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What does an Emergency Recruiter look for in an application?

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by Nick Macdonald
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         Interview – Alan Noble, Emergency Recruiter at World Vision International

 


 

During this interview with Nick Macdonald, Alan Noble was the Manager of Global Surge Capacity at World Vision International. He is currently Humanitarian Response Team Deployments & Recruitment at Medical Teams International. He is based in the United States of America, but travelled often to World Vision offices around the world to identify and support the training of people to serve in responding to the largest global emergencies. Here is his personal opinion and advice about getting a job as a humanitarian aid worker.

  

Alan shares:

  • The main differences for you between working HR in the corporate world and for an International Organization
  • The key skills he looks for when staffing his emergency teams
  • What are some of the common characteristics of people he selects

  

What is Emergency aid, Response and Disaster Management?

 

Watch the webinar - UN Volunteers Contributing to Humanitarian and Emergency Response

 

Medical Teams International Opportunity - Senior Response Manager - Humanitarian Response Team 

 

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