Alain de Botton

"There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life."


International Career Day 2017 Bern


Considering a Career at International Organisations? This event is a good opportunity to meet their reps f2f and make applications for open roles. 

ICD as a one day event in Bern is organised every year to promote Switzerland`s presence within international organisations. As presented in the opening speech 2/3 of UN`s global decisions are taken at UN premises in Geneva, Switzerland. 

As a strategy from federal council to raise Switzerland`s representation in international organisations, event aims to bring international organisation reps and people who seek to join them together. 
At the event, after a short opening speech, people had chances to visit desks and chat about working conditions, career opportunities and some benefits. 
Target Audience was to capture promising young Swiss academics with work experience. However, as I had seen a mixture of different backgrounds joined the event. 
One of the outcomes of my discussions with UN and ILO reps was employee contracts and benefits vary as these organisations do not function like corporations. You can find a lot of temporary openings and most of them are based in Geneva.  

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Target Audience: Swiss students, international students, international career seekers with some experience, start up owners

Over 50 international organisations presented their work and job opportunities at the ICD 17. Here they are: 

ACWL ADB AfDB ATT CERN cinfo 
CoE EBRD ESO EPO EFTA ESA Gavi GCERF IAESTE ICAO ICC ICDO ICRC ICMPD IDEA IDLO IFRC ILO IMF IOM IPCC ITC 
ITU OTIF OCHA OECD OHCHR OIF OPEC OSCE SC 
UfM UNCCD UNCDF UNCTAD UNDP UNEP UNESCO UNHCR UNICEF UNICRI UNITAR UNRISD UNOG UNOPS UN Women UPU 
WCO WFP WHO WIPO WTO XFEL 
Advisory Centre on World Trade Law
Asian Development Bank
African Development Bank
Secretariat of the Arms Trade Treaty
European Organisation for Nuclear Research
Center for Information, Counselling and Training for Professions relating to International Cooperation 
Council of Europe
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
European Southern Observatory
European Patent Office
European Free Trade Association
European Space Agency
GIobal Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund
International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience International Civil Aviation Organisation
International Computing Centre
International Civil Defence Organisation
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Centre for Migration Policy Development
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
International Development Law Organisation
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund
International Organisation for Migration
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
International Trade Centre
International Telecommunications Union
Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Train
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
Organization for the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
South Centre
Union for the Mediterranean
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
United Nations Capital Development Fund
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Children’s Fund

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
United Nations Office at Geneva
United Nations Office for Project Services
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Universal Postal Union
World Customs Organization
World Food Programme
World Health Organization
World Intellectual Property Organization
World Trade Organization
European X-ray free electron laser 

Source: 
https://www.eda.admin.ch/deza/de/home/aktuell/agenda.html/eda/en/meta/agenda/2017/1/career-day