Finding Work Abroad

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Finding Work Abroad
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• What brings you to this workshop?
• Why do you want to work abroad?

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Why Go Abroad

• Adventure
• Global Perspective
• Career Growth
• Self-Understanding
• Foreign-Language Skills

http//international.monster.ca/7959_en-CA_p1.asp
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Preparing for Work Abroad

• Adventure
• E.g. Strange foods, danger zones
• Global Perspective
• E.g. Understand self and other cultures better
• Career Growth
• E.g. step out of traditional career paths and
  gain opportunities may not otherwise get in home
  country
• Self-Understanding
• E.g.insight into own life makes you realize
  theres a lot you can do that you didnt think
  you could
• Foreign-Language Skills
• Learn new languages, knowledge into practice

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Strategies for Working Abroad

• Just Go!
• See tips about work abroad with no job
• Move Up the Ladder (conserv. Method)
• E.g. join international company known for sending
  ppl abroad
• Via internships, volunteer etc.
• Discuss with employers international opps

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Strategies for Working Abroad

• Make Connections
• Talk to people, ask friends, enrollment services,
  career centre senior univ. students who they
  know, ISP, GLOBE, online forums (e.g.
  www.canuckabroad.com )
• Go to School There
• Programs for international exchange?
• TWU Travel Studies (summer mostly)
• http//www.twu.ca/glc/program/summer/courses/trave
  l-studies.html
• Contact your department about any international
  study opportunities
• Study Abroad Business
• http//www.twu.ca/academics/business/features/abro
  ad.html
• Study Abroad Environmental St.
• http//www.twu.ca/academics/interdisciplinary/envi
  ronment/research.html
• Council for Christian Colleges Universities
  CCCU
• www.cccu.org (Go to Student Programs)
• China, Middle East, Latin America, Russia, etc.

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Strategies for Working Abroad

• Start a Business or Freelance
• E.g. graphic artist, bed and breakfast

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Preparing for International Work Abroad

• Develop the most sought after skills
• Domain knowledge
• Cognitive, social skills, personal traits
• Cross cultural competence
• On the job, prior work experience

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Preparing for International Work Abroad

• Acquiring the Skills
• Get experience
• Build Your resume
• Resume vs. CV

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Resume? CV At a Glance

• Resume-StyleEcco Software Enterprises, Inc.
  (Feb. 1997 to March 1999)Software
  Developer-Created Java applications for client
  Web sites, including database-driven programs to
  allow clients to update Web pages.
• -Worked with project manager to assure quick
  response to client-requested updates.

• CV-StyleEcco Software Enterprises, Inc. (Feb.
  1997 to March 1999)Software DeveloperServed as
  lead developer on a six-person team charged with
  building a suite of Web applications for use by
  Ecco clients. Ecco provides its clients,
  including several Fortune 500 companies, with
  high-end Internet tools, consulting and services
  for maintaining and updating Web sites. As lead
  developer, tasks included working with the
  project manager to assess goals, interpret client
  requests and construct a plan for meeting
  deadlines. Project included the use of Java,
  DHTML, SQL Server and JavaScript. Managed
  prelaunch testing with nontechnical endusers at
  Fortune 500 financial company. Project delivered
  two weeks in advance of deadline. Following
  project delivery, work continued on fine-tuning
  application and testing with additional clients.
  Delivered presentations to small groups of
  endusers on use of application.

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Preparing for International Work Abroad

• Acquiring the Skills
• Get experience
• Build Your resume
• Resume vs. CV
• Research the job market
• Go where the action is

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Key Tips Before You Go

• Who are you?
• What do you want?
• Do your research
• Stock up on Advil
• Learn to live without 24-hour convenience
• Take care of business
• Pat yourself on the back
• Finally, know when its time to go

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Extra Moving Abroad WITHOUT A Job

• Research your Destination
• Requires additional planning gaining relevant
  knowledge
• Network in Advance
• 5 people to contact before arrive
• Know How Long Your Money Will Last
• Plan on 3-6 months with no paycheck
• Be Ready For Anything
• Willing to accept all sorts of different
  assignments
• Have an Exit Strategy
• Plan for returning home and finding work here
  (e.g. www.monster.ca)

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Extra Want a Global or International Career?

• If youre a person who is considering a global or
  international career, check out the Student
  Checklist for tips (extra handout available and
  website in Recommended Resources section)

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Internship Thoughts

• To get feet wet with possible international
  opportunities, may want to check out and intern
  with different organizations that do
  international things.

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About Internships

• Can take on many guises
• Formal, informal, paid, unpaid, high
  responsibility, very low responsibility (e.g.
  coffee runner)
• Tempting to look at Internship Bibles and guides
  and apply to everything that looks cool

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About Internships

• Reflection
• Think about your goals BEFORE you begin
  internship search (so dont waste energy)
• E.g. accounting, advertising, health care policy
  versus somewhere in public sector, somewhere
  in business
• Starting the Search Survey the Scene
• Look through internship directories or bibles
  (many here at CLC)
• Websites (See Resources in this handout)

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About Internships (contd)

• Networking
• Talking to friends, professors, roomates,
  siblings, parents, pastors, missionaries,
  etcAnybody!
• Improvisation Internships out of the box
• Create your own!!
• Offer a proposal to an organization or company
• See(http//www.campusaccess.com/internships/advic
  e-locating.html) for more info
• Narrowing the Field Before You Apply
• E.g. Be honest with where you want to be and
  whether you can afford to work for free.

