International and Foreign Language
General Resources |
Translating & Interpreting |
International Relations | Teaching
Abroad
Featured Resources
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- Download a handout
summarizing primary areas of employment, types of employers, and job-search
strategies for Foreign Language (PDF format).
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comprehensive resource guides for over 20 foreign countries (look for
links to the individual countries below). Log in with
your Wesleyan e-mail username and password.
Wesleyan students and alumni have full access to
Vault.com's online library through the Liberal Arts Career Network. In
addition, you can download some of the Vault guides free of charge
and get more in-depth job search information.
- STUDENTS:
Click here
to access WesVAULT through your student portfolio on the
"Online Resources & Passwords" page (in the Beyond Campus section).
- ALUMNI:
Click
here to access WesVAULT through WesNet, the online alumni community,
on the "CRC Resources & Passwords" page (in the Resources section).
CareerSearch is a highly searchable database of more than
2 million domestic organizations. Find companies/institutions in the
foreign language industries
and in your geographic region of interest, then read a little about them and get
connected to their web sites.
General Resources
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About.Com - extensive list of international links.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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College Journal - Read up on the global job market.
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Cross-Cultural Solutions
- International intern and volunteer programs.
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Embassy World - Find embassies
of any nation in any nation.
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EscapeArtist.com - Information
on living, working, and traveling overseas.
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Executive Planet - information on international business culture and
etiquette.
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Expat Exchange - Information on
living, working, and traveling abroad and on returning home.
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Foreign Policy Association - sign up for a global jobs newsletter.
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Global Volunteer Network - Places
volunteers in developing areas/countries to support local organizations.
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Idealist.org
- Over 23,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 153 countries,
which you can search or browse by name, location or mission.
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International - Links to international resources.
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InterAction - InterAction is the
largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian
nongovernmental organizations.
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International Career Employment Center - Comprehensive source of
international career positions, including international development jobs.
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International Living -
Information on living abroad.
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International Monster.Com - Work abroad and links to International
Monster Career Networks.
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International News Links - Check major international newspapers for
job postings.
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Internships
International - Unpaid internships in all fields in Ireland, South
Africa, Thailand, France and more.
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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.
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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".
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Monster Global
Gateway - international job searches and information about life
abroad. abroad.
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Overseas Jobs
- leading source for information about international jobs and news
- One Small Planet
- Overseas
Employment Opportunities
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Quintessential Careers - Global
and worldwide job resources
- Relocating Overseas
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The Riley Guide of
International Job Opportunities - search job listings for a variety of
foreign countries.
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Taking It Global - A bridge to scholarships, internships and
organizations throughout the world.
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Top Jobs - Jobs
throughout the United Kingdom, as well as across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
- Trabajos (in Spanish)
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Web Guide to International
Employment - Basic information on the international job search.
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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
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