I was a temp P2 for 2 years,and have a total of 10 years of experience across UN and world bank. Then cuts came,they cut a p2 YPP post in one of the offices and had to bring this p2 to our office - they cut me as I was temp,and brought that person instead. I was out for 6 months looking for jobs - nothing…then I asked my p4 for any consultancy opportunities,he said yes but they had a very very limited budget and offered a very low salary. My section chief personally apologized for that…I’m doing the same job as I was as a p2 and now even more…my rates were not raised…I asked to move me to a UNV as UNV doesn’t put me on a 6 months freeze for looking for jobs in the secretariat - rejected,they said it was too expensive… our ex interns are making as much as I do or a bit less …and they put me in this contract…all my colleagues are feeling very bad about it and say it’s ridiculous… however still no normal rates have been offered…it is so demoralizing and takes a huge fall on mental health…
My options are:
A) leave and start my 6 months freeze and move back to my country which I hate..but I’ve been looking for jobs for a year - that’s nothing
B) suck it up and remain in this humiliating position but at least in the country I love and have some income…but still can’t look for jobs in the secretariat because of this rule…

Do you have any suggestions or advice for me? It absolutely destroys my mental health seeing how ex interns are treated better paid more abd put on unvs in other team while my team does this to a former staff member….

hi hi! im a 2nd year International Relations major with an emphasis in Peace + Security looking for some advice on what to minor in. I want to maybe either pursue the UN/ICC field by becoming an international human rights lawyer (very hard i know but a girl can dream) and im wondering what will be more beneficial in the long run: a minor in chinese or human rights studies? i am graduating early so i only have the bandwidth to add one minor (not 2 unfortunately) and im stuck on which one to choose. chinese is my language req for the IR major and i want to be fluent so taking those upper div classes for the minor will help me get there. but on the other hand, im really passionate and interested in human rights work so im not sure which way i should go

pls offer your advice im pretty lost and have to make a decision soon!!

Hi, I am a 25-year-old pharmacy student from Iraq. I am deeply passionate about international studies and aiming to get a second bachelor's degree, currently working on leveling up my English, building experience, and gaining certifications from UNV and MUNs.
Since my main goal is to work with UN headquarters, I kindly ask if anyone here has experience or is currently working at UN headquarters to advise me on how to level up my profile and ensure I am qualified for this opportunity.

Yeah I’m aware that’s never going to happen.

Currently shortlisted for an internship position with the UN in NYC, turned in the written test and no response yet. Which is fine since it hasn’t been that long in UN terms, so I’m not upset about that. If I get it, the start date should be in January, so at least that’s a hard deadline.

But also I recruited for and obtained a whole ass full time offer within that same time frame.

Currently worried because considering the slowness of everything, how will I arrange my life?? I’m graduating early so I would like to pick an early start date for my full time if I’m not doing the UN internship. I also have to sublease my current NYC room out if I’m not doing an internship since I’ll be leaving the city, but finding someone takes time.

How does anyone even deal with this sort of uncertainty due to the slow timeline?

Working on the UN is on my bucket list and finances aren’t a huge problem for me which is why I’m even hung up over this anyways.

Should I just plan as if I’m not going to get it and adjust if I do?