Helping UN Staff Transform Their Career

Expert-led workshops and coaching to help your staff navigate change with clarity and confidence

Every Career Has Turning Points.
Some we choose. Others choose us.

 
 

UN staff today face pivotal questions:
Do I want to stay in this field? How do I shift direction? Can I succeed beyond the UN?

We understand that career transition isn’t just about CVs and interviews—it’s about identity, purpose, and reimagining what’s next. With our sessions, we will help you reflect, reframe, and move forward with confidence.

Programmes Tailored for UN Career Journeys

  • Transform Your Career: Workshop Series
    Navigating career change can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone.
    Through our interactive, virtual workshops, we’ll help you explore your options, craft your personal pitch, strengthen your job search strategy, and grow your network. Whether you join one session or the whole series, you’ll gain clarity, confidence, and connection in a time of uncertainty.

  • Group Coaching for Career Development
    With this focused small group coaching series, we provide expert guidance and peer support to help you navigate career transitions with clarity, whether you're preparing for a promotion, exploring next steps, or building confidence.

  • Individual Career Coaching
    Personalized one-on-one coaching by trained coaches. Whether you are preparing for promotion, exploring next steps, shifting roles, or building interview confidence, our trained coaches provide focused support to help you move forward with purpose.

Upcoming Workshops

Career Transformation: What Do I Really Want?

30th July
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET
Register Here

How Do I Get There? Mapping Your Job Search Journey
(Coming Up in Aug)
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Within or Beyond the UN)
(Coming Up in Aug)
Perfect Pitch: Introduce Yourself with Impact
(Coming up in Sept)

Why Work With Us

Former UN professionals with experience supporting UN transitions

Interactive, reflective sessions focused on your goals and growth for career shifts

Delivered virtually with engaging formats that prioritize active participation

 
 

Finding Your Way

What Do I Really Want?

Don’t just rush to the job applications. Tune into your true priorities—what energizes you, what you value, and what you want more of (or less of) in your next role. The first step is to clarify your personal and professional “why” before you make your next move.

Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Within or Beyond the UN)

Wondering if it’s time for a shift—or whether there’s more still to explore where you are? With this course, you can weigh the personal, professional, and practical aspects of staying in the UN, pivoting sectors, or planning your exit. You will examine the various considerations to help you plan the next phase with clarity.

How do I get there? Mapping Your Job Search Journey

Feeling stuck or unsure where to begin? This session helps you chart your path with clarity. We’ll walk you through how to get started, set realistic goals and track your progress, step by step. Learn how to prioritize actions like networking, identifying the right people to reach out to (and in what order) and managing your time effectively. Build momentum with a plan that’s structured but flexible, so you can move forward with focus and confidence.

Skill Mapping: Own Your Strengths

Most of us underestimate the full range of our transferable skills. With this session, create an inventory of your capabilities, recognize hidden strengths, and translate your experience into new contexts in a way that reveals new opportunities, inside and outside the UN. Walk away with a fresh, empowered view of your professional toolkit.

Field Shift: Ready for a Big Change?

Feel like your current field or area of focus doesn’t fit anymore? Have you dreamed of doing something entirely different? This session helps you figure out how to make a complete professional pivot. Learn how to communicate your story, build new skills, and approach the shift strategically (and without starting over).

Shifting to the Private or Public Sector

The private, NGO and government sectors value different things, and navigating this shift takes strategy. Explore key differences across these ecosystems and understand which environments may best align with your goals, values, and experience. Learn to reframe your UN experience in ways that resonate with new employers.

Can I Retire? What Can I Do As a Retired UN Staff?

Considering whether to take early retirement? Or are you there and thinking about what you can do? Explore what options are available after you “retire” from the UN. Whether you're considering fully retiring or exploring options like consulting, mentoring, or a new passion path, this session supports you in designing a post-retirement life that balances rest, purpose, and flexibility.

Plan B, C, D: Preparing for Uncertainty

When shooting for your ideal job, do you have a backup plan? In this session, we build alternate career scenarios through engaging exercises that keep your career options open without derailing your current trajectory. Stay flexible and proactive while staying true to what you care about.

Skills for Career Advancement & Transition

Perfect Pitch: Introduce Yourself with Impact

Ever stumble when someone asks what you do or what you're looking for? Learn how to introduce yourself with clarity and impact, whether you’re in an elevator, striking up a conversation, or unexpectedly bumping into an old colleague. Leave feeling ready to share your story in any setting, including interviews.

Building Your Brand & Maximizing LinkedIn

Your story matters. Shape your professional story in a way that reflects your strengths and speaks to the roles you want. You can build a compelling narrative, highlight your unique strengths, and position yourself for the opportunities you want—within or outside the UN. Learn the importance of LinkedIn and create an authentic online presence.

Networking for Success (Even If You’re Not a Natural)

You don’t need to be extroverted to build a strong professional network. Learn how to build meaningful connections, start conversations, and maintain relationships that can open doors. Connect with purpose and confidence, even if you're starting from scratch.

Resilience & Transitions

Life After the UN: Identity, Loss, and New Beginnings

Leaving the UN can mean letting go of identity, community, security and even your country. In this reflective session, we recognize the sense of loss that can come with UN separation, and help you rediscover purpose, connection and fulfillment in your next chapter.

Your Core Skills-Builders

CVs That Translate (Outside the UN)

Transform your CV so it speaks directly to the audiences you're targeting. We’ll show you how to translate your experience into the formats and language that employers in the private, public or non-profit sector expect, and how to tailor it to specific roles. Capture the depth and impact of what you’ve done and make your experience shine.

Interviewing with Clarity and Confidence

If interviews make you nervous or unsure how to frame your experience, especially in competency-based formats, you’re not alone. With our tools, you can prepare, practice, and present yourself with clarity, to answer tough questions, frame your achievements and demonstrate your value, without sounding rehearsed.

LinkedIn & Online Branding: Make Your Profile Work for You

Your digital footprint speaks for you. Learn how to optimize your LinkedIn profile and build an authentic online presence that supports your goals. Whether you’re actively job-hunting, shifting sectors, or growing your influence, LinkedIn is more than a digital CV, it’s a platform for visibility, connection, and credibility.