The Musk-led DOGE has locked down USAID, and 10,000 colleagues have lost their jobs. In a series of articles, I will provide insights targeting former USAID co-workers on how they can make themselves attractive for a transition to a UN career. 

I will introduce you to how the quota works, which organizations and contract types you should avoid applying for as an American, and which job functions are currently in demand.

In this third article, I will provide some tips for your application and some in-demand job functions. These four articles are interlinked, so please spend time reading them all. They provide different aspects of how you will succeed if a UN career is on your ambition horizon.

As I wrote in the first part, I am honest upfront. The first article only required that you sign up for a free Impactpool membership, but for this article, you need to have a Fellowship or get one.

About the author: Henrik Ryden is a former international recruitment manager at the UNDP. He is Impactpool's cofounder and has more than 20 years of experience in the Impact career sector. He started his career at the Swedish Sida, a younger “cousin” of USAID.