Jacqueline Said:

Careers that involve humanitarian work?

We Answered:

1. NGO, NPO, International Organization (the United Nation, World Bank, etc)

Working for these organization will give you the opportunities to live/work abroad on humanitarian missions (also choose to engage in the work based in the US) with a good benefit package. Generally, very competitive to get a job, but maybe not so for some NGO / NPO.
Regarding your study area, you have many options; medical, political science, economics (macro), math, statistics, public administration, lnternational laws, etc.. In most cases, you need an advanced degree (MA, PhD) to apply or be successful in the organization. Strong language ability is usually needed (e.g. French).

If you wish to learn more on the type of humanitarian works, this link may give you some idea;

http://www.un.org/works/

2. Multinational corporations
Some works at private business, too may be close to what you have in mind. For example, you can introduce new products that improves the quality of life in other countries, build a new plant, that may improve the employment situation in the area, build a bridge, pipeline, powerplants, etc.. It may not be as humanitarian as NGO/NPO job, as you do business to generate money, not for welfare. But financially, often it is better than NGO/NPO jobs, and may be more fulfilling.

3. How to get the job:
There are many kind of jobs in humanitarian fields - field officer (who lives/works in the country to complete the given mission), analyst, program officer, fund manager, interpreter, administrative officer, etc, each requires different skills and academic background. To give you some idea, pls see;

https://jobs.un.org/Galaxy/Release3/vaca…

(Pls don't get scared at their requirements or the complexity of the mission listed there - you are still very young with lots of lots of potentials!)

So, for now, you can just relax and concentrate on your current study, then in a few years, I think you will know which area of study you want to pursue - and if you still want to take a job at international humanitarian field, many doors will be open for you.

Allison Said:

I want to be a nutritionist but no medical school.. what are my careers options?

We Answered:

The Peace Corps is always a 'romantic' ideation. I've lived in countries that had Peace Corps workers and believe me, it's not as pleasant as the photographs you see. But I've never heard a Peace Corps volunteer say they regretted the experience. Another organization to consider is Doctors Without Borders. They do humanitarian missions, too.

Most nutritionists are either hospital based or connected with HMO's. As you have probably learned already, trauma and serious illness places uniques stress on the body and nutritionists consult on all aspects of nutrition--from hyperalimentation solutions to prepared foods. HMO based nutritionists see it all, too--from failure to thrive babies, diabetics who are non-compliant to oncology patients.

Nutrition has risen in priority in the past decade or so. My personal belief is that it will continue to be a major focus as the medical community becomes more in tune with the science behind nutrition. I think research would be an exciting field to go into.

Brandy Said:

What is a better University to go to for a medical career, or a career in general?

We Answered:

Here is a website in which former students may post about their college experience: http://www.studentsreview.com and can type into search and click 'comments' if there are any.

You may want to make an appointment to visit the schools and ask to speak with some of the students about their experience too.

For US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

Helen Said:

AIESEC international exchange and medical career?

We Answered:

medical per se - NO. but with such ideas and skills, u would probably make a better doctor. we must be able to use these soft skills to perform with our hard skills. doctor is just not curing sickness or healing pain. its rapport with patients, care, concern etc
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only in administration, finance, accounting, marketing, project management and HR.
or usually with NGOs, internships in community development.
or in management and development in web, software, networks, and databases, plus some engineering.
or in education – internships related to promotion, curriculum development, teaching, and counseling in the education

Crystal Said:

Medical Career or International Relations Career.?

We Answered:

having a medical career will help u much better in doing international relation jobs and without the medical training, it will be harder for u to find such jobs