Three ways to get ahead of competition when looking for a job

ByCatalina Russu

Three ways to get ahead of competition when looking for a job

Finding the job you want first of all requires… searching for it. Whether you’re at the beginning of your career or someone who’s been on the job market for years – hunting for a well-paid job is not an easy activity. Sometimes, searching for an opportunity can actually feel like a full-time job itself. Have you tried rethinking your approach to finding new opportunities? Here are some tips how you can benefit in this regard with the help of the DevelopmentAid Organizations Menu.

Reach out to organizations before a job is advertised

Applying for different open positions and receiving no response is discouraging. If you feel exhausted and disappointed, it’s time to reconsider your tactics and apply for a job before it’s even advertised. In this way, you can get ahead of the competition and, why not, land your dream job. On the DevelopmentAid Organizations Menu, you can reach out to those companies you admire and want to work for, filtering them by country, sector, type, experience, and other categories. Contact as many as possible, send your CV (make sure you tailor it before you do so) and let them know you’re available. The chances of receiving positive feedback in this scenario are much increased.

Research the Awards Section menu

International companies across the globe spend a lot of time and resources to win funding. When a company has been shortlisted for a project, in many cases it may still be looking for consultants although this depends on the donor’s specific procedures. Researching the awards-section menu on developmentaid.org, you can identify the organizations that have been awarded a contract and approach them to offer your services. You can contact each of them (by finding the contact details in our organization’s database) informing them of your availability. Once they get back to you, it will then be up to you to choose which company to work with. Only some donors such as EC, ADB, GA Canada, AfDB, JICA, feature such a stage in their project cycle and DevelopmentAid tracks all of the shortlists that they publish.

Check out the non-compliant organizations

Whether you are aiming a long or a short-term assignment/contract with an international development institution, it’s important to know which organizations to avoid. Tackling corruption, fraud or other similar wrongdoing is critical to achieving sustainable development. This is why donors blacklist those organizations that violate the guidelines and commit irregularities.

DevelopmentAid members can exclusively access the names of non-compliant companies by navigating through the sanctioned firms category in the Organizations menu.

DevelopmentAid is the all-in-one platform for professionals, donors, and thousands of hiring organizations working in international development. In addition to all the services it provides, it is possible to find more than 8500 jobs in one single place with just a few clicks and more than 200,000 registered organizations that are active in the international development sector and that are using DevelopmentAid for more than 14 years now to find individual experts and companies for their projects.

If you are an international consultant become a member and gain access to more information, tools, and visibility, and thus increase chances to get a job.