Hi,
After completing my work at career days in DC I am much enlightened about the strange world of NGO recruitment -- where you start as a Consultant -- for a shelf life varying from one week to no liit (max 3 years-- average 3 months). It is not that I am not usded to such short term (3 month appointmnets) infact at our school we routinely hire from 3 months initially -- to see if we have a good fit. But we do not pay any less - here it seems they just keep u alive.
But what bugged me was that these jobs are never (99.99% time) advertised. Those which are - on the websites --are of hi -fi nature --not for recent grduates with no experience. It reeked of nepotism -since only if u know the right person -- u get the offer. So enter the spidery world of networking. I always believd in transparency. Now I guess I have to change. The reason it seems is that we have to show upfront -that we are capable of handling very professional jobs --even without experience. The kind of jobs which directly affect governments and citizens of some poor nation. So the NGO has to show our CV to their donor or client etc. As long as we are mere consultants it does not not raidse eyebrows --once we ge employed we come under heavy scrutiny. So this spidery world. Only for employee positions they need to (or should??) advertise. So it is down to who knows whom.
Is it?
Umesh
PS: isn't the whole world like that -- right from doctoral application decisons to scholrship to marraige etc
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