Tips on how to land a Communications job in the Development sector?

Communications is one of our most popular career searches at Impactpool. To respond to this interest we asked our Director Talent Acquisition to provide his best career advice and tips to all of you dreaming and preparing for a communications career.

Read our article What a recruiter would look at when reviewing talents for a Communications position and what it means that Communications is a transferable career area after this.

Communications is an example of a transferable occupation. Irrespective of where you work today, you will be able to find similar job opportunities when starting to explore available communications jobs in the development sector. Read more about these type of profiles here.

Generally speaking, communications professionals are recruited internationally. Meaning that you will find most opportunities outside your country, however what is special for communications position is that sometimes nationals of a certain country are recruited on an international contract to her/his country of nationality. This is sometimes happening for donor countries with smaller populations and in situations where it is difficult to find talent with appropriate local language skills outside the country.

So what are the profiles that the development sector is looking for?