-: I would say that a liberal arts background
would be helpful and if there are courses or tracks
in your university for human resources,
those of course would be good to explore.
But I wouldn't say you'd need to limit yourself to that.
That, you know, a career in human resources
and career development can be fed
by many different disciplines.
So I would say explore what you're interested in.
I would say I would look for someone with a lot of drive,
because as I mentioned, we have to be very creative
and strategic with the funds that we do have
and we have to be very patient at times.
You know, things don't move as quickly
as I would like them to.
So I would look for somebody that has good ideas,
creative ways of thinking, a lot of drive,
and patience, you know.
So there's an internship program at the UN.
You have to be enrolled in a masters program
or have recently completed one.
That's a good way to get a sense of
if you'd wanna work there, you know.
And you can do an internship at different duty stations.
It's unpaid but it's an excellent opportunity
to get to know people and to get to know the work
and see life in that duty station.
There's another key way to get a job at the UN
and that's through the Young Professionals Program.
It consists of an exam that's given each year,
only to nationals of certain countries, based on the current
geographic representation of staff, okay?
The United States, luckily, is usually invited each year
because we are not exceeding the number of staff
that the U.S. is allowed to have working at the UN.
And so this exam is held in different fields,
for example, communications, political affairs,
administration, economic affairs,
and it's extremely competitive.
If you don't pass one year, you can apply
to take it another year.
And if you pass this exam, you are guaranteed
to be offered a position, I think within a two-year period.