Finding Careers Abroad Resource Guide

When it comes to working abroad, there are opportunities everywhere. And while the idea of pursuing a global career is exciting, determining how to turn your dream into reality may seem overwhelming. This guide will help you start your exploration by sharing various resources that can help you start your search and support you as you begin your career abroad.

We encourage you to consult your college’s career office or fellowships office to support you in your international career or academic pursuits.

Wesleyan University’s Fries Center for Global Career Offices by School ​ Studies: Fellowships Amherst College’s Loeb Center for Career ​ Williams College’s Office of Fellowships Exploration and Planning ​ Mount Holyoke College's Career Development ​ Center Smith College's Lazarus Center for Career ​ Development Study Abroad Offices by Vassar College’s Career Development Office ​ School Wellesley College's Career Education ​ Amherst College’s Office of Global Education Wesleyan University’s Gordon Career Center ​ ​ Mount Holyoke College's McCulloch Center Williams College’s '68 Center for Career ​ ​ for Global Initiatives Exploration Study Abroad at Smith College ​ Vassar College’s Office of International ​ Programs Wellesley College's Office of International ​ Fellowships Offices by School Study Amherst College’s Office of Fellowships Wesleyan University’s Fries Center for Global ​ ​ Fellowships at Mount Holyoke College Studies ​ Fellowships Program at Smith College Williams College’s International Education & ​ ​ Vassar College’s Office of Fellowships & Study Away ​ Pre-Health Advising Wellesley College's Career Education: ​ Fellowships & Scholarships 1 Featured Resources provides a wealth of career-related information for those seeking to launch their NGO careers. GoinGlobal https://online.goinglobal.com/user/login DevNet Jobs Please consult your college’s career office for https://devnetjobs.org/ how to access this platform on- or off-campus. International development jobs and consulting Search for international internships and jobs, opportunities. locate country-specific resume and CV guidance (including templates), country-specific Dice visa information, country-specific job market https://www.dice.com/ information, and an H1B database for Leading search engine for tech jobs in North internationals looking for employment insights in American and Continental Europe. the U.S. Expat Network Interstride - For Wesleyan Students Only https://www.expatnetwork.com/ https://www.interstride.com/ Search for jobs abroad as well as access International internship/job searching and career resources for living in other countries. guidance platform. Go Abroad https://www.goabroad.com/ Search Engines International gap year jobs and travel programs Art Jobs resource. https://artjobs.artsearch.us/job/ Jobs and employment opportunities in arts, Idealist culture, education, theatre in the USA and http://www.idealist.org/ Canada. The best place to find volunteer opportunities, nonprofit jobs, internships, and organizations CareerJet working to change the world. The site allows https://www.careerjet.com/ visitors to search in English, Spanish, and A search engine that aggregates job postings Portuguese. from 58,000 job search engines across the globe daily. Indeed Worldwide http://indeed.com/worldwide Careers.org Access country-specific Indeed job/internship http://www.careers.org/ websites from the above link. Careers.Org is a source for employment, job search and career education information across International Career Employment Weekly the world. It includes detailed information about http://www.internationaljobs.org/current.html over 1000 occupations, including wages, skills, The only comprehensive source of information and links to corresponding college programs on international careers in travel. and career, job and educational resources for states, cities, and counties in the United States, The International Educator (TIE) as well as Canadian Provinces and international http://www.TieOnline.com countries. Please consult your college’s career office for information on how to log into this website. Devex Offers an interactive website that invites you https://www.devex.com/ into the world of education in American A subscription-based internship and job overseas and international schools. database for the NGO world. Devex also 2 Teach Away Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program https://www.teachaway.com/ http://jetprogramme.org/en/about-jet/ A website dedicated to locating ESL jobs JET participants work either as Assistant abroad. Language Teachers (ALTs), Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) or Sports TransitionsAbroad Exchange Advisors (SEA), and are placed in http://transitionsabroad.com/ local boards of education or public elementary, Learn more about work opportunities overseas junior high, and senior high schools in Japan. in areas like TESOL, WOOFing, and more. ALTs are primarily engaged in language instruction. All participants receive an annual United Nations Young Professionals Program salary. (YPP) https://careers.un.org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype Mickey Leland International Hunger =NCE Fellowship YPP is a recruitment initiative for young http://www.hungercenter.org/fellowships/leland/ professionals who seek to start a career as an This two-year fellowship is for those interested international civil servant in the global fight against hunger. For the first year, fellows are placed in countries throughout USAJOBS Asia, Africa, and Latin America. For the second https://www.usajobs.gov/ year, fellows work in a policy setting with the An excellent resource for US government jobs, headquarters of the organizations they served in including those that are stationed abroad. during their first year. Fellows receive a monthly ​ stipend, relocation allowance, a housing Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms supplement, and transportation allowance http://www.wwoof.org/ during the policy year and professional Join a WWOOF organization in your country of development funds. Health care and emergency interest and access host farms that welcome evacuation insurance are also provided. volunteer help. Organization of Biological Field Stations ​ http://obfs.org/ International Programs An association of more than 200 field stations Atlas Corps Fellow and professionals concerned with field facilities http://www.atlascorps.org/ for biological research and education, primarily This multinational, two-way, year-long volunteer in North America. program sends U.S. volunteers overseas and global nonprofit leaders to the United States. Teaching Assistant Program in France Volunteers tend to be between the ages of 23 https://tapif.org/ and 33, and have a college degree. Fellows The Teaching Assistant Program in France volunteer at organizations addressing social offers you the opportunity to work in France for issues and are enrolled in an ongoing training 7 months, teaching English to French students program. After 12 or 18 months, they return to of all ages. Each year, over 1,500 American their countries to work for at least one year in citizens and permanent residents teach in public the nonprofit sector. As volunteers, Fellows schools across all regions of metropolitan receive a modest living stipend intended to France and in the overseas departments of cover only shared housing, food and local France such as French Guiana, Guadeloupe, public transportation. Atlas Corps starts classes Martinique and Réunion. The American cohort is part of the larger Assistants de langue en France twice a year and accepts applications ​ year-round. program, which recruits 4,500 young educators from 60 countries to teach 15 languages

3 annually in France. The Assistants de langue en Volunteers for Peace ​ France program is managed by France http://www.vfp.org/ ​ ​ Éducation international. Work camps, offering 3,400+ 2-3 week service ​ opportunities in 100 countries throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, South and Central America. The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Program placement fee subsidizes living expenses. https://watson.foundation/fellowships/tj Projects include construction and restoration of Enables graduating seniors the opportunity to low-income housing; trail building, park engage in one year of self-designed maintenance, organic farming; working with independent study and travel abroad after children, the elderly, physically or mentally graduation. The Fellowship provides $28,000 to handicapped, refugees, minority groups, each recipient, plus twelve months' payment for drug/alcohol recovery, AIDS education and arts outstanding federally guaranteed student loans. projects; historic preservation, etc. Proposed projects should reflect an interest in, and long-standing commitment to, a specific US Peace Corps concern but need not be related to academic http://www.peacecorps.gov experience or plans. Formal study or affiliation Peace Corps Volunteers work directly with with an organization is not permitted. Watson communities on their most pressing issues Fellows may not return to the U.S. at any time while gaining a competitive advantage in during their travel year. Interested candidates today's global economy with international should contact their college’s fellowships office experience, cross-cultural understanding, and to get more information. fluency in a foreign language. Peace Corps provides Volunteers with language, cross-cultural, and technical training.

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