International Opportunities: A New Meaning for your Future
International Opportunities: Leverage your Talent and Skills
Yes, with international opportunities, your future can take on a whole new meaning. You can leverage your talent and skills to work anywhere in the world and make your career like a constant eye opening vacation instead of a day by day crawling trudge to the same office, in the same city, with the same faceless people.
How does one do this? How does one get to work in those beautiful and challenging places? We will share with you how we have done this.
You, too, can do it! Stop planning a 3 week vacation and start planning a new life working in new countries with new cultures and ideas wrapped all around you. Be a part of the expanding international community that builds bridges across every continent.
Look at these people working internationally
Join the international development community
As Tennyson so magically said in his poem Ulysses:
``All experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades
Forever and forever when I move.``
Map of the World
Mark your Place
Where in this world are your dreams focused? Which region? Which particular country is engaging you right now?
Are you interested to work internationally?
Is this a dream?
International jobs are not really for everyone. Not many are willing to get away from their homes of many years and work in an unfamiliar environment. In fact, often it is very hard to get people with the right skills to go on international assigment. But once they catch the bug, they won't stay home either.
Which of These Cities Do You Want to Work In?
Where International Jobs Are
Maybe you are one of the lucky ones. You get a job in the city you dream of living in. Maybe some are luckier as they discover cities they never dreamt about but went where the international opportunities are and found their dream place. Sometimes you have to serve days in Nepalganj to get to work in Paris. Stop dreaming. List the countries you are interested in. Group these countries by regions. Go to their embassies if these are close to you and get all the information you can about working there. What do you need to know if you want to work there? How easy is it to find jobs in those cities? countries? regions? Ask them for contacts in your area of expertise. Remember, you have an expertise you can always improve. So, find out where the need is and upgrade in that area.
Catch the Trade Winds in Your Sails
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
Finding international jobs
What areas would you be interested in?
International jobs abound and depending on your interest and skills, you can find almost any international assignment if you are seriously looking for one. The key is to start working now. Remember, often...the choice is where the job is.
Is international development your interest?
Development banks and development agencies offer many opportunities
Check out the websites of the following regional development banks. In these you will find information on the jobs most needed in those countries or regions you have chosen. Some of these regional development banks are: Asian Development Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank, African Development Bank and, of course, the World Bank.
You can also find in their sites the companies that are constantly bidding on international projects. Send your cv to these companies as they are constantly looking for consultants to include in their bid. You need to be in their data base as they search for matching skills when the bids come out and most of the time, they have to come up with their bids within a short time frame. Besides, they bid on projects all the time and if you have the skills, chances are you will be contacted.
If you have all the time, constantly check the sites of these banks and you will see the companies short listed for projects opened for bidding. Give these companies a gentle nudge of your strong interest to be part of the bid or send them your cv if you have not yet done so. These regional banks also recruit individual consultnats so send them your cv as well.
There are other non-governmental organizations working internationally like the Red Cross, Save the Children, OXFAM, Aide et Action and many others. The United Nations has its agencies such as UNDP,UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, ILO and many more that constantly offer international jobs. Go to their local offices in your area and find out about their programs.
You can first volunteer with VSO or the Peace Corps just to get experience. Start searching for international development organizations in your area. They, too, have a network they might connect you to. You will be amazed at how all these work.
The Regional Development Banks
What's the latest news?
- How is Africa coping with the euro crisis?
- According to Mthuli Ncube, the chief economist and vice-president of the African Development Bank (ADB), the crisis is being channelled to Africa by various means. "Some countries are being hit by the downturn in trade and the availability of trade ...
- Desire to hit infrastructure target explains fresh FG's fresh borrowing
- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan only yesterday sought the approval of the Senate to borrow $7.905 billion from the World Bank, Africa Development Bank (ADB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and Exim Bank of China, informing that the money would be ...
- World Bank to issue larger green bonds
- The World Bank so far has issued more than $3 billion of triple-A rated green bonds and has used the proceeds to support its projects in areas such as renewable energy, flood protection and watershed management in developing nations. Most of the bank's ...
- Why Must Continent Always Be Reminded to Style Up?
- With many African nations relying heavily upon European investment and trade, the potential fallout from the crisis may not only lead to a decline in exports, but imports could be more expensive. The African Development Bank says that though countries ...
Why not try international consulting?
Opportunities abound
Read the Economist Magazine or the International Herald Tribune for international jobs advertized there. You don't need to have a PhD to do for some of the consulting jobs. They need people who have the skills and who can work well with people.
The international development organizations mentioned in the previous module all offer international consulting opportunities. But the private sector has plenty of opportunities for international consulting. Make sure you have the necessary internationally recognized certification. When you have the skills in demand worldwide, you will be able to choose the jobs you like and the cities, too. So, update those skills. Learn more skills.
