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Changing the world while making a living. At PCDN we tell you how. If you are passionate about changing the world we are passionate about helping you.

Joined April 2009
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Grand Bargain target, set 2016: 25% of humanitarian funding to local and national responders. Delivered in 2023: 4.5% of trackable funding. From Grand Bargain donors themselves, 0.6%. Development Initiatives:
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Day 10 of 30 with Boardy. Send me your career questions. Pew: most US workers never asked for more pay on their current job. Of those who did, two in three got more than the first offer. PCDN Career Campus: pcdn.global/launching-pcdn-c…
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Weak ties beat strong ties in software-heavy, automated industries. In less-automated ones, strong ties win. Humanitarian and field development work sits on the second side of that line. Rajkumar et al., Science 2022, 20M+ LinkedIn members:
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"You are not going to be able to submit that in 10 days." Marcela Ochoa Bernal on fellowship calls. The window is short, the paperwork is not. Her answer: read last year's call, get degrees translated and apostilled, line up recommenders, all before the call opens.
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"80% of jobs are never advertised" has no source. What does: referrals convert at 1 hire per 16 candidates, applications at 1 per 152 (Lever via SHRM). Referred people were 6% of applicants and 29% of hires (NY Fed, 62,127 applications). impactai.pcdn.global
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47% of US adults would let AI negotiate their salary (Harris Poll for Ruth AI). 76% of the same group had never heard that AI can give biased career and salary advice. Day 9 of 30 with @boardyai, on AI mock interviews and checking its numbers: lnkd.in/p/eHhzBsBb
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A five-minute check on the PCDN AI for Impact platform scores how exposed a role is to AI, 0 to 100. 264 documented cases of AI already running in the impact sector. A jargon buster covering 138 terms. No signup, no ads, no cookies. impactai.pcdn.global
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Google says its Iowa data center region is 88% carbon free. Google's own table says the Iowa grid is dirtier than the US average. Today's AI for Impact explains why. Subscribe free: impactai.beehiiv.com/
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Tomorrow's PCDN Career Digest: Côte d'Ivoire cut its cocoa farm price 57%, and buyers took only 47% of Fairtrade cocoa on Fairtrade terms. Plus 25 impact roles. From $1.50/month for students and underemployed readers, $3.50 for others. Free trial:
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Jon Stewart gave this week's @weeklyshowpod to the money behind AI: debt-financed data centers, circular deals, and whether the results justify the spend. Guest: @edzitron. Listen for Jon's comparison of AI to Google and cocaine. youtube.com/watch?v=3sDzlv-V…
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The United States has 6,300 hydrologists. That is the whole national count. Median pay $96,600. Projected growth 2025 to 2035: 1%, or 100 more jobs across the decade. US Bureau of Labor Statistics: bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-an…
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Most people who come to PCDN for career coaching have already done the hard part. They ran the programme. They managed the budget. They held the partnership together when the funder changed its mind. Then the CV goes out and none of that is on it. The budget figure, the number of
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is a tough market. No one can guarantee a job given the layoffs, the downsizing and the AI slop in every inbox. Craig has worked with hundreds of professionals around the world and does his utmost to align your skills with the roles, build strong application materials, and use AI
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to apply more effectively. Tell us where you are stuck: opnform.com/forms/pcdn-inqui…
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