Links for International Students - Finding Work in the United States

Globalplacement
Global interactive platform for internships, (work)placements and graduation assignments on an international level. We have a collaboration with the European Union through the Leonardo da Vinci project. 

U.S. Employment: Challenges for International Students

H1 Visa Jobs
An online database of United States employers that sponsor the H-1B visa for international professionals.  There is a $50 access fee for each database for a six-month period.  The databases include the following areas: Administration, Business Administration & Management, Computer Science, Education & Research, Engineering, Languages, Life & Health Sciences, Math & Physical Sciences, Medicine and Other Professions.

H1-B Sponsors
H1-B sponsors for USA IT and Non-IT jobs. 

International Student City Career Center
Comprehensive information and knowledge about everything that an international student needs to know about working in the United States.

Center for International Education
At the University of California, Irvine.  This page contains links to worldwide internship listings.  The site recommendations have gold stars next to them.

InternationalJobs.org
A comprehensive source of international jobs for professionals, including international development jobs.

Association for International Practical Training
A J-1 visa sponsor designated by the U.S. Department of State.  AIPT works with the company and trainee to arrange visa sponsorship, required insurance and provide program support for individuals to complete on-the-job-training assignments in the United States.  AIPT can also arrange work permits for students and professionals to go from the United States to one of 80 countries, and provide program support before and during the international assignment.

ForeignMBA.com
Designed by foreign MBA students to help all non-U.S. citizens in pursuing their goals through an MBA.

America's Career InfoNet
Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online.

Asia-Net
The Asia-Net community comprises over 140,000 professionals with unique ties to Asia, i.e., Asian nationals, people of Asian heritage (including first, second, and third generation Asian Americans), and others with professional interests in the Asia/Pacific-Rim.

Academic360.com
A meta-collection of Internet resources that have been gathered for the academic job hunter. It includes links to faculty, staff, and administrative announcements and is not restricted to teaching positions.

Bio Med Scientist Jobs
One of the leading international recruitment web sites for Life Science and Medical professionals.

CollegeGrad.com
Offers the largest open access entry level careers Web site for college students and recent grads, with more than 10,000 job postings, 140 resume templates, a searchable employer database (more than 8,000 the entire contents of the best-selling book, College Grad Job Hunter” online and free for all to access.

Science's Next Wave Magazine
A weekly online publication that covers scientific training, career development, and the science job market. The Next Wave is published by SCIENCE magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ironstring.com
A resource for PhD's considering careers beyond the university.

Finding Work Abroad

www.eslteacherrecruiter.com
Teach English in Korea . Hundreds of
positions available. Company is called ESL Teacher Recruiter.

International Jobs 
Features jobs with the United Nations and various international agencies.

BUNAC
BUNAC is a non-profit organization that sponsors a number of work/travel programs to destinations around the world (Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa).

Devnetjobs.org
Gateway to International Development jobs & consultancies.

EuroGraduate.com
The Careers Database features thousands of Graduate Opportunities across Europe. You can search by any combination of industry, type of occupation, degree/diploma qualification or country of employment.

Expertise in Labor Mobility
Practical cultural management and job hunting information on more than 40 countries are your ultimate help to ensure a successful start of an international career.

JobServe.com
IT vacancies in the United Kingdom, and Europe, Asian and Australia.

Employment.com
Employment Opportunities in Australia, Canada, UK, Ireland, and New Zealand.

Monster.com Global Gateway
Opportunities in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, Africa, Asia Pacific, Caribbean, Central America, Europe, Middle East, and South America.

Hall Kinion International
Provides services for international (Asia/Pacific) professionals, managers and individual contributors for the semiconductor, software and communications industries.

CareerGardens.com
For early career professionals who have up to ten years’ professional experience, together with qualifications from the best higher education and training institutes in Europe and the United States.

JobPilot.net
A full service provider covering the needs of small, local companies as well as major international corporations' recruiting demands. Our presence in many European countries means we understand the particularities of local markets as well as recruitment on a global scale.

Careers in Africa
Aims to bring together internationally based African graduates and professionals who are seeking careers back in Africa with leading multinational companies.

Recruit International Career Information
Provides English/Asian bi-lingual job seekers with information regarding international careers and prospective employers in Asia-Pacific nations.

Placement India
A free placement site for job seekers where they can place their resumes and search for job vacancies that suit their requirements the best. They have the facility of updating, deleting, and de-activating their resumes online.

