All blog articles with Forum cinfo 2021 13 articles Blog 21 November 2022 | Natacha Wicht - Daniel Glinz Eight career anchors: which ones drive your career? Dedication to a cause? Autonomy? Security? Faced with a career choice, what is your priority, and what would you never... Read more Blog 6 July 2022 | Jane Carter "Sometimes you must compromise if you want a family – but I stress compromise, not sacrifice" This is the third of three blogs exploring the challenges and opportunities associated with raising a family whilst... Read more Blog 1 June 2022 | Gabriela Steinemann "Talent has no boundaries" – The UN is seeking to recruit persons with disabilities Are you a professional living with disabilities and interested in working for the United Nations? We encourage you to... Read more Blog 18 May 2022 | Lucy Bamforth Medair: "Our Diversity and Inclusion journey" During the Forum cinfo 2021, Medair held a session to discuss their organisational journey towards integrating Diversity... Read more Blog 20 April 2022 | Jane Carter "It's amazing how quickly one adapts to life in a new country": The spouse's view During the Forum cinfo 2021 we held a session to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with raising a... Read more Blog 1 March 2022 | Natacha Wicht Learning to take care of yourself before taking care of others Since finishing nursing school, Rebecca had the idea of being a humanitarian health worker. She joined us for a virtual... Read more Blog 28 February 2022 | Neva Fark Positioning your career in a post-pandemic world Michael Emery, HR Director of IOM-UN Migration, engages in a tough talk with journalist Nicoletta Cimmino on (post-... Read more Blog 21 February 2022 | Babette Pfander "Working in a fragile and complex context takes a bit of humility" Farook Doomun, Deputy Representative for Operations at UNICEF talks about his experience in fragile humanitarian... Read more Blog 24 January 2022 | Jane Carter An international childhood? It was a great start in life! During the Forum cinfo 2021, we held a session to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with raising a... Read more Blog 17 January 2022 | Neva Fark "I never regretted leaving my well-paid job in Switzerland to start from scratch with an NGO in Colombia" At the age of 35, Tony Zuber changed his career and started working in international cooperation abroad. In this... Read more Blog 14 January 2022 | Neva Fark "It’s a life of extremes – on the one hand, the most rewarding work there is, on the other, the most draining and demanding" Karin Hofmann had worked several years in conflict zones with the ICRC. She talks about her most challenging experiences... Read more Blog 11 January 2022 | Neva Fark "Impact investing is critical for providing investments where capital is scarce and for building capacities locally" Eva Tschannen is Head of Technical Assistance at the impact investment firm, responsAbility. She talks about sustainable... Read more Blog 6 January 2022 | Neva Fark "Prepare yourself and be mindful; you will not get a second chance to make a first impression" As an expat, it is not always easy to find your place in a new team in a foreign country – Anvar Sabzaliev has... Read more
Blog 21 November 2022 | Natacha Wicht - Daniel Glinz Eight career anchors: which ones drive your career? Dedication to a cause? Autonomy? Security? Faced with a career choice, what is your priority, and what would you never... Read more
Blog 6 July 2022 | Jane Carter "Sometimes you must compromise if you want a family – but I stress compromise, not sacrifice" This is the third of three blogs exploring the challenges and opportunities associated with raising a family whilst... Read more
Blog 1 June 2022 | Gabriela Steinemann "Talent has no boundaries" – The UN is seeking to recruit persons with disabilities Are you a professional living with disabilities and interested in working for the United Nations? We encourage you to... Read more
Blog 18 May 2022 | Lucy Bamforth Medair: "Our Diversity and Inclusion journey" During the Forum cinfo 2021, Medair held a session to discuss their organisational journey towards integrating Diversity... Read more
Blog 20 April 2022 | Jane Carter "It's amazing how quickly one adapts to life in a new country": The spouse's view During the Forum cinfo 2021 we held a session to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with raising a... Read more
Blog 1 March 2022 | Natacha Wicht Learning to take care of yourself before taking care of others Since finishing nursing school, Rebecca had the idea of being a humanitarian health worker. She joined us for a virtual... Read more
Blog 28 February 2022 | Neva Fark Positioning your career in a post-pandemic world Michael Emery, HR Director of IOM-UN Migration, engages in a tough talk with journalist Nicoletta Cimmino on (post-... Read more
Blog 21 February 2022 | Babette Pfander "Working in a fragile and complex context takes a bit of humility" Farook Doomun, Deputy Representative for Operations at UNICEF talks about his experience in fragile humanitarian... Read more
Blog 24 January 2022 | Jane Carter An international childhood? It was a great start in life! During the Forum cinfo 2021, we held a session to discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with raising a... Read more
Blog 17 January 2022 | Neva Fark "I never regretted leaving my well-paid job in Switzerland to start from scratch with an NGO in Colombia" At the age of 35, Tony Zuber changed his career and started working in international cooperation abroad. In this... Read more
Blog 14 January 2022 | Neva Fark "It’s a life of extremes – on the one hand, the most rewarding work there is, on the other, the most draining and demanding" Karin Hofmann had worked several years in conflict zones with the ICRC. She talks about her most challenging experiences... Read more
Blog 11 January 2022 | Neva Fark "Impact investing is critical for providing investments where capital is scarce and for building capacities locally" Eva Tschannen is Head of Technical Assistance at the impact investment firm, responsAbility. She talks about sustainable... Read more
Blog 6 January 2022 | Neva Fark "Prepare yourself and be mindful; you will not get a second chance to make a first impression" As an expat, it is not always easy to find your place in a new team in a foreign country – Anvar Sabzaliev has... Read more
