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[quote=Anonymous]Tell us more about your experience prior to grad school. It matters a lot about what kind of job you can get and the type of work you'll be doing.

If you went straight from undergrad to grad you will be doing mostly admin work but it's a really valuable to way to learn the business. You will likely to doing Project Managment Support...so reviewing financials, drafting budgets, writing scopes of work for consultants, maybe recruiting those consultants and getting them to the field, editing reports that come in from the field, writing success stories, doing some research for proposals, etc.

Hours can be tough but it is really dependent on the organization. I worked in the field for FHI360 when it was still FHI and I have friends that are still at HQ. Workloads can be intense but it usually waxes and wanes.  Also, there is often great camaraderie built among junior staff at these larger organizations. My entry level job was at a different USAID health contractor. It was super intense...long hours...it was not unheard of to be at the office until 2 AM when a proposal was due BUT I was surrounded by smart, interesting young professionals. We were all in our mid-late 20s.  The health division of that company was about 30 strong at that time...the 15 of us that were junior staff are all still close friends. We're now in mid-senior level positions at different organizations and are constantly helping each other get the next job, make a connection, etc, etc.  I will forever be grateful for the friends and network that resulted from that job.  Oh - and PS - I met my husband there too.[/quote]

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