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An international employment directory selecting and reviewing world-wide top job sites. Includes 2200 employment sites ranked by popularity in 190 countries and is a free starting point to find overseas jobs and work abroad.
Travel, study, and work opportunities in 17 countries for 1, 2, or 3 months.
Unpaid internships at AFSC allow high school and college students to learn about the peace and justice issues at the core of the Service Committee’s work. Fellowships pay graduate students or recent college graduates for advanced study in specific areas related to Service Committee programs.
Amizad encourages intercultural exploration and understanding through community-driven volunteer programs and service-learning programs. Programs in the Brazilian Amazon, Bolivian Andes, the Greater Yellowstone Region, and Australia.
Explore au-pair (nanny) positions from 3 to 24 months in a variety of countries.
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Are you looking for opportunities to work, play, learn, help, create, experience and grow worldwide? Backdoorjobs.com is simply about discovering life’s options and finding your place in the world (and that’s real exciting stuff).
BUNAC offers a range of opportunities including flexible work and travel programs to Britian, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and volunteering placements in South Africa, Peru, and Cambodia. These are open to full-time or gap year students and other young people from both the UK and the USA. Programs last from 8 weeks to eighteen months.
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There are over 1000 books and binders within the CDO, categorically separated to help your internship, job, or post-graduate search. Some of the resources are career specific, broken down into particular fields of interest, while others are more general career reference materials. There are domestic and international listings, with tips on interviewing, finding housing, researching prospective companies or colleges, and study guides for standardized graduate school tests. You are encouraged to make full use of the assistance provided by the counselors and CDO peer advisers.
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CS&A recruits teachers and administrators for placement in private, independent schools across the US and abroad. Certification is not required. Additionally, they frequently recruit on campus.
Independent, non-profit organization dedicated to a wider understanding and appreciation of indigenous peoples.
CIEE is the leading U.S. non-governmental international education organization. CIEE creates and administers programs that allow high school and university students and educators to study, volunteer, work and teach abroad.
City Year unites young people of all backgrounds, ages 17-24, for a demanding year of community service and leadership development in 16 U.S communities and Johannesburg, South Africa. An AmeriCorps program.
Cross-Cultural Solutions offers short-term international volunteer programs in 10 countries. Start dates are year-round and programs run from 1 to 12 weeks.
One-to-one travel and career plans for international travelers.
The Electronic Embassy provides information on each of the embassies in Washington D.C., with links to Web-based resources where available.
Overseas job opportunities in various fields.
Up-to-date database of careers featuring thousands of graduate opportunities across Europe. There is also advice on career planning and resume writing.
Explorations in Travel provides volunteer work placements for students and adults from all over the world.
Partner with a grassroots organization in Latin America, East Africa, or India to improve a community’s social conditions, economic opportunities and overall environment. Gain practical hands-on experience, contribute your skills and talent, and make a difference through FSD’s flexible international programs for individuals and groups.
Go with a small team of volunteers to rural communities around the world to experience the daily life of the local culture for 1-3 weeks.
An international education and experiential travel resource. Our directories contain over 25,000 opportunities abroad updated daily including study abroad, internships, volunteer opportunities, teach abroad, language schools and much more.
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Career Guides were created to support international job seekers with an extensive source of country-specific career information.
E-mail your name and year of graduation to cdo@vassar.edu and we will send you a username and password.
A database of organizations/firms that offered jobs with H1-B visa sponsorship.
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Search for jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities with non-profit organizations in the US and aborad. Also, check out their Career Center section, with tips and advice for non-profit job seekers.
Places highly qualified university students and graduates from around the globe in internships with respected multinational companies in India.
Spanish language programs in Central American countires that utilize a theoretically critical perspective as well as hands-on experience to help students gain insight into current social and economic realities and their effects on women, the poor, and the environment.
One of the largest international training and educational exchange organizations.
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American Council for Voluntary International Action. International volunteer and humanitarian action opportunities.
Interexchange is geared towards international students looking to find work in the US and abroad. This site is designed for you if you don’t have citizenship or a working visa (the program can provide you with J-1 clearance), and the site includes pages listing helpful federal regulations.
Search a variety of programs to intern, work, teach, study and volunteer abroad.
Excellent collection of overseas job hunting sites and useful information.
Duke University’s own collection of international jobs and links.
Dedicated to helping those who would like to work as volunteers on organic farms internationally.
This organization places students in short (1-2 weeks) or longer (up to one year) placements in Europe, with the possibility of homestay.
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JET has consistently been a popular program for Vassar students. Without requiring Japanese proficiency, this program facilitates your whole trip to Japan, where you live there for a year while teaching English to Japanese students.
International film and production resources. Search for services, production jobs, casting calls, classified ads, vendors, etc. worldwide.
Resource that focuses on international students looking for work in United States and U.S. students looking for work abroad. Most job listings are for full-time positions.
The NACE International Student Virtual Career Fair is for students currently studying in the United States attending NACE-member colleges and universities who:
* wish to return to their home country for full-time or internship opportunities,
* are currently pursuing one-year Optional Practical Training (OPT) opportunities in the United States, and/or
* are currently pursuing summer Curricular Practical Training (CPT) internships in the United States
Candidate Access to apply to jobs: February 18, 2008 - May 16, 2008
Click here to register and begin searching opportunities!
For decades Nature has featured the hottest science jobs. And since 1999, the careers magazine Naturejobs has guided scientists along their professional paths. Whatever scientific region, discipline, level or industry they’re in.
Advice and information about working, studying, volunteering and traveling abroad.
A database of opportunities abroad in a variety of industries, from hospitality to technical to education and non-profits.
Database listing summer camp opportunities in the U.S., Canada, and around the globe… most of which employ college students.
This site has received rave reviews from some students who have traveled with them. They have projects in a wide range of foreign countries.
Job search engine for science-related jobs nation and world wide.
The Study Away Office at Vassar has a variety of opportunities to take your education aborad.
Directory of study abroad resources and web sites.
Study abroad options at UK universities.
The FITA International Job Career Headquarters offers hundreds of international career opportunities.
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A comprehensive resource for finding jobs in education in American overseas and international schools.
E-mail your name and year of graduation to cdo@vassar.edu and we will send you a username and password.
The official site of the Peace Corps.
Career resources for American and international political jobs and internships. Also has information about working on current campaigns.
Excellent government site for U.S. passport information.
A comprehensive site from the University of California, Irvine with links to all types from international opportunities, from internships to study away to volunteering and working.
This UN program places “volunteers” (who are usually paid a stipend) with agencies and NGOs in their countries or others. A variety of the assignments are available including human rights ones.
USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State.Their work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives.
US Department of State site offering hundreds of current opportunities in Foreign and Civil Service.
Search career opportunities in multinational and local companies in Vietnam.
Over 3000 affordable ($250-$500) international
voluntary service programs in 100+ countries.
Every winter, summer, and spring World Change Travel runs one- and two-week trips to destinations including:
Mexico + Brazil + Vietnam + Northern Ireland + South Africa + India + Morocco + Nepal + Cambodia + Colombia + Ecuador