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International Opportunities:
Internships, Fellowships and OffOff-Shore Work
HEINZ CAREER SERVICES
OCT 30 2009
SUDDENLY, THERE’S A LOT GOING ON !!!
Who’s in the Room ?
Ermine Teves,
Teves Robotics Institute, Techbridgeworld, and iSTEP
Gladys Perez, Heinz MSPPM Director,, (MSPPM, 2007), Mexico Initiative
Andrea Meyer, (current MS3), served with Peace Corps in Zambia
Alicia Criado, (current MS3), served with Peace Corps in Honduras
Susan Ityavyar (current MS2), interned with World Bank in Abuja, Nigeria
Corinne Gray,
Gray (current MAM2), interned with Inst for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin
Alex Brant, (current MS2), interned with US State Dept. in Rome
Up-coming Deadline
iSTEP Internship: Thursday, November 5
U.S. State Department: Monday, November 2
INTERNSHIPS – FELLOWSHIPS – OS WORK
Why ?
How long ?
Desired outcomes ?
Which Competencies ?
Which Sectors ?
Off-shore / On-shore ?
WHAT THE FOOT-PRINT, WHAT THE SHADOW ?
COMPETENCIES
Curriculum-related
Evaluation & Predictive Analytics -- Mining, Modeling, Forecasting
Statistical Packages (SPSS, SAS, STATA, Minitab, Mathematica)
Data Management (Oracle, MS-Access, FoxPro, SQL, GIS)
Web-based IT
Extra-curricular
Professional -- Degrees, Work Experience
Identity -- Languages, Cultural Competencies, Background
Networks – Family, Friends, Heinz/CMU Alumni, Random (Landlord)
SECTORS: WHERE THE WORK IS
Public Federal – www.usa.gov
Public State/Local
Commerce/Foreign Investment/Chambers of Commerce
See handout for some of these (also posted to Document Library)
Corporate
US Examples: DoD, State, USAID, Commerce, Treasury, but also …
And Federal Contractors
Consulting : Deloitte, BAH, McKinsey, Accenture, PWC, BearingPoint
Multi-Nationals: IBM, Toyota, Boeing, Microsoft, Honeywell, BP
Int’l Dev Firms: Chemonics, DAI, MSI, ICF, Abt, (see KSG website)
Multi-Laterals, Nonprofits & NGO’s
WHERE THE WORK IS: MULTILATERALS
African Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
Club du Sahel, Development Assistance Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
InterInter-American Development Bank
International Finance Corporation
International Labor Organization
International Monetary Fund
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization of American States
Pan American Health Organization
United Nations Capital Development Fund
United Nations Center on Transnational Corporations
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Department of Political Affairs
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Economic Commissions for Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Population Fund
United Nations Secretariat
United Nations World Food Programme
World Bank
World Health Organization
WHERE THE WORK IS: NONPROFITS
Demos
FINCA International
Brookings Institution
The East-West Center
The Clinton Foundation
Global Public Policy Institute
The Foreign Policy Association
Social Science Research Council
Int’l Food Policy Research Institute
Int’l Development Research Centre
Carnegie Endowment for Int’l Peace
Woodrow Wilson International Center
Peterson Institute for International Economics
The Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Center for Strategic & International Studies
United States Institute of Peace
Center for Global Development
Council on Foreign Relations
The World Policy Institute
The RAND Corporation
The Kellogg Institute
The Carter Center
Aspen Institute
Ashoka
WHERE THE WORK IS: NGO’S
Advocacy International
African American Institute
African Development Foundation
African Wildlife Foundation
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Appropriate Technology International
Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
Conservation International
Counterpart International
Experiment in International Living
Ford Foundation
Institute for International Education
International Women's Media Foundation
La Clinica del Pueblo
National Academy of Public Administration
National Rural Electric Cooperative Organization
Operation USA
Partners of the Americas
Rockefeller Foundation
Salesian Missions
US Federation for International Scouting
Share Our Strength
International Red Cross
Academy of Educational Development
Greenpeace
International Rescue Committee
PETA
World Relief
Catholic Relief Services
Gates Foundation
Habitat for Humanity
OxFam
United Way
World Wildlife Federation
Save the Children
Amnesty International
Transparency International
Population Services International
Open Society Institute
Doctors Without Borders
CARE
IYF
B'nai B'rith International
World Learning
Habitat
World Vision
World Resources Institute
CHECKLIST – RULES OF THE GAME
Very competitive
Experience is trump
Apply early, apply often
Know your competition
Know your competitive advantage: profile
Build your “hand” -- network every day
INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS: HEINZ
Former Heinz Intern Placements (see CS webpages)
Mexico Initiative (Heinz-dedicated)
TechBridgeWorld iSTEP (CMU-dedicated)
