Adopt a “Day One” mindset
Every career journey is unique, and working at the United Nations presents unique challenges and opportunities. As a JPO, you gain valuable experience and connections that build a strong career foundation. However, influencing others, a key leadership skill, has its limits, and not everyone takes advantage of stretch assignments and rotations. Competition for general jobs is also fierce. So what’s your breakthrough?
Embrace a “Day One” mindset. Approach challenges with curiosity, take risks, and see setbacks as learning opportunities. By doing so, you can stand out and demonstrate your value to the United Nations. Your fascinating story deserves to be told.
“The JPO Career Booster Program was a game changer for me. It gave me the knowledge, skills, tools and networks essential to building a meaningful and lasting career within the United Nations system. If you are looking to build a career, this training will be a valuable investment in your professional future.”
Jordan Parker, Program Analyst, UNDP South Africa, Australian Patent Office
Mastering soft skills and core competencies is important
Upgrading your skills to have a greater impact with the UN 2.0 vision and other strategic soft skills is essential for career advancement (career advancement requires technical expertise and agility). may be even more important). This includes relationship management skills that foster quality connections, collaboration, and influence, creating impact across generations, demonstrating emotional intelligence, communicating personal superpowers, and cultural competency. This includes developing competency-based interviewing and coaching skills, developing networking skills, and more. …
Take the time to reflect on the skill sets you need to accelerate your contribution to the JPO and career mobility within the UN system.
“The Career Booster Course was an incredibly insightful experience… Tailored specifically for JPOs, this program provides valuable knowledge and skills essential to pursuing a career in the United Nations system. We highly recommend this course to other JPOs looking to advance their careers within the United Nations.”
Nino Perreten, Program Budget Analyst, WHO Geneva, Switzerland JPO
No growth, no growth
Know yourself, know what you want and why you want it.
Work hard towards it with faith and discipline.
Align your career choices with your values and vision, be intentional, focused, open to new ways of thinking (change is inevitable), and invest in yourself.
It’s not easy to get there, but it’s worth it.
By joining UNSSC Career Booster, you are already starting to step out of your comfort zone. In this Career Booster, you’ll be surrounded by supportive JPO colleagues just like you.
“We encourage all JPOs with the means and time to join the UNSSC JPO Career Booster. It will give you an insider’s perspective on the latest trends and the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals. But more importantly, become a member of JPO’s global network and be inspired through its diversity in all its manifestations. It’s not just a career booster; it’s truly transformative that you can remember and utilize in the future. It was a great experience.”
Mr. Dean Chen, Education Planning and SDG4 Coordination, UNESCO Dakar Office, Chinese Patent Office
you are not alone
UNSSC Career Booster has an incredibly diverse JPO, allowing you to overcome your differences and advance your career. As a JPO, you are looking for additional opportunities to network and learn from your colleagues.
Our decades of experience with JPOs like yours shows us that facilitating peer-to-peer learning, which is often lacking during JPO assignments, facilitates the sharing of best practices, experiences, and mutual support. Masu. This approach fosters community building and increases immersion.
“Through this training, and learning from 35 other young professionals navigating the sometimes complicated waters of career advancement at the United Nations, I have learned that 1. We are not alone; 2. Our Many of us have the same concerns. 3. We realized that many of us have the same concerns. When we all come together, we share our skills. It can be leveraged and added to an individual’s toolkit, making it a force to be reckoned with. In fact, we are better together.”
Elke-Esmeralda Dikoume, UNICEF Cameroon, USA JPO
