David had fourteen years of experience managing logistics operations across East Africa, and a track record he was proud of: cutting warehousing costs, redesigning distribution routes, and leading teams through two major systems migrations. When he decided to pursue roles with international
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Josephine had been a Head of Finance for seven years at a Kenyan manufacturer, and by every reasonable measure she was ready for a CFO seat. She had rebuilt the finance function, taken the business through two audits and a banking restructure,
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Josephine had been a Head of Finance for seven years at a Kenyan manufacturer, and by every reasonable measure she was ready for a CFO seat. She had rebuilt the finance function, taken the business through two audits and a banking restructure,
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If you have been applying to NGO and UN roles for the past eighteen months and getting nowhere, we want to start by saying something you will not hear from most career content: it is probably not you. The sector you are
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Samuel led supply chain operations across three African markets but had never worked with a multinational headquartered outside the continent. Once his LinkedIn and CV spoke the language of global mandates: cross-border compliance, multi-currency budgets, matrixed reporting two international recruiters reached out
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Brian kept hearing the same line in interviews for regional roles: “Honestly, you’re overqualified for this.” He assumed it meant the door was closed. It usually means the opposite the employer is worried about cost and retention, not capability. Once he started
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Kevin spent twelve years in telecom before deciding he wanted to move into renewable energy. He worried his experience wouldn’t “count.” It did once we reframed it around transferable skills like stakeholder management and regulatory navigation. Within two months of repositioning his
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Grace, a Nairobi-based operations manager with nine years of experience, came to us with a CV that read like a job description duties, duties, duties, no results. Within three weeks of rewriting it around impact, she had two interview invitations for regional
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The CV that got you from Analyst to Manager is not the CV that will get you from Manager to Director. And the document that positions you for a Country Director, CHRO, or CFO role is different again. Most professionals never update
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That green banner might feel proactive. To international hiring managers, it can send the wrong signal entirely — here’s how to signal availability strategically It started with the best of intentions. You hit a career transition, maybe a redundancy, a contract ending,
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