“Applying to EA orgs? My thoughts as a new recruiter” by Amalie Farestvedt 🔸, Ben Williamson
Description
In the spirit of Draft Amnesty Week, and in light of Ambitious Impact currently hiring for staff roles - one recruitment manager (or director) and two researchers - I thought I’d share some of my recent reflections on finding impactful careers as a new recruiter in an EA org.
“Why is it so hard to get hired to do good?”
First, I want to validate this point and say that I totally agree; it is (stupidly) hard. I personally applied to 16 EA orgs and spent >100 hours job searching, doing work tests, interviews, etc., before I got this role. This was after having had four EA part-time roles, served on a board of one EA organisation for two years, and been community-building for years. I am not the only person to have this experience, as you can see from a quick search on the EA Forum here [...]
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First published:
October 20th, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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