Download or read book African Development Bank YPP: The Essential Guide written by and published by OpenIGO Network. This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive eBook will help you to become an young professional of the African Development Bank! You will get acquainted with the AfDB Young Professionals Program and learn how to apply for it. If you are seeking more information on how to kick-start your career with the African Development Bank, you have come to the right place! Working for an organization such as the AfDB is a dream for many. The AfDB combines good remuneration with a wide range of benefits in a meaning­ful work that can help millions of people improve their quality of life. In addition, working for the AfDB means having a global career with a global reach, in a multicultural and pleasant environment; you will be able to construct influential networks and receive encouragement to develop professionally. Among the different ways of selecting staff, the Young Professionals Program (YPP) is known as the AfDB’s most important and prestigious selection process. The AfDB YPP is a highly competitive selection process. Every year, about 8.000 highly qualified young people from around the world apply for this program but only around 30-35 applicants are selected each year. Being selected for the ADB YPP can change your life forever, but this is no easy task. In pursuit of its mission, the OpenIGO network has prepared “ADB YPP – The Essential Guide”! This comprehensive eBook will help candidates navigate through the AfDB YPP’s Selection Process. In order to start a career with the organization, applicants must know what are the existing recruit­ment initiatives, their eligibility criteria and different stages of the AfDB YPP’s selection process, as well as have a broad understanding of the culture and values of this complex international organization. This book was written and revised by a team of professors, human resources specialists, and intergovern­mental organization staff with a great deal of diligence.