締切日/開催日 2025年01月17日(金)
Please join the talk session with a guest speaker to discuss your future career opportunities at international organizations.
Date and time: 11:00 am to noon on Friday, January 17
Venue: Seminar Room B on the 12th floor
Guest speaker: Mr. Jerald “Jerry” Schiff, Former Deputy Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Agenda:
- Jerry’s career story
- What kind of professionals are working at the IMF (economists and non-economists)?
- What are the preferred characteristics of newly hired professional staff?
- Questions and answers
About the guest speaker: Mr. Jerald “Jerry” Schiff retired from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2015. He last served as Deputy Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, leading the institution’s work on India, Korea, Myanmar, Singapore, and Japan. He served in several other positions at the Fund, including as Senior Advisor in the Office of the Managing Director, and as a Division Chief in the European Department, where he led the IMF’s work on several Eastern European countries. Jerry recently spent several semesters as a Visiting Lecturer at GraSPP and taught at the American University’s School of International Service and George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He also serves as a consultant to the IMF’s Office for Asia and the Pacific, helping to design and teach classes to graduate students studying in Japan.