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Securing contracts in the international development sector today is much easier than it was ten years ago. Now, with a powerful tool such as the DevelopmentAid platform, experts are able to spend much less time searching for opportunities. This is possible because of skilled assistance from DevelopmentAid Career Advisors (CA) who guide individual consultants through the platform. In today’s article we share with our readers the advantages of having a personal Career Advisor and offer some insights into the work they undertake.  

Despite video-tutorials and Knowledge Base offering guidance about exploring the DevelopmentAid platform, having a personal Career Advisor is a completely different experience for users. 

Career Advisors are not recruiters – we do not offer one specific job to our members or look for opportunities on their behalf. We guide individual consultants through the wide range of possibilities offered by our platform and present how to best use our career aid tools. Our main goal is to help experts to secure consultancy opportunities or permanent/full-time jobs, says Irina Bondarenco, Director of the DevelopmentAid Career Center.

Career Advisors are professionals who have been trained to guide you through the DevelopmentAid platform, demonstrating the main functionalities and teaching you how to fine tune your profile settings. 

From what we see, some of our members do not use all the features offered by the DevelopmentAid website. It is our mission to communicate with experts, explaining the mechanisms and actions so they can secure more contracts as a result of the use of our platform. These actions are quite simple when properly explained. Every consultant is very pleased to be personally approached by me, says Natalia, DevelopmentAid Career Advisor.

Elizabeth has vast experience of over 25 years in agricultural and rural development projects in Africa, Asia and South America and she has been a member of DevelopmentAid for several years.  

“I am very happy with the service provided including the valuable job alerts, an increased profile visibility on the website and the CV broadcast to relevant consulting organizations. I also received a lot of helpful personal support from my career advisor, Cristina, such as making maximum use of the website and finding specific information like shortlisted and awarded companies” mentioned Elizabeth in her testimonial.

Currently, everyone is affected by the pandemic and some of consultants may now have more free time because of the cancellation or postponement of a project. Approaching a Career Advisor today, might be a great opportunity to schedule a career coaching session and learn how to use all the career development tools we have available.  

To schedule a call, contact our team via [email protected]