I have been there. Looking for jobs or consultancies with international organisations can feel daunting, especially right now when the market is going through a historic crisis with far fewer positions available and more candidates applying.
Job hunting in the world of international organisations, like UN agencies, international cooperation agencies, development banks, NGOs, and other multilateral bodies, can feel like a full-time job in itself. There are dozens of portals to monitor, hundreds of weekly announcements and job boards on LinkedIn, etc. The eligibility criteria are sometimes not clear or specific, or they are buried in lengthy or bureaucratic language. Some of us may realise or not that after investing hours in searching and applying, we may never truly have been eligible to begin with.
A Tool That Changes the Equation
That is why I was genuinely excited when my former UNFCCC colleague Michael Vartanyan and his team launched dotint.careers, and that is why I agreed to become one of their ambassadors.
The concept is simple: you upload your CV, set your preferences, and the platform does the heavy lifting. Every night, it scans vacancies from over 190 monitored organisations, runs an eligibility check — nationality, language, grade, contract type, all the quiet disqualifiers that waste your time — and delivers to your inbox only the opportunities you actually have a realistic shot at.
It even ranks them. You get three buckets: Apply, Maybe, Skip; so that you don’t agonise over whether a role is worth pursuing. Each opportunity card explains why it is being shown to you, what your match score is, and where you need to pay attention before deciding.
And when you are ready to apply? It helps you tailor your CV and draft your cover letter, not in a generic, bland way, but in a targeted, vacancy-specific manner. Having tested this feature, I can say it is genuinely performant and free of filler language.
Why I Became a dotint.careers Ambassador
As someone who has been an international UN staff member and now an international consultant, part of my job consists of advising international-career professionals. I help people think clearly about how to present themselves in the context of their current jobs but I also advise those who are in the job market or looking for better opportunities to grow their careers. The challenge is rarely a lack of quality in their CVs, but the lack of visibility into where the real opportunities lie for them specifically.
dotint.careers helps solve a structural problem of the current job market. It is not a job board. It is a matching and filtering engine built for people who are serious about growing an international career in a focused, surgical way.
How to Access dotint.careers
Access to dotint.careers is invitation-only, intentionally, to keep the community small and the signal high. For the first month, new members get full Premium access at no cost (no credit card information needed) so that they have time to check out the features and start finding and applying for suitable jobs. In one month, used well, there is genuinely a lot you can do.
To get your invitation code, you can send me a direct message via my LinkedIn page. And if we are not yet connected there, please send me an invite to connect with a note explaining that you would also like to receive the invitation code.
The international job market is very difficult right now. Budget pressures, restructuring, and a highly competitive field make every application count more than ever. The last thing you need is to spend your energy on the wrong opportunities.
Smart tools exist for some of the complex problems we face. dotint.careers is one of them.
