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A guide to careers in international development
Aid work is just one of the areas of international development you can work in – find out more in our live Q&A. Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA
Our forum is stuffed with questions from readers keen to know how to break into the ever-competitive international development sector.
Readers such as Ecologydev, who wants to develop his skills through volunteering but isn’t sure where to look to gain the relevant experience he needs. Then there’s ChrissyHaneef, who wants to build up her CV as she is worried a master’s degree is not enough to land a first job in the field.
It’s certainly not the first time we’ve received questions of this sort and these are just the kind of issues which will be discussed in the next 2Way Development careers event.
More people seek unemployment benefits
week average, a less volatile measure, dipped to 421,250.
Applications have topped 400,000 for 15 straight weeks, a sign of sluggish hiring. Applications had fallen in February to 375,000, a level that signals healthy job growth. They stayed below 400,000 for two months. But applications surged to an eight-month high of 478,000 in April and have declined slowly since then.
Consumers have pulled back on spending this year, besieged by high unemployment, stagnant wages, and high gas prices. That has slowed growth.
Unemployment applications “remain stubbornly elevated,” said Yelena Shulyatyeva, U.S. economist at BNP Paribas.
Job Search Idea from a Master Gardener
Recently I had a master gardener in my home, and I took advantage of the opportunity to walk through my yard to ask him his advice.
I expected to get a lot of advice, and have a lot of tasks to accomplish.
But when we were done, I realized he had consistently shared just one thing:
I need to go to the local landfill (aka, dump) and get some compost from them, and then mix the compost into my dirt.
I need to do that every year.
I was surprised nothing else was a need to task.
EPA invests big in cleanup of contaminated properties and job creation
Today the U.S. Environment Protection Agency announced it will be investing $76 million in various projects across the nation to redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies, and help create jobs.
The cleanup targets abandoned industrial and commercial properties and proposes efforts to dispose of waste and other hazardous materials onsite.
According to the EPA, there are an estimated 450,000 abandoned and contaminated waste sites in America.
The grants, called brownfields investments, have leveraged more than $16.3 billion in cleanup and redevelopment funding from a variety of public and private sources and have resulted in approximately 70,000 jobs.
The EPA said areas in most need, such as economically disadvantaged neighborhoods, took precedence when deciding where to allocate funds.
The organization issued 214 grants through the Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants programs that will go to 40 states and three tribes across the country.