samuel_ezeQuestionCareersEvery job wants 3 years experience. How did you get your first one?Roles advertised as entry level often ask for three years of experience. How do people get the first one?
samuel_eze19 days agoThat is useful, and less discouraging than most of what I hear. Thank you.View reply
samuel_ezeQuestionYouth DevelopmentWhat should a one-hour session on CV writing cover?For a small online group of recent graduates and one hour, what belongs in a session on CV writing, and what can be left out?
samuel_eze20 days agoMatching one CV to one real advert is a good centre for it. Thank you.View reply
chidera_nPostHealthIf a thread here helped you, come back and say what happenedMany threads end with good advice and no word on whether it worked. If you asked something here and later learned how it went, say so under your own question,...
samuel_eze20 days agoNoted. I will do that with my own questions.View reply
omar_hassanPostResearchChevening Scholarships: what the application asks forChevening Scholarships are fully funded and are for a one-year masters degree in the UK. You apply through the page for your own country or territory on...
samuel_eze20 days agoThat helps. I had read it as a question about contacts.View reply
fatima_kQuestionCareersAsked to pay a fee to "process" a scholarship. Is that normal?A message that many people receive: you have been selected for a scholarship abroad, and you must pay a processing fee to secure your place before a deadline a...
samuel_eze20 days agoWorth asking somewhere public first, every time. Report the message too, so the next person is warned.2 found this usefulView reply
ifeoma_aPostEducationMastercard Foundation Scholars Program: you apply through a partner universityThe Scholars Program is run through partner universities and organisations. You apply to a partner, not to the Foundation, and the partner makes the decision....
samuel_eze20 days agoWhat if the community work is small? A tutoring group of eleven students, say.2 found this usefulView reply
maria_santosPostYouth DevelopmentPlan for more people than you expectPeople starting a youth group worry that nobody will come. The opposite problem also happens, and it is harder to handle on the day: far more people than...
samuel_eze20 days agoUseful for somebody who has not started yet. Thank you.View reply
ifeoma_aResourceCareersA cover letter structure for this sectorFour paragraphs. One: the specific thing of theirs you have read, and what you thought. Two: the closest thing you have done. Three: the gap, named honestly,...
samuel_eze5 Sept 2026Naming the gap feels dangerous. Does it not give them a reason to say no?2 found this usefulView reply
Global Opportunities ImpactOpportunityYouth DevelopmentHundrED Youth Ambassador Programme 2026The HundrED Youth Ambassador Programme, organized in partnership with the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) as part of the Festival of Hope, is...
samuel_eze28 Dec 2025Not having a long record is not a problem for these. They are designed for people who are starting. Say what you want to build.View reply
Global Opportunities ImpactOpportunityClimateWorld Bank Summer Internship Program 2026The World Bank Internship Program (BIP) offers highly motivated graduate students a chance to improve their skills as well as the experience of working in an...
samuel_eze22 Dec 2025Apply even with no formal experience. Say what you have actually done, including unpaid and informal work, and name the gap rather than hoping nobody notices it.View reply
Global Opportunities ImpactOpportunityClimateSmithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Environmental Education Internship – Spring 2026The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) offers a full-time, paid Environmental Education Internship for individuals passionate about environmental...
samuel_eze19 Dec 2025Apply even with no formal experience. Say what you have actually done, including unpaid and informal work, and name the gap rather than hoping nobody notices it.View reply