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Samples of Internship Options

• Next few slides From http//www.campusaccess.com/i
  nternships/index.html
• Go to the link for more specific information

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Business and Trade Internships

• Aga Khan Foundation Canada (www.akfc.ca)
• (Internship/Employment/Volunteer)
• AISEC-International Student Exchange Organization
  (http//www.aiesec.ca/) (Internship)
• Visions in Action (www.visionsinaction.org)
• (Employment/Volunteer)

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Business and Trade Internship

• Canadian Federation of Students
• Student Work Abroad Program (SWAP)
• (http//www.swap.ca/) (Employment)
• Career Edge (http//www.careeredge.ca/)
• (Internship)
• Educ-Inter (http//www.educinter.com/)?

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Business and Trade Internship

• European Union (internship)
• (http//www.eurunion.org/delegati/ppd/interns.htm)
  
• Global Volunteers
• (http//www.globalvolunteers.org/) (volunteer)
• IAESTE (International Association for the
  Exchange of Students for Technical Experience)
• (http//www.iaeste.org/) (employment?)

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Business and Trade Internships

• International Monetary Fund (www.imf.org)
  (Internships for graduate students )
• International Youth Experience?
• (http//www.experience.ca/frame-e.htm)
  (Employment in Switzerland?)
• Internships International
• (http//www.internshipsinternational.org)
  (Internship)
• Net Corps (Internship)
• (http//www.netcorps-cyberjeunes.org/public/en/acc
  ueil.aspx)

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Business and Trade Internships

• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
  Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)?
• (http//unescap.org/jobs/internships/index5F02110
  5.asp)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
• (http//www.unece.org/oes/internships/internship_p
  rog.htm)
• (Internship)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
  America and the Caribbean
• (www.eclac.cl) (Internship)

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Medical/Science/Technology Internships/Volunteer
Positions

• Archaeological Institute of America
  (http//www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page10
  000) ?
• Canadian Nurses Association
• (http//cna-aiic.ca/cna/default_e.aspx) ?
• Canadian Society for International Health
• (http//www.csih.org/csihindex2.html)?
• (The page cannot be found)

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Medical/Science/Technology Internships/Volunteer
Positions

• Canada World Youth (age 17-29) (www.cwy-jcm.org)
  (internship)
• Earthwatch Institute (www.earthwatch.org)
• (Internship/Volunteer)
• International Agricultural Exchange Association
• (http//members.ozemail.com/au/iaea/)?
• (The page cannot be found)

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Medical/Science/Technology/Internships/Volunteer
Positions

• The International Medical Volunteers Association
• (www.imva.org) (Volunteer)
• Medecins sans Frontieres (www.msf.org)
  (volunteer/Internship?)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and
  Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (www.unesco.org)
  (Internship)
• Youth Challenge International (Aged 18-30)
  (www.yci.org)
• (volunteer)

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Children Related Internships

• Amigos de las Americas (www.amigoslink.org)
• (Volunteer)
• Amizade (http//amizade.org) (Volunteer)
• Careforce International (www.careforceinternationa
  l.org)
• (volunteer)
• Casa Alianza Latin America (www.casa-alianza.org)
• (Volunteer)
• HOPE International Development Agency
• (www.hope-international.com) (Employment and
  Volunteer)

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Children Related Internships

• United Childrens Fund (www.unchildren.org)
• (Volunteer)
• Visions in Action (www.visionsinaction.org)
• (Employment and volunteer)
• Volunteers for Peace (www.vfp.org)
• (volunteer)
• World Vision Canada (www.worldvision.ca)
  (Internship)

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Humanitarian and Development Internships

• AFS Interculture Canada (www.afscanada.org)
• (Employment/volunteer)
• Alternatives Action and Communication Network
  for International Development (www.alternatives.ca
  ) (Internship)
• The American Refugee Committee (ARC)
• (www.arcrelief.org) (Work/Volunteer)
• AmeriSpan (www.amerispan.com) (Internship/Voluntee
  r)

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Humanitarian and Development Internships

• Amnesty International (www.amnesty.org)
  (Internship)
• The International Human People to People Movement
  (www.humana.org) (Volunteer)
• Canadas Coalitition to End Global Poverty
• (www.ccic.ca) (Employment/ Volunteer)
• Transitions.Abroad.com
• (http//www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/
• index.shtml (Employment/Internship)-resources?