UN General Assembly Internship
US State Department Internship
Germany: Pittsburgh-Dortmund Urban Planning
Asian Development Bank (to Manila)
UNDP in NYC(Heinz-dedicated)
Heinz Alum-hosted
Self-tailored search
INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS:
Carnegie Mellon Fellowship & Scholarship Office -- most opportunities in fall
Heinz Career Services Document Library – 34 international programs
IFC Global Transaction Team
State Dept. Critical Languages
Foreign Agricultural Service
Acumen Fund Fellowship
Atlantic Fellowships
David Boren
Fulbright
Marshall
Mitchell
Humboldt
Bosch
Luce
Alfa
NETWORKS
Heinz & CMU Faculty (but also Pitt-GSPIA)
Heinz Alumni Currently Working in ID/IA
Gender Awareness & Action in Policy
International Development Group
Heinz School Diversity Initiative
Rotary International
RPCV’s – Current & Alumni
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center
ALUMNI NETWORK IN ID/IA
Dushyanthi De Silva (MSPPM 2002) World
Bank Group (DC)
Mirella Hernani (MSPPM 2003) World Bank
Group (DC)
Aditi Sen (MSPPM 2003) World Bank Group
(DC)
Charles Isely (MS3 2003) U.S. Dept. of State
(Iraq)
Natalia Pineda (MS3 2003) Gov't of Columbia
(Bogota)
Parshwanath Adiraja (MSPPM 2004) World
Bank (DC)
Neal Draves (MS3 2004) Global Giving (DC)
Olutayo Fabusuyi (MS3 2004) African
Development Bank (Tunis)
Elizabeth Roen (MS3 2004) U.S. AID (DC)
Kevin Yamami (MS3 2004) David Boren
Graduate Fellow (Uzbekistan)
Suleyman Erdem (MSPPM 2005) Turkish
Prime Ministry (Turkey)
LauraBeth Barland (MS3 2005) Management
Systems Int'l (DC)
Marla Bertagnolli (MS3 2005) CIVIC (DC)
Taylor Keenan (MS3 2005) Chemonics
International (DC)
Rajasekharan Pazhaniappan (MS3 2005)
Japan Bank Int'l Coop (Japan)
Kelly Stenhoff (MS3 2005) Citizens Network for
Foreign Affairs (DC)
Nell Todd (MS3 2005) Development
Alternatives Inc. (DC)
Jesse Lecy (MSPPM 2006) Syracuse Maxwell
School PhD Prog. (Syracuse)
Peter Noll (MS3 2006) Fundacion Democracia
sin Fronteras (Mexico)
Ruth Salcedo Grijalva (MS3 2006) SUNAT
(Peru)
Jawad Khan (MSPPM 2007) McKinsey & Co.
(Dubai)
Maria Barron (MSPPM 1998) U.S. AID (DC)
Alejandro Ruiz Acevedo (MS 2003) United
Nations OPS (Kabul)
David Lewis (MSPPM 2007) U.S. Dept. of State
(DC)
JOB-SEARCH LINKS
Name of Site
Link
DevJobs
http://www.devjobsmail.com/main/homepage.php
DevNetJobs
http://www.devnetjobs.org/
DevZone: Change for a Just World
http://www.dev-zone.org/jobs/
Eldis: Institute of Development Studies
http://www.eldis.org/news/jobs.htm
Emerging Markets Development Advisors Program
http://www.emdap.org/
Foreign Policy Association
http://www.fpa.org/
Global Health Council
http://www.globalhealth.org/jobs/
Global Impact
http://www.charity.org/site/c.gtJUJfMQIqE/b.2401643/k.BDB9/Home.htm
Going Global
http://www.goinglobal.com/
Institute of International Education
http://www.iie.org/
InterAction
http://www.interaction.org/jobs/index.html#OtherNGOs
International Jobs Center
http://www.internationaljobs.org/
JobsAbroad.com
http://www.jobsabroad.com/search.cfm
One World
http://uk.oneworld.net/section/uk/latestjobs
Proposal Writer
http://www.proposalwriter.com/intemployment.html
The Bridgespan Group
http://www.bridgespangroup.org/
The Development Executive Group
http://www.developmentex.com/index.jsp
The Microfinance Gateway
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/content/jobs/
TransitionsAbroad.com
http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/careers/index.shtml
U.S. State Dept. -- International Opportunities
http://www.state.gov/p/io/empl/
United Nations Jobs
http://icsc.un.org/joblinks.asp
University of Vermont -- Maintained by Linda Aines
http://www.uvm.edu/~laines/export/jobs.htm
World Bank Careers
http://www.worldbank.org/jobs
OTHER RESOURCES IN CAREER SERVICES
http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/current-students/career-services/searching-internships/international/index.aspx
Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for our Time
William Easterly, The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done…
Amy Chua, World On Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and …
David Bornstein, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
David Landes, The Wealth & Poverty of Nations: Why Some are So Rich and Some So Poor
Erik Reinhert, How Rich Countries Got Richer, and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Vaclav Smil, Feeding the World: A Challenge for the 21st Century
Tom Friedman, The World is Flat
Tom Friedman, The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Benjamin Barber, Jihad vs. McWorld
Robert Reich, Supercapitalism
Tony Judt, Post War: The History of Europe Since 1945
Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Third World and U.S. Volunteer Opportunities
Brinkerhoff & Brinkerhoff, Working for Change: Making a Career in International Public Service
Meredith Martin, The Fate of Africa
A Guide to the World Bank
International Career Employment Weekly (job postings)
Nonprofit Directions (newsletter)
Foreign Affairs (journal)