Work overseas for your company
What a learning opportunity
Your company right now may just be the place to search. Find out from your HR department. Maybe, there is a branch in one of those cities you like to be in. Or, your HR people are often in touch with other recruiters. They may just have the job for you.
What about government?
Diplomacy or military
Or, work for the military and get international posting. Or take the test in your Foreign Affairs Ministry or Office and start your career as a diplomat. You will have a chance to live in many international posts your whole career life.
Work as a diplomat
Try diplomacy in international relations
- We must work to counter Iran's influence in our own neighborhood
- Direct actions, diplomacy and sanctions have not had a visible effect on the continuing enrichment program. Unfortunately for the US and its allies and partners in Latin American countries, Iran has also sought to offset the international pressure of ...
- Forum on African American Leadership in Foreign Affairs
- You know from your agenda that I'm the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs. That's a hard title to fit on a business card, and it's also a tricky title to explain. Here's my best shot. I oversee a bureau that works with ...
- Diplomacy: No certainty attack will alter India-Iran ties
- Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman echoed his comments shortly thereafter, and Liberman hinted that Israel would take some kind of action in response. Most Israelis took as a given Iran's hand in the attacks ? either ...
- Congress Pushes Iran Regime Change Over Diplomacy
- When you start looking at some of the?for example, some of the harebrained proposals to amend the current banking legislation, things like Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and her staff suggesting that we put ...
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What others say about international jobs
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- Billabong Gets $823 Million Offer From TPG; Plans Jobs Cuts
- 17 (Bloomberg) -- TPG Capital, the buyout company run by David Bonderman, offered to buy Billabong International Ltd. for A$765 million ($823 million) after a slump in the surfwear maker's earnings and share price. The offer was worth A$3 a share, ...
- Oconto boat maker to add 185 jobs
- OCONTO - An Oconto boat maker is set to embark on a new chapter that includes the addition of nearly 200 jobs in the city. KCS International, which owns Cruisers Yachts and Rampage Sport Fishing Yachts, has acquired Azure, a world class line of sport ...
- 17/02/2012Act now if you want to work in an international school
- A number of these teachers are expats already living internationally as a result of their partner's career. Jane Denby is one example. "I go where my husband's job takes me," she says. So far, that's been to Oman, Brunei, Dubai and the Netherlands.
- Navistar International to add 40 jobs in Springfield
- Navistar International's DuraStar medium truck. The company is adding 40 workers at its truck assembly plant in Springfield. Navistar International Corp. plans to add 40 jobs at its truck assembly plant in Springfield. Warrenville, Ill.-based Navistar ...
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International development issues, projects and experiences
Many opportunities in international affairs
- 6 nations tackle a far-flung and dirty array of problems
- And some of these actions are modest, but when you add them up, it makes a difference," said Durwood Zaelke, president and founder of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development. Unlike carbon dioxide, which lingers in the atmosphere for ...
- Squire Sanders Boosts Presence in Asia
- 16, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Squire Sanders announced a significant step forward in implementing its strategy to continue developing its presence in the Asia Pacific region. Mao Tong, Peter Chow and Ignatius Hwang have joined Squire Sanders from Bryan ...
- Uzbek President awarded the President of ADB
- President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov on Thursday received the president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Haruhiko Kuroda, National News Agency of the Uzbekistan (UzA) reported. "ADB is considered as one of the most authoritative and influential ...
- Wowjoint Holdings Limited Announces a New Manufacturing and A New R&D Facility
- It will specifically service customers around the Eastern China Yangtze River Delta area, Southern China and international market customers. "Wowjoint hopes to expand our market share in China and internationally with our strategic development of the ...
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Experiences in Doing Business in other Countries
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Readers, please share some of your experiences in doing business or working in other countries. Just the highlights...some of those which you always remember. Of course, some of those which you think might help our readers.
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KathyT
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- My experience may not really count as "International" since even though I worked in Antarctica, it was for a US company (as part of the US Antarctic Program, funded via the National Science Foundation). I would very much like more info on finding a true international opportunity - contract work would be fine too... Love this topic! :) You are spurring my enthusiasm! :) Kath *Blessed*
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SereneSea
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- I think this is a window to excellent opportunity for those who want to explore jobs in international market, not many want to venture out of their country for many reasons -security, loneliness, culture differences, living away from family and homesickness...
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Phillyfreeze69
Mar 8, 2011 @ 7:22 pm | delete
- aesta1, I enjoyed reading your very resource filled lens on the many opportunities to work in the international arena. The book "International Jobs and How To Get Them" is an eexcellent guide for one who is contemplating finding employment overseas.
We live in a global community and the village is becoming smaller each day...Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said quite succinctly "It takes a village to raise a child"...and to add to her quote...to find a job!
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nort43
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- I've worked in more than 60 countries. I can't imagine a life of quiet, motionless rot. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth!
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BigGirlBlue
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- I haven't had the experience of working in another country but I had a friend who went to Japan to teach English an he loved it. He stayed there for four years before returning home.
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