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Featured Resources
Career Search Database
Country-Specific International Resources

What can you do with a major in Foreign Language?

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) - study or work abroad.

Wesleyan's Office of International Studies

General Resources

• About.Com - extensive list of international links.
• Alliances Abroad - A wide range of customized educational, cultural and language travel programs.
• "After Latin American Studies: A Guide to Graduate Study and Employment for Latin Americanists" (PDF) - Downloadable guide from the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
• Artslynx - International arts resources.
• Association for International Practical Training (AIPT) - arranges on-the-job training programs both domestically and internationally.
• Bilingual Jobs
• BUNAC - Offers work abroad opportunities in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, and South Africa.
• CDS International- non-profit organization committed to the advancement of international practical training opportunities for young professionals, students, educators, as well as labor, business and government representatives.
• College Journal - Read up on the global job market.
• Cross-Cultural Solutions - International intern and volunteer programs.
• Embassy World - Find embassies of any nation in any nation.
• EscapeArtist.com - Information on living, working, and traveling overseas.
• Executive Planet - information on international business culture and etiquette.
• Expat Exchange - Information on living, working, and traveling abroad and on returning home.
• Foreign Policy Association - sign up for a global jobs newsletter.
• Global Volunteer Network - Places volunteers in developing areas/countries to support local organizations.
• Guide to Internships Abroad
• Idealist.org - Over 23,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 153 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location or mission.
• IES International - Links to international resources.
• InterAction - InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations.
• International Career Employment Center - Comprehensive source of international career positions, including international development jobs.
• International Living - Information on living abroad.
• International Monster.Com - Work abroad and links to International Monster Career Networks.
• International News Links - Check major international newspapers for job postings.
• Island Careers - search for jobs and opportunities in the Islands -- Anguilla to the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the Caymans, Guyana, and Turks and Caicos somewhere in between.
• JobUnity - Job Unity is a partnership between some of the world's leading web recruiting companies to povide jobs and candidates in each major business destination on the globe.
• Lat Pro
• Mobility International USA - empowers people with disabilities around the world through international exchange and international development. Look for downloadable booklet: "Preparing for an International Career: Pathways for People with Disabilities".
• Monster Global Gateway - international job searches and information about life abroad. abroad.
• Overseas Jobs - leading source for information about international jobs and news
• One Small Planet
• Overseas Employment Opportunities
• Quintessential Careers - Global and worldwide job resources
• Relocating Overseas
• The Riley Guide of International Job Opportunities - search job listings for a variety of foreign countries.
• Taking It Global - A bridge to scholarships, internships and organizations throughout the world.
• Top Jobs - Jobs throughout the United Kingdom, as well as across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
• Trabajos (in Spanish)
• Web Guide to International Employment - Basic information on the international job search.
• Worldwide Classroom - Locate schools across the globe.

Translating & Interpreting

• AIIC - AIIC is the international professional association that represents conference interpreters and sets standards for the practice of the profession.
• American Literary Translators Association - Provides essential services to literary translators from all languages and to create a professional forum for the exchange of ideas on the art and craft of translation.
• American Translators Association - Includes searchable databases of over 4000 interpreters and translators, as well as a listing of organizations that provide translation/interpretation courses and/or testing.
• The Translators and Interpreters Guild - Provides assistance in finding work, lobbying for favorable legislation, helping beginners get into the field, and improving pay, benefits and working conditions.
• What does an interpreter do? - A brief overview of the field.

International Relations

• Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange
• Alumni International Job Search
• ATHGO
• CESOP Communication
• Department of State
• Eurograduate
• Foreign Policy Association Student Corner
• Global Impact
• InterAction Member Profiles: American Council for Voluntary International Action
• Job Rapido
• Jobs In Hubs
• Jobs In Milan
• Jobs In Rome
• Peace Corps
• Italian Staffing Agencies
• StepStone
  
   

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