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Getting into International Development

This site is for students and graduates interested in careers in international development. It has been designed to be used in conjunction with the book 'Getting into International Development' published in April 2006.

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Intelligence and Security – increasing demand for graduates
I caught up with Luke Vile from BeecherMadden – a specialist headhunting firm that supply expertise to the intelligence and security sector.  We published an interview with Luke last autumn http://bit.ly/zAJhz3 and he wanted to give us an update.   You can contact Luke at  Luke Vile +44 (0) 20 3036 0509  Luke.vile@beechermadden.com The good news [...]
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:42:13 +0000


Careers In Public Affairs
Weber Shandwick is one of the biggest Public Relations companies in the world and I head its political communications section.  The public affairs industry is under some pressure right now because of the activities of Adam Werrity, the ‘lobbyist’ that attached himself to Liam Fox, the former defence secretary. What Werrity was doing was nothing [...]
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:04:24 +0000


Writing Security briefings
We recently spoke to a  consultant who studies at King’s College War Studies department and now works for a private security company working in high risk and emerging markets such as Afghanistan, Colombia, Gaza West Bank, Pakistan, Iraq and many more, including most recently, Libya.  For the time being I have made the report anonymous.  [...]
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:43:57 +0000




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