The World Bank is now accepting online applications for the World Bank Young Professionals Program (YPP). Online Applications submitted for the 2012 YPP Selection Process will be received from May 1 to June 30, 2011.
The Young Professionals Program is a career leaning opportunity designed to attract exceptional, highly qualified, experienced and motivated individuals from around the world. Candidates are expected to have achieved academic success, demonstrated a commitment to development, achieved professionally with leadership potentials. Essentially candidates for this highly selective program are recruited based on business needs of the World Bank. Candidates selected to join the World Bank Young Professionals will carry out assignments through on-the-job learning, specialized training, and mentoring.
Operational and policy areas identified include: economics, finance, education, public health, social sciences, engineering, urban planning, and natural resource management.
Operational and policy areas identified include: economics, finance, education, public health, social sciences, engineering, urban planning, and natural resource management.
World Bank Young Professionals Program Requirements
- Be 32 years of age or younger when entering the YPP Program in September 2012 (born on or after September 30, 1979, for this selection year)
- Have obtained a Master's degree or equivalent at the time of submitting your application (your degree must have been already awarded and you already obtained the Degree Certificate)
- Have a minimum of three (3) years of relevant professional and policy-level experience, or continued academic study at the doctoral level
- Specialize in a field relevant to the World Bank's operations such as economics, finance, education, public health, social sciences, engineering, urban planning, and natural resource management
- Be fluent in English
- Be fully proficient in one or more of the Bank working languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Russian and/or Spanish
Please note that the Young Professionals Program does not recruit individuals with degrees in disciplines such as: Computer Science, Accounting, Marketing, Law and Linguistics unless they are combined with other relevant degrees that are listed above.
Those selected to the Program spend 24 months as Young Professionals before they are confirmed into a regular position in the World Bank.
HOW TO APPLY for the World Bank Young Professionals Program
A limited number of positions are available for the World Bank Young Professionals Program. Get complete details and apply Online through the following World Bank Young Professionals Program link: World Bank Career
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