, Zayan Rahman had a steady bank job and a cat who was not quite his. In Bonn, he has the UN role he worked toward, a new apartment, a new feline friend, and the ache of... https://dotint.careers/news/56-five-useful-dotint-careers-features-worth-trying/ https://dotint.careers/news/56-five-useful-dotint-careers-features-worth-trying/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT dotint.careers works best when you steer it. A few less obvious controls can make your matches calmer, your applications better organised, and your AI-assisted drafts more... https://dotint.careers/news/55-before-a-human-loves-your-profile-hr-must-find-you-eligible/ https://dotint.careers/news/55-before-a-human-loves-your-profile-hr-must-find-you-eligible/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Before a recruiter can admire the strongest parts of your profile, your application usually has to clear a formal eligibility screen. In international organisations, that first... https://dotint.careers/news/54-crisis-financing-digital-public-infrastructure-and-project-delivery-th/ https://dotint.careers/news/54-crisis-financing-digital-public-infrastructure-and-project-delivery-th/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT This week's signals were more about delivery capacity than broad institutional hiring growth. Humanitarian budgets remained under pressure, while MDBs advanced sizeable packages... https://dotint.careers/news/53-something-will-always-stand-in-the-way/ https://dotint.careers/news/53-something-will-always-stand-in-the-way/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Most candidates meet the international job market one vacancy at a time. dotint.careers turns thousands of vacancies into signals: what employers are asking for, where demand is,... https://dotint.careers/news/52-the-volkov-family-when-an-international-career-becomes-a-family-projec/ https://dotint.careers/news/52-the-volkov-family-when-an-international-career-becomes-a-family-projec/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Volkovs' international life began with Sasha's science. In Nairobi, it also looks like Irina answering three messages at once, Anya stepping up at Model UN, and Max joining... https://dotint.careers/news/51-you-do-not-need-perfect-english-to-work-in-an-international-organisati/ https://dotint.careers/news/51-you-do-not-need-perfect-english-to-work-in-an-international-organisati/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT International organisations need clear communication, not native-like perfection. If you can read the vacancy, explain your work, write reliable messages, and improve under... https://dotint.careers/news/50-understanding-international-organisation-grade-systems/ https://dotint.careers/news/50-understanding-international-organisation-grade-systems/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Grades in international organisations are not just salary labels. They can affect which roles are realistic now, how your experience is read later, and whether a move helps or... https://dotint.careers/news/49-implementation-pipelines-crisis-response-and-food-systems-this-week-s/ https://dotint.careers/news/49-implementation-pipelines-crisis-response-and-food-systems-this-week-s/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT This week did not point to an across-the-board expansion in international hiring. Same as before, a stronger signal was more operational delivery, crisis response, infrastructure... https://dotint.careers/news/48-are-international-organisations-really-impossible-to-enter/ https://dotint.careers/news/48-are-international-organisations-really-impossible-to-enter/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT International organisations can feel like a fortress: dozens of applications sent, nothing back, no clue what happened. But the doors are not all locked. This piece looks at the... https://dotint.careers/news/47-reform-pressure-humanitarian-redesign-and-implementation-pipelines-las/ https://dotint.careers/news/47-reform-pressure-humanitarian-redesign-and-implementation-pipelines-las/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The week of 25-31 May 2026 was not a simple story of more or fewer international jobs: several large institutions clarified how they intend to work under tighter money, higher... https://dotint.careers/news/46-new-feature-prioritise-your-apply-vacancies/ https://dotint.careers/news/46-new-feature-prioritise-your-apply-vacancies/ Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Premium users can now ask dotint.careers which Apply vacancies deserve attention first. The new "Prioritise vacancies" function compares your current "Apply" roles against your... https://dotint.careers/news/45-the-dotint-careers-public-website-is-now-live/ https://dotint.careers/news/45-the-dotint-careers-public-website-is-now-live/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The new dotint.careers public website explains what the platform does, who it is for, and why eligibility-aware matching matters in international careers. It also opens a public... https://dotint.careers/news/44-health-worker-mobility-urban-delivery-and-energy-guarantees-last-week/ https://dotint.careers/news/44-health-worker-mobility-urban-delivery-and-energy-guarantees-last-week/ Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The week of 18-24 May 2026 did not produce a single broad signal that international hiring is accelerating. Instead, it produced three more targeted developments: new rules... https://dotint.careers/news/43-10-000-vacancies-later-what-the-data-is-starting-to-show/ https://dotint.careers/news/43-10-000-vacancies-later-what-the-data-is-starting-to-show/ Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT dotint.careers has now processed more than 10,000 vacancies. That is worth a small celebration, but the more interesting question is what this first large sample tells us about... https://dotint.careers/news/42-new-entry-routes-guarantee-finance-and-recovery-work-last-week-s-hirin/ https://dotint.careers/news/42-new-entry-routes-guarantee-finance-and-recovery-work-last-week-s-hirin/ Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT The week of 11-17 May 2026 produced several concrete hiring-market signals that are different from last week's broad pressure-and-expansion story. The most useful read is about... https://dotint.careers/news/41-funding-pressure-at-the-un-expansion-signals-at-the-mdbs-last-weeks-hi/ https://dotint.careers/news/41-funding-pressure-at-the-un-expansion-signals-at-the-mdbs-last-weeks-hi/ Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Last week’s international hiring signal was mixed. The UN-side market continued to show signs of contraction, relocation and budget pressure, especially around Geneva and... https://dotint.careers/news/40-how-a-geek-takes-dotint-careers-value-to-its-limits/ https://dotint.careers/news/40-how-a-geek-takes-dotint-careers-value-to-its-limits/ Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A good vacancy feed is not just about matching skills - it is about matching direction. Zayan Rahman, a Bangladeshi software developer in Bonn, used dotint.careers structured... https://dotint.careers/news/39-welcome-to-new-members-of-the-dotint-careers-community/ https://dotint.careers/news/39-welcome-to-new-members-of-the-dotint-careers-community/ Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Welcome to the new early adopters joining dotint.careers through Mariana’s invitation. Here is a quick tour of how to get help, shape the opportunities you see, and make the... https://dotint.careers/news/38-character-profile-mamadou-barry/ https://dotint.careers/news/38-character-profile-mamadou-barry/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT We are starting a new dotint.careers series built around recurring career stories, each following a different path into international work. The first is Mamadou Barry, a Guinean... https://dotint.careers/news/37-new-feature-review-my-cv-is-now-available-on-dotint-careers-including/ https://dotint.careers/news/37-new-feature-review-my-cv-is-now-available-on-dotint-careers-including/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT A new **Review my CV** feature is now available in dotint.careers on all plans, including free ones. It helps you strengthen your profile early by checking it for completeness,... https://dotint.careers/news/36-why-dotint-careers-shows-you-fewer-vacancies/ https://dotint.careers/news/36-why-dotint-careers-shows-you-fewer-vacancies/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT dotint.careers is built on a simple idea: show each candidate as few vacancies as possible, but make sure the ones that do appear are the ones worth their time. That means a lot... https://dotint.careers/news/35-why-it-pays-to-invite-people-into-dotint-careers/ https://dotint.careers/news/35-why-it-pays-to-invite-people-into-dotint-careers/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The referral programme is meant to be easy to use and genuinely rewarding. Share your code, bring in people who actually use the platform, and your balance grows in monthly steps... https://dotint.careers/news/34-exploring-the-easter-dip/ https://dotint.careers/news/34-exploring-the-easter-dip/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hiring slowed sharply around Easter, especially in UN-heavy workflows, but it never stopped. A few organisations kept publishing right through the holiday block, and even Easter...