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Humanitarian and Development Internships

• Global Crossroad (http//www.globalcrossroad.com/)
  
• (Internship)
• iWork/Entry-levels Jobs and Internships in Europe
  
• (http//www.iagora.com/iwork/) (Employment)

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United Nations Internships and Volunteer Work

• United Nations Center for Human Settlements
  (HABITAT) (www.unhabitat.org) (Internship)
• United nations Educational, Scientific and
  Cultural Organization (http//portal.unesco.org/)
• (Internship)
• United nations Research Institute for Social
  Development (www.unrisd.org) (Internship)

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• United Nations Headquarters Internship Program
• www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/sds.internsh/htm
• (The page cannot be found)

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Recommended Resources-Work Abroad

• Work Abroad Search Engine sites
• Monster
• http//globalgateway.monster.com/index.asp
• Go Abroad
• www.goabroad.com

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad

• TWU Sources
• Check with your department
• Business
• http//www.twu.ca/academics/business/features/abro
  ad.html
• Environmental St.
• http//www.twu.ca/academics/interdisciplinary/envi
  ronment/research.html
• Travel Studies
• http//www.twu.ca/glc/program/summer/courses/trave
  l-studies.html

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad - KEY
SuperWebsites

• Going Abroad-Index of Guides
• http//international.monster.ca/section2499.asp
• Work Abroad Article Index
• http//international.monster.com/workabroad/articl
  es/
• Articles on Finding a Job, Country/Region
  Profiles, City Guides, Industries Professions,
  Global Goodwill, Campus Entry-level, Visas/Work
  Permits, Culture Shock/Relocation, Global
  Etiquette, International Faux Pas, Books
• Monster.Com Work Abroad Site (links are
  funnykeep trying though)
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad - KEY
SuperWebsites (contd)

• Canuck Abroad
• (Great Resource site specifically for Canadians)
• Includes many tips, travel tips, visa tips, hotel
  and hostel and FORUMS and more!
• http//www.canuckabroad.com/
• International Student.Com
• www.internationalstudent.com

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad - KEY ARTICLES

• Why Go Global?
• http//international.monster.ca/7959_en-CA_p1.asp
• Strategies for Finding Work Abroad
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/tenti
  ps/
• Preparing for International Work Abroad
• http//international.monster.ca/7985_en-CA_p1.asp
• Key Tips Before You Go Abroad
• http//international.monster.ca/7983_en-CA_p1.asp

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad - KEY ARTICLES

• Want a Global, or International Career?
  Absolutely do NOT miss out on this Student
  Checklist!
• http//international.monster.ca/7962_en-CA_p1.asp
• Work Abroad WITHOUT a Job Lined Up
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/lined
  up/
• Key Tips on How to Research International
  Companies Effectively
• http//international.monster.ca/7963_en-CA_p1.asp

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad-Employment Tips

• What is a CV??
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/cvtip
  s/
• What International companies are looking for in
  CVs (versus our understanding of resumes)
• http//international.monster.ca/6833_en-CA_p1.asp
• Transform your Resume into a CV accepted by
  International Employers
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/resum
  eintocv/
• Sample CV
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/cvexa
  mple/

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad-Employment Tips
(contd)

• Do we need Thank You Letters for International
  Work? Yes or no?
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/thank
  yous/
• International Business Etiquette
• http//international.monster.ca/7958_en-CA_p1.asp
• Virtual Interview Practice for Working Abroad
• http//tools.lycos.monster.com/culturequizzes/virt
  ualinterviewquiz/

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad? Coming Home

• When Things Dont Work Out Abroad The Long Way
  Home
• http//international.monster.ca/7983_en-CA_p1.asp

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad Other Helpful
Stuff!

• Culture QuizzesTest your knowledge of a
  particular culture
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/archives/quizz
  es/
• Speak Multiple Languages?-Thats a huge bonus.
  Find out why.
• http//diversity.lycos.monster.com/articles/langua
  ge/
• Be safe! Realize Possible Expatriate Danger
  Zones
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/dange
  r/
• How to Find a Cultural Mentor who can Help You
  Adjust to New Culture
• http//international.monster.ca/7977_en-CA_p1.asp

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad Other Helpful
Stuff

• Living Abroad vs. Travelling for Work
• http//international.monster.com/workabroad/articl
  es/travelvsliving/
• How to deal with Culture Shock! (Dont be a Cross
  Cultural Casualty
• http//workabroad.lycos.monster.com/articles/cross
  cultural/

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad-Visa stuff

• Visa Tips
• http//www.canuckabroad.com/travel-visa/tourist-wo
  rk-study-visa.php
• Working abroad without a visa-Find out how and
  where this is possible.
• http//international.monster.ca/7961_en-CA_p1.asp

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Recommended ResourcesWork Abroad

• Definition of Expatriate via Wikipedia (dont
  quote this on an essay! Wikipedia doesnt count
  as a reference -) )
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expatriates

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Recommended Resources-Internships

• Internships lists
• http//www.canadiancareers.com/internships.html
• http//www.campusaccess.com/internships/index.html
  
• www.wetfeet.com (North American only)

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Recommended Resources-Internships

• Locating an Internship Advice Guide
• http//www.campusaccess.com/internships/advice-loc
  ating.html

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• http//www.voyage.gc.ca/main/living/working_abroad
  -en.asp

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