into sourcing and summarising the links. I reckon this is a pretty good starting point for anyone wanting to get into the international development field. [...] actually feels. A lot of others have written about why we work in aid & development, or on becoming an aid worker. These are all really great discussions that stimulate important thinking about the nature of aid [...] Thanks for your post. After finishing my MA and having a range of volunteer/intern experience I still found it challenging to find the sort of job I dream about without additional 'relevant' development work experience. I spent a number of months based in Asia looking for work/applying for jobs but it yielded many rejections or 'close encounters', with positions given to someone else in the end. I was determined and spent many days and nights scrawling through job search engines, writing cover letters, emailing every possible opportunity I encountered. I was driven by determination but still it is really hard to keep up the optimism in this situation. In my searches I had ruled out Australia as I am very passionate about Asia and want to see myself in this corner of the world. I'm not sure why my job hunting direction shifted to NT, I think I saw one position and then I decided to see what else was available out there and I discovered a lot of jobs. If you are just beginning in this field I think that working in Indigenous affairs can