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International Humanitarian & Development Careers (Udemy.com)

Explore Your Options.

Created by: Cory J. Steinhauer

Last updated December 2017

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What you will learn

  • Understand the breadth of the Humanitarian industry in the 21st century.
  • Learn about careers you can have in the Global Humanitarian and Development Industry in one hour.
  • Take your first step towards becoming an International Aid Worker, building a social enterprise, creating a movement, or joining the domestic community sector.
  • Explore diverse pathways to engage in Aid work - domestically or internationally, short or long-term.
  • Identify your personal skills, strengths and weaknesses for leveraging social change.
  • Understand how ‘making a difference’ happens; your role in the process and how you can use your current skill sets to ignite change.

How it compares

Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
  • Reviews193#680 of 1,108 by number of reviews
  • Length1.8 hoursshorter than 63% of them
  • Last updatedDecember 2017earlier than 93% of them

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Course Description

The shadow of poverty continues to cast a pall over entire nations. Forced migration and asylum seeker rates are getting worse, not better. One in nine people are still chronically undernourished. These are the biggest issues of our time.

So why are the best minds of our generation working on optimising click-throughs?

Take your first step towards becoming an International Aid Worker, building a social enterprise, creating a movement, or joining the domestic community sector. Our exploration course gives you a taste of life as an Aid Worker in an engaging and friendly environment. 

Learn about careers you can have in the Global Humanitarian and Development Industry in a few hours... just imagine what you could accomplish in a lifetime! 

Who is it for?

Career Changers: Want to transition to a career you'll love? Do you have big dreams for the future? Are you keen to innovate? A Humanitarian career provides you the opportunity to change the world. Life as an Aid Worker promises job diversity, rewarding opportunities, and a purpose beyond the 9-5 grind.

School / University Graduates: Interested in Humanitarianism? Don't want to commit to a four year degree? Finished Uni... now what? Our exploration course provides engaging learning, networking opportunities, and is a stepping stone into the workforce as an Aid Worker.

Change Agents: Want to take your social change career to the next level? Learn the necessary skills to create sustainable change and explore career pathways across the Humanitarian, International Development and Stabilization sectors both internationally and domestically.

When building a successful humanitarian career… opportunities don’t happen, you create them. 

Make the change.

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Instructor Details

Cory J. Steinhauer

Humanitarian and Development professional with a career spanning the public, private, and non-government sectors in Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, Korea, Laos, New Zealand, Mexico, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Timor, Turkey and Vietnam.

From the United Nations, to international NGOs, the private sector, Universities and Governments, Cory’s understanding of sustainable social development provides the foundation for his work. Holding a Masters degree in Social Science and a Bachelors degree in Commerce; Cory’s mix of global experience, education, and innovative thinking is instrumental in his success achieving long-term change.

Cory is the CEO of Humanitarian Institute and a Lecturer at the University of Sydney.

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Reviews

4.5

193 ratings on Udemy

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By Mary McEvoy on 11/21/2025

I really enjoyed this course, it opened my eyes to the opportunities and is very encouraging and very transparent - It's really gotten me quite excited to research and take this seriously as an option. It answered questions I didn't yet know I had. Very well executed.

By Eromosele Douglas on 9/18/2025

This course inspired me because, for years, I have been looking for such an opportunity to start applying my talents to serve the most vulnerable people around the world, as I have a high skill of curiosity and imagination, as well as a commitment to gender equality, speaking for the rights of women As a soldier in the Nigerian Army, I have served in the north east of Nigeria, where women are being marginalised and young girls are denied the opportunity to strive to become what they aspired to become. I have this passion to mentor and stand for their rights as well to speak for LGBTQ and to defend their rights, without being judgmental of who they are. How do I develop these skills and talents that I have, and put them into practice, and also, I want to be a humanitarian lawyer. This course is meant for me. How do I get your contact for mentorship? Here is my email address: erodouglas@gmail.com

By Jeska Luxton on 11/1/2024

I love the instructor. He was clear, honest, professional, and it was easy to see his love for the industry. The information was broken down and displayed in a visually appealing way, making it easy to understand. Thank you so much for piquing my excitement in the humanitarian industry!

By Aleesha Simone Bijliwala on 7/5/2023

The course is a great match for me & is definitely addressing a lot of the doubts I had going in. However, I wish the facilitator would go into some more detail or nuance. So far the discussion has been topical and general.

By L. Wayne Jenkins on 12/20/2020

Finding this course is like finding a “secret ingredient” that turns an ordinary cake into a great cake. This course helped me gain a more realistic perspective about my dream to go to overseas to help others. For this I will always be grateful. Thank you!

By Linda Marie Hall on 6/30/2020

I have never ventured into the humanitarian world until now. This was very good information for the beginner. Thank you for the time that you have put into this program/class as it has opened my eyes to the needs on a national and international that I had never stepped into.

By Ise-Lu Moller on 4/18/2020

Offered really good insights. Would have liked some more practical tips

By Kim Babbage on 4/1/2020

I found this really helpful and it confirmed my passion to continue in the sector and take on a new path. I have been in the NFP industry for over 15 years and my love for helping those in need has never changed. I just needed a change from Cancer and my follow my second passion. Which is domestic and international aid. Thank you

By Nikita Nikitin on 8/3/2019

The course gives you a complete and applicable roadmap to start building your way to changing the world. What I found especially handy is the structure of the sector with key players in it - makes it clear now where to concentrate my actions. Looking forward to meet Cory in person during an assignment. Thanks!

By Stefan Konjevic on 4/15/2018

Thank you professor Cory J. Steinhauer for putting up this valuable information online. You have really opened up oppurtunities for me personally and your explanations are amazing. Easy to understand and very straight forward. I really look forward to other courses online from you. Greetings from Sweden, Stefan

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Overall Score : 90 / 100