It’s been a bit over two months since I came back from Haiti and started seriously looking for a new job. After two years as Office Manager in the finance sector (yeah, I know, not where I had expected to be either *g*) and turning 30 in January it was high time to find work where I could see myself for longer. And that meant not so much changing job description (I like admin work – working in a supporting function suits me) but radically switching sectors.
I’ve always known that it was important to be involved in something I can believe in – after all, we spend so much time at work and so much of it is usually routine, that I need to know why I’m doing it in order to stay motivated and content in the longer term. Therefore I’ve been looking pretty much exclusively in the non-profit sector, both in Switzerland and in the Southern UK (because of my SAD anything further North is unfortunately out of the question) – it’s slow going, but I have a couple of interviews lined up that look promising.
Here’s where I’m looking:
– CharityJob (non-profit jobs, UK)
– CharityPeople (non-profit jobs, UK)
– Cinfo (development aid, Switzerland, paid subscription)
– ICRC (International Red Cross, international/Geneva)
– Kampagnenforum: Job-Angebote (non-profit jobs, Switzerland)
– Eidgenössisches Personalamt (government positions, Switzerland)