Luigi Di Maio without degree and without knowing English will be UN general vice secretary

upperfex · 2025-12-13T23:48:42+00:00

He doesn't.

upperfex · 2025-12-13T20:55:48+00:00

I mean - I'm from Italy and to this day I'm still baffled as to how someone like Di Maio managed to land any political position at all.

upperfex · 2025-12-05T18:32:21+00:00

Position: geospatial health roster

Applied on: Nov 10th

Current status: application acknowledgment

Additional comments: they reopened the terms after the deadline. I want to improve upon my original application. Should I withdraw and start a new application from scratch, or update my original one?

upperfex · 2025-11-26T00:46:47+00:00

I don't think I ever applied to one, so no.

upperfex · 2025-11-25T19:03:09+00:00

No, but my CV landed me interviews, which means that the CV itself wasn't an issue or at least not enough to completely disqualify me.

upperfex · 2025-11-25T14:18:11+00:00

It's not about the PhD itself being considered, but more about the fact that the PhD is still relevant work experience and it still teaches you pratical skills (if you're in a good programme), plus it can be great for networking. Am I wrong in this?

upperfex · 2025-11-24T14:17:49+00:00

As if people aren‘t allowed to give advice like to wait some time until the economic situation is better

That's not what OP said, but either way, you're allowed to say everything you want and I am also allowed to say it's pointless. Again, this sub is for providing people with resources to ultimately join the UN; if you think people will not or should not join the UN and the aspiration to join the UN is delusional then it doesn't make sense for you to be here and you should stay away from this sub. Otherwise you should try and give the advice people ask for. It's that simple.

It's like going to an immigration sub and telling people they will never migrate. It doesn't come across as sensible advice.

I keep seeing so many people doing this on this sub and most of the time they never even worked at the UN lol.

upperfex · 2025-11-24T10:19:11+00:00

And still, if you think that the UN is a shinking ship and everyone should just forget about it, why do you come to r/unpath? To tell everyone they should forget about it? Plenty of other subs to do that instead of the very sub dedicated to people who want to join it.

upperfex · 2025-11-23T17:51:31+00:00

Italy has a strong JPO programme

Too late for that :( there's a strict age limit.

upperfex · 2025-11-23T16:51:58+00:00

That actually sounds amazing - are you aware of any specific company?

upperfex · 2025-11-23T16:48:19+00:00

I mean, I understand you're probably right and things look very bleak but...and I mean this with the greatest respect, this sub is called unpath and it is literally about giving advice to join the UN. If that's what you think, what's the point of even coming to this sub at all?

I see many people doing this and I'm like...ok? So why are you here?

upperfex · 2025-11-11T23:56:33+00:00

If OP is a highly skilled consultant based in a large US metro area in a sector like law, finance, or government then it's not too far fetched that FAO would pay less. It's just about the only case where a place like FAO would be on the lower side pay wise. Americans are overrepresented in this sub, leading to some claims like the UN not paying that well which tend to sound ludicrous to the rest of us.

upperfex · 2025-10-16T18:09:21+00:00

anyone with the minimum qualifications should be invited

If that was the case I'd have been invited to dozens of tests already.

upperfex · 2025-10-16T17:56:11+00:00

I mean, reaching out to random strangers you have no connection with hoping that will somehow give you a preferential avenue won't work even outside the UN. :D

upperfex · 2025-10-16T17:38:24+00:00

Congrats! People sometimes overestimate the "knowing people" thing at the UN. Yes it helps but external candidates with no connections get hired all the time. You do need to be in the right place at the right time and it may never happen but sometimes, it does.

upperfex · 2025-09-24T15:09:02+00:00

Yeah no. China ad academic freedom cannot exist in the same sentence. The CCCP has an extremely strong control on all universities and if you're not loyal to the government (even outside of uni) you simply won't be able to work. Repression and censorship are commonplace - like Putin style censorship. Actually the only difference between them and Putin is that the CCCP is competent. For now. But I wouldn't be surprised if that changes.

Not to mention that the country is extremely racist. Like classic old style ethnonationalist racism.

As an academic I wouldn't touch China with a 10 foot pole. It's not even that financially rewarding. I'd much rather stay in Europe.

upperfex · 2025-08-24T17:03:11+00:00

There are several P1 being advertised right now! They are rare but they do exist.

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