COMPLETE YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY PROFILE

The Personal History Profile (PHP) is an extended online resume designed for the United Nations, where you set out your education, competencies, achievements and professional experience. It is your opportunity to tell your story in a way that demonstrates that you are the best candidate for a job.

How to prepare your Personal History Profile (PHP)
 
One

 

Draft notes in a Word file.
Write short descriptions about your education, competencies, achievements and professional experience. Make sure you have the details on dates, job titles, supervisors, work accomplishments, and certifications, learning, professional recognition, and other value-added elements of your work history that make you stand out. You will be entering text from these notes/files into the inspira tool.

 

Update your traditional resume or C.V.
Align the descriptions in the resume with your notes.
 

Complete the online course “Creating Your Job Application / Personal History Profile” accessible through inspira
(“Learning Catalogue” > “Working for the UN” > “Career Guidance”)

 

Four

Save your polished PHP in your internal inspira account.

 

Five

Continuously add to and update your PHP as you work in your current job.
Add learning, special projects, or assignments into your PHP.
 

Write a cover letter when you apply for a job opening.
The PHP is used to evaluate your suitability for the job and a cover letter helps a hiring manager to interpret what is on the PHP. Job openings in the UN Secretariat are published in the inspira online recruitment tool, and are available to external applicants through the UN Careers Portal.

 

 

Key pages: 
The Learning Catalogue
Access to the PHP tutorial and the competency-based interviewing course and other learning
One-To-One Support
If you have completed the online PHP and/or CBI courses but need further assistance, an experienced external career advisor can offer a confidential, 30-minute one-to-one session to review your PHP and/or conduct a mock interview with you, using Skype or by phone.
Taking Control of Your Career
Download the workbook to help you reflect on your career and map out steps to pursue goals you formulate.
Other related links: 
UN Competency Development Guide
Descriptions and indicators for the UN values, core, and managerial competencies and suggestions and resources for developing a competency through on-the-job learning and other methods.