International Relations & NGOs

Welcome to the International Relations & NGOs Community!

The following sampling of tools and resources should be combined with your own research. We suggest you use targeted keyword searches to find representative employers and opportunities, explore professional associations, join LinkedIN groups, and browse additional job board postings. Remember to also search LinkedIn and MyPenn (formerly QuakerNet) to connect with Penn alumni in fields related to your interests. Additionally, the sample jobs and employers are only a small selection of what’s posted in Handshake – log in to see much more!

We also suggest using the Career Exploration section of our website for more information or researching by major.

Explore Careers in International Affairs & DevelopmentInternational Relations, Affairs and NGOs covers many different career paths both domestically and abroad. Check out Vault Guides to learn more about the industry. You may also wish to visit our Non-Profit community.
Make ConnectionsNetworking is simply talking and building relationships with professionals in careers that interest you to help you learn what it’s like to work in a particular role, field, or industry. In addition to MyPenn (formerly QuakerNet) and LinkedIN, there are also a variety of other professional associations that you may find of interest. Read more about how to make connections. 
Search & ApplyWhile not all jobs in the arts are posted through traditional job boards, Handshake is still a great place to start looking! Many NGO, international affairs and development jobs are posted regularly, the most recent of which are featured at the bottom of this page. There are also industry-specific job boards.

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A Digitally Enabled Summer at TechnoServe

November 17, 2020

This is part of series of posts by recipients of the 2020 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they spent their summer. You can …

By Career Services

Readings and Calls at Intersections

October 29, 2020

By Career Services

Interviewing: Answers for “Do You Have Any Questions for Us?” During Covid-19

May 26, 2020

by Dr. Esther H. Ra

Often interviewees will forget that an interview is ultimately a two-way street. As much as an employer is taking a deeper look at your skill sets and experience during an interview, as the interviewee, it …

By Esther Ra

Go With The Flow

August 20, 2019

This is from a series of posts by recipients of the 2018 Career Services Summer Funding Grant. We’ve asked funding recipients to reflect on their summer experiences and talk about the industries in which they’ve been spending their summer. You …

By Barbara Hewitt

Starting Out in the Social-Impact Sector | An Interview with Anthony Flowe

August 6, 2019

It’s summer, which means that many of our readers have recently graduated from university programs. Perhaps you’ve already got a job in the social-impact sector—or maybe you’re still on the hunt.

For this new interview series, we’re chatting with changemakers …

By Elyse Franko - Idealist Careers

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Goinglobal offers a searchable database of thousands of international jobs and internship listings as well as provides country and international …

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IODA – an international professional membership association serving OD professionals, is a vibrant and supportive network of organization development practitioners …

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