PlanetRecruit.com
This site holds a candidate database of over 450,000 live CV's, making it one of the most extensive online job resources in the UK.  PlanetRecruit is the largest provider of jobs to Yahoo! UK job classifieds and is partnered with MSN and Hotmail. The site has twice been listed for "IT Recruitment Service of the Year" at the Computing Awards for Excellence.

IrishJobs.ie
Ireland's leading recruitment Web site.

General

Aiesec in the United States
Student-run exchange organization; internship exchange opportunities abroad available through US universities, mainly for young business and IT professionals.

Association for International Practical Training
Offers exchange programs with on-site training for Americans abroad.

Bilingual Jobs
For job seekers with Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, French and German backgrounds.  

Council Exchanges
A nonprofit organization that has been a world leader in language learning and cultural exchange services for 52 years.  Council offers the opportunity to work, volunteer, and teach overseas and provides assistance with aspects such as visa documentation, handbooks, in-country orientations, and job and housing information.  Phone:  1-888-COUNCIL

Embassy World
Includes a searchable database for every embassy and consulate office in the world.

Escape Artist
Information on living, working, investing, and traveling abroad, with links to magazines featuring articles about the overseas experience.  Country destination profiles and international reference pages are also available.

Expat Exchange
A resource for expatriates offering advice from experts, a chat room, and links to international employment information and classified listings.

Explorations in Travel
Volunteer work placements from all over the world. People looking to spend an extended amount of time in an area, develop or using skills that will help in future employment, or just experience something new and challenging, will find a volunteer placement an invaluable opportunity.

Global Careers
An internet recruitment service, this website allows users to create accounts for resume and profile posting, job search, and career tips.

Global Service Corps
Global Service Corps places adults in short- and long-term volunteer projects in developing nations around the world.

International Employment Opportunities
Links to sites featuring international employment opportunities and resources.

Jobs Abroad.com
Offers resources for getting a variety of jobs abroad, as well as aiding students with travel resources information. 

Living Abroad
Offers help with relocation, international school listings, 81 country profiles, and valuable links for international business travelers and expats in general.

Monster.com
Not only a great resource for internships, but also for finding jobs abroad.

National Tourism Foundation
Resources for educators and students in the travel tourism industry, including scholarships, internships, and a list of schools.

Overseas Digest
The sister site of Expat Exchange, Overseas Digest offers a free newsletter, reports on living abroad, and an extensive bookstore.  Gives 26 vital government documents of interest to expats, including the Tips for Travelers series for country-specific destinations.

Overseas Job Express
Focusing on the global job market, this site offers more than 40 categories of international jobs, international listings, sample news articles, job search resources, a guide to embassies around the world, and links to other sites of interest to expatriates.

Peace Corps
Information on applying for "the toughest job you'll ever love."  The site includes news, volunteer stories, volunteer opportunities by industry and region, and global education information.

Relocating Overseas
Links to information on working and living abroad. 

Riley Job Guide
Lists international job opportunities for multiple countries or regions.  Very comprehensive. 

Visa Now
Information about obtaining visas and help understanding employment issues in the US. 

Working Adventures Worldwide
Information on the separate processes required for working abroad internationally, such obtaining visas.

Language & Culture

African Studies Center
The University of Pennsylvania provides information on its department of African Studies and study abroad programs.

Berlitz.Com
An education "chain" with at least one location in almost every country for the sole purpose of teaching a particular language. Browse programs by country.

Birthright Israel
News Web site, bulletin, and other information on traveling to Israel, scholarships for doing so, abroad work opportunities and programs for study.

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Information on exchange and teaching exchange programs promoting government values in the global community, and scholarships and grants for study and research. 

Civic Action In Eurasia
Details on independent projects in Eurasia, complete with internships and programs relevant to social change in Eurasia, from the Center for Civil Society, University of Washington.

International Association of Language Centers
Association for private, independent language schools that specialize in teaching the language of their country to students from abroad.

Japan:  Exploring Your Options
A guide to work, study and research in Japan.

LanguagesAbroad.Com
An international organization that specializes in sending thousands of students, of all ages and from around the world, to study abroad in a language school of their choice. Offers total language and cultural immersion programs in over 50 countries and in 30 different languages.

StudyAbroadLinks.Com - Index
A comprehensive directory of study abroad programs. Find college year and semester abroad, language home-stays and immersion programs, summer programs, internships, art and culinary programs, work and tutor programs and volunteer opportunities etc.

WeStudyAbroad.Com
A comprehensive directory of study abroad programs. Find college year and semester abroad, language home-stays and immersion programs, summer programs, internships, art and culinary programs, work and tutor programs and volunteer opportunities etