Working Outside the United States

Guides to Working Outside the United States

PSU Career Center Favorites:

• Dave's ESL Cafe — "The internet's meeting place for ESL and EFL teacheres + students from around the world."
• Employment Opportunities in the UN and Other Organizations — From the US Department of State.
• Idealist.org
• International Job Search for US Students — Includes important self-assessment questions for your international job search. From the Career Center at Vanderbilt University.
• (International) Job Search Websites — From the Family Liaison Office at the US Department of State. Includes:
• • General Sites for Finding International Jobs
  • Job Search by Job Field
  • Job Search by Region and Country
  • General Expat Websites
  • Non-Government Organizations
• Job Listing Sites: International — Subcategories include: Worldwide, Teaching, Tourism & Hospitality, Short-Term Jobs/Internships/Volunteer Opportunities, By Country/Region. From the Career Center at the University of California-Berkeley.
• • See also Career Paths/Occupational Information and Resources — From the Career Center at the University of California-Berkeley.
• Transitions Abroad — A guide to work abroad, study abroad, cultural travel overseas, and international living.
• Working Abroad: Finding International Internships and Entry-Level Jobs — Comprehensive article by Jill N. Lacey published in the Fall 2006 Occupational Outlook Quarterly.

Other Useful Guides:

• Go Global, The International Careers Website — From the Global Studies Office at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Includes:
• • Just Jobs, Please — Links to job listing pages.
  • Commercial Sites — Commercial sites announcing international job listings.
• Guide to International Job Search — Includes important self-assessment questions for your international job search. Also describes kinds of international jobs. From the Career Center at Colorado College.
• How to Become a Teacher in Germany — From the The Association for Early Multilingualism in Day-Care Organisations and Schools (FMKS e.V).
• International Job Resources — Annotated list of international job sites. Search sites by georgrapic regions. From Quintessenial Careers.
• International Job Resources — From job-hunt.org. "The purpose of the Job-Hunt.Org Web site is to provide the most comprehensive listing of useful Internet-accessible job-search resources and services on the Web, in a format which is most useful to job seekers."
  
• International Job Search — Selected web resources, books. databases, and directories. From Drexel University Libraries.
• International Job Search and Resource Guide — From the Career Advising and Planning Services at the University of Chicago. For international students who are not planning to stay in the U.S. and for U.S. citizens considering working abroad.
• International Job Search...For US Students — By Greg Iaccarino L & S/ Human Ecology Career Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• International Organizations and Related Information — Includes a section on International Jobs. From the University of Michigan Documents Library. This is an "annotated guide to some of the most useful research tools related to Inter-Governmental Organization (IGO) and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) materials with a focus on IGOs."
• International Web Link Library — Search for job listings by country and region.
• Selected Work Abroad Web Sites — From the International Center and the University of Michigan.
• The Riley Guide —"The Riley Guide is a directory of employment and career information sources and services on the Internet. Providing free career and employment information since February 1994."
• • International Job Opportunities — Includes Europe, Scandinavia, Africa and the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Rim, international NGOs, and resources covering multiple countries.
  • Job Resources for Canada, The Caribbean, and Central and South America

Links to Sites with Job/Internship Listings

• Idealist.org — Search database for international jobs, internships, organizations.
• International Career Employment Center — There is no charge to view jobs posted in this section of the site. The International Career Employment Center charges fees to access "mid-level and senior level positions with nonprofit and profit organizations, based all around the world, as well as entry level and internship positions."
• TeachAbroad — Search for teaching jobs. A part of GoAbroad.com.
• International Organization Internship Information. — Lists names and URLs for 65 international organizations. From the US Department of State.

Study Abroad

• PSU Education Abroad Office
• • Programs
  • Resources
• PSU's IE3 International Internship Program

International Volunteering

• Peace Corps at PSU — Talk to a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) at PSU.
• Peace Corps Masters International (PCMI) at Portland State University

Paid Teaching Opportunities Sponsored by Government Agencies or Nonprofit Organizations

• Assistantship Program — Teach English in France. Sponsored by the French Ministry of Education and the Cultural Services at the French Embassy.
• Chatteris Native-Speaking English Tutor (CNET) — Teach English in Hong Kong. Through the Chatteris Educational Foundation.
• Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) — Promotes "grass-roots international exchange between Japan and other nations."
• North American Language and Culture Assistants — Sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Science of Spain (MEC).
• U.S. Teaching Assistantships at Austrian Secondary Schools — Administered by the Fulbright Commission for the Austrian Ministry of Education, the Arts and Culture.
• Teach English in the Czech Republic — From the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports.
• Teach English in Finland — Sponsored by the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
• Teach English in Korea — From the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology.

Funding to Learn Languages/Travel

• MyTravelBug.org — Offers travel Fellowships for U.S. citizens financially unable to travel.
• National Security Education Program (NSEP): — NSEP "provides a unique funding opportunity for U.S. students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East)."
• • Boren Scholarships — "offers opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study in world regions critical to U.S. interests but generally underrepresented in study abroad."
  • Boren Fellowships — Enables "U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency."
  • Flagship Fellowships — Enables "U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency."
• Rotary International — Ambassadorial Scholarships

U.S. Agencies with International Opportunities

Includes a variety of civil service positions as well as foreign service specialist and foreign service officer postitions.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Jobs Overseas.
• Central Intelligence Agency — Field-based postions with Clandestine Service.
• US Department of Commerce — International Trade Administration. Information on civil service and foreign service jobs.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture — Foreign Agricultural Service civil service and foreign service officer jobs. FAS Jobs. Foreign Service Officer.
• U.S. AID —Foreign Service Officer Careers
• U.S. Department of State — International Career Options include: Foreign Service Officer, Foreign Service Specialist, and Civil Service.

Miscellaneous

• Essential Skills for International Careers — From the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Jobweb
• International Salary Calculator — Free salary tool from SalaryExpert.
• Non-Governmental Organizations — Search a database of 1400 NGOs by region and/or kind of NGO activity. From the United Nations Department of Public Information.
• Prices and Earnings — Ranks purchasing power and standard of living for 71 cities around the world. 
• Resumes and Interviews Here and Abroad — From NACE Jobweb.
• U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs — International travel, visa updates, passport information, and U.S. Embassy information.
• Worldwide Chamber of Commerce Guide
• Writing Your International Resume — Article by Mary Anne Thompson. From Nace Jobweb.
  

Career Center Library Books

• Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Third World and US Volunteer Opportunties edited by Joan Powell
• BUNAC Work in Britain Handbook 2007
• Career Opportunities in the Travel Industry by Judy Colbert
• How to Get a Job with a Cruise Line, Fourth Edition by Mary Fallon Miller
• Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for America edited by Shawn Dorman
• International Business by Jeffrey S. Arpan
• International Jobs: Where They Are, How to Get Them, Sixth Edition by Nina Segal and Eric Kocher
• Jobs for Travel Lovers: Opportunities at Home and Abroad, 5th Edition by Ron and Caryl Krannich, Ph.D.s
• The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas, Fourth Edition, by Jean-Marc Hachey
• The Directory of Websites for International Jobs: The Click and Easy Guide by Ron and Caryl Krannich, Ph.D.s
• Work Abroad: The Complete Guide to Finding a Job Overseas, Fourth Edition edited by Clay Hubbs

PSU Library

• Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries