Week 7 - Impactpool 10-Week Job Strategy Challenge - Optimize Your Professional Pitch

Craft a Compelling Profile That Gets You Noticed

By now, you’ve made significant progress in your career challenge journey. You’ve chosen your top organizations, learned how to interpret and align with job descriptions, understood how UN hiring works, reflected on your competencies and crafted thoughtful explanations for career transitions or gaps.

This week, we shift from reflection to visibility — how to make your experience stand out at first glance.

Your professional pitch is often the very first thing recruiters see. In the UN and international development sector, this short paragraph sets the tone for your entire application. It’s your opportunity to show the intersection of your expertise, global mindset and mission alignment.