About the event

With interview processes continuing to be more virtual as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, getting a sense of an organization’s work culture and values can be more challenging than when in-office visits were the norm.

To help give job seekers this all-important ability to find an employer that is in line with their personal values, Devex is hosting an online event to uncover effective strategies that will make it easier to conclude if a role or employer is a good fit.

During this conversation, you will learn:

  • The do’s and don’ts of virtual networking.
  • How to establish and convey your personal values.
  • Tips for researching a potential employer.
  • What to look for in company job postings.
  • How to ask the right questions.
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The Speakers

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Moderator

Justin Sablich

Careers Editor
Devex
Justin leads Devex’s careers content strategy, which aims to inform and inspire those seeking purpose-driven work. He spent over 12 years as a cross-platform journalist with the New York Times, specializing in digital strategy and audience development while producing written and multimedia content on a range of topics, including travel, sports, and technology. Most recently, he was the editor of Springwise, covering sustainable and disruptive innovation across all business sectors.
Jennifer Bangoura

Jennifer Bangoura

Director of career innovation, Nexford University and consultant, Future of Learning Fund

Jennifer works with people and companies excited about the future of learning and innovative career development. She believes that finding a career you love and creating the future of work is about building community and has presented globally at conferences and seminars focused on elevating the voices of job seekers and providing them with the tools and skills they need to advance in their careers.

With more than a decade of global educational technology, career development, and project management experience, Jennifer understands the importance of leveraging networks in genuine ways and relishes the opportunity to share her experience with job seekers to improve students and job seekers’ experiences. She is a certified career coach, photographer, and cinematographer, an advisory board member of the Peace and Collaborative Development Network and is active in PEO International, an organization dedicated to providing educational opportunities for female students worldwide. She has worked at 2U, a global education technology company, on their workforce engagement team providing career support and industry connections to thousands of students across the portfolio. Before working at 2U, she worked at IREX with their workforce development programs in Morocco and Iraq, World Resources Institute, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali in the environment and education sectors.

Jennifer holds a BA in Art History and French from the University of Mary Washington, an MA in International Education from the SIT Graduate Institute, and an EdD in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California.

John Kivelenge

Mental Health Officer
International Rescue Committee
John is a registered psychiatric nurse and a mental health officer with the International Rescue Committee, working at the Dadaab Refugee Camp. He has worked in the mental health field for over 29 years, both for Kenya’s Ministry of Health and the IRC. Presently in charge of mental health services at the Hagadera and Kambioos refugee camps, he carries out consultations and other services for patients with mental health disorders.

Dubravka Suzic

Chief of the Psychosocial Wellbeing Section
UNHCR
Dubravka is the Chief of the Psychosocial Wellbeing Section at UNHCR, where she is responsible for developing, facilitating, and coordinating psychosocial services to colleagues worldwide. Under her leadership, the psychosocial support unit has expanded its portfolio of forward-looking programs designed to address a wide range of psychosocial challenges for the UNHCR workforce. The Section works in close collaboration with other staff support services, including medical services and human resources. Dubravka leads a global team of 19 mental health professionals – based mostly in the field – who deliver psychosocial support and interventions to individuals and teams and at the managerial and policy levels. She is one of the founding members of the UN Staff/Stress Counsellors Group (UNSSCG), serving at its Steering Committee. She is also a member of the Critical Incident Stress Working Group and collaborates with expert groups outside the UN. Dubravka holds advanced degrees in psychology and counseling and has 25 years of experience in staff counseling across the UN system.

Sandra Jennifer "Sandy" Cheeks

Squirrel
From the Surface
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Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”

Office Cat

Mouse Catcher
Quarantine land
And both of these, if one would tell the truth, were foreordained unto the holy place, where greatest Peter’s follower hath his seat. While on this quest, for which thou giv’st him praise, he heard the things which of his victory the causes were, and of the Papal Robe. The Chosen Vessel went there afterward, to bring thence confirmation in the faith, through which one enters on salvation’s path. But why should I go there, or who concedes it? I ’m not Aeneas, nor yet Paul am I; me worthy of this, nor I nor others deem. If, therefore, I consent to come, I fear lest foolish be my coming; thou art wise, and canst much better judge than I can talk.”
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