Valéry

Hi BTSBTS I recently found out that the induction comes after people have started work at their duty stations. I think NETI participants start around April. So dont give up hope yet. On another note, I have a Q&A session with the NETI team sometime next week and I am going to be getting answers to questions that I have concerning the program. So i was wondering if any of you guys had any questions. It would be my pleasure to get some answers on your behalf. Ciao

No news here yet either (social policy) but references also contacted.
Have a recent job offer which I've taken as figuring even if successful, it'll be a slow start given what Valery has said about a June HQ induction.
On that note, thanks so much to all for the info sharing- really very useful in working it all out!

Any updates anyone?
I think it's still early to give up hope, but it'd be nice to hear from everyone else.

no news for me yet, but references contacted

Carrotflowers and Valéry, VERY HAPPY for you and that at least a couple of us made it to the other side!!!!!  

I'm sure there will be more winners here!  Btw, thank you all for keeping this thread going, it's very useful for managing the anxiety and uncertainty throughout this very, very, very long process.

The email says I got placed in the talent pool. They add  that if i get placed in a Neti location then there will be an induction at NY HQ approximately around 5-19th June this year. Yeah the whole process is abit hard to comprehend how it works for everyone but am sure most emails will be.flying next week. So carrotflowers all along you've been in a talent pool? 

The email says I got placed in the talent pool. They add  that if i get placed in a Neti location then there will be an induction at NY HQ approximately around 5-19th June this year. Yeah the whole process is abit hard to comprehend how it works for everyone but am sure most emails will be.flying next week. So carrotflowers all along you've been in a talent pool? 

Thanks trn...If i may, you mean when you check your profile you do not see something like "reference check sent out"?. But in any case I'd go for the bird in hand since it doesnt change anything. And keep the faith...sometimes the universe has no choice but to pull all the strings to give a man wat he wants. Cheers

Valéry they told me the final selection process would take about eight weeks. This was since mid-December mind you, so I'm coming up on the seven week mark. None of my references have been contacted so to be realistic hope is fading for me. I have another job offer but UNICEF is my first choice. 

trn I think its okay to talk to your referees about the whole thing. For instance in my case all my referees were former supervisors and we had good relationships with them. I remember one in a country where I worked sometime is the one that brought it to my attention that she had been contacted. 

Though when I check past conversations I realize that people do not usually get notifications at the same time. Maybe it is just my way of staying optimistic. That being said, I think this week is very important.