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Running the JPA homestretch
Like remedying relationships on the rocks, JPAs are required to undergo a cool-off period. While a cool-off period is supposed to be short, ours is exactly two years. And Day 1 of those two years will… more →
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Running the JPA homestretch
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wrote 2 months ago: Like remedying relationships on the rocks, JPAs are required to undergo a cool-off period. While a c … more →
Job Vacancy: Moderator for the Community of Practice of Evaluation of Climate Change and Development and the Comprehensive Evaluation Platform for Knowledge Exchange
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wrote 2 months ago: I’ve stopped posting JPA openings here in my blog, so I’m not necessarily making an exce … more →
11 Sessions I Plan to Attend During the Evaluation Conclave 2013
wrote 2 months ago: I am cross-posting this from Climate-Eval blog, in case anyone chances upon reading this and will be … more →
Barriers to professional blogging
wrote 3 months ago: In response to Ian Thorpe’s post on professional blogging, which I also reblogged, it’s … more →
Why blogging matters in the work place: International development edition
wrote 3 months ago: Reblogged from KM on a dollar a day: Last week I was invited to share my experience with personal/pr … more →
What to do with rejection after a job interview
wrote 4 months ago: Dear Mr./Ms. x, We regret to inform you that… -beginning words of a template rejection letter … more →
The beginning is the end is the beginning
wrote 4 months ago: Let me borrow and play with one of The Smashing Pumpkin’s songs for the title of this post. It … more →
Happy 9th birthday, Freetaste Blog!
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wrote 7 months ago: Who would have known, this blog will still be up nine years on.Make that six if I were to count my b … more →
Why my blogging failed
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wrote 7 months ago: The past two weeks have been intense, and now I’m glad to have my life back. Aside from workin … more →
He meant well (and so do we)
wrote 9 months ago: The book by Peter van Buren is not new. I’ve never read it myself, but intend to do so sooner … more →
Changing gears on international development
wrote 9 months ago: A number of my readers are, just like me, young professionals who are attempting to break into the w … more →
On JPA openings
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wrote 10 months ago: I’ve been posting JPA openings here on my blog as they come, and I’m glad it’s bee … more →
Taking a course on Strategic Communications Planning at Georgetown University
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wrote 1 year ago: I was a Georgetown Hoya for a day last Wednesday. I took a one-day training course on strategic comm … more →
Join the JPA Community on Ning
wrote 1 year ago: As the Communications sub-committee of the JPA Organizing Committee (JPA OC), I can justify using Fa … more →
Do I have a shot at Harvard's MPA/ID?
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wrote 1 year ago: That’s not my question, but one of my blog’s readers from a country in Latin America. Sh … more →
Some JPA application questions
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wrote 1 year ago: According to WordPress, my blog post about tips on landing a World Bank job as a JPA has been one of … more →
World Bank JPA vacancy 3
wrote 1 year ago: Here is a new JPA opening. I would apply for this Communications Assistant position had I not been e … more →
Got elected as Communications head of JPAs at the World Bank
wrote 1 year ago: This might be old news (the election was last week), and non-news to many. A new set of Junior Profe … more →
World Bank JPA vacancy 2
wrote 1 year ago: I received another JPA vacancy via email. The Terms of Reference is for: an open JPA position in the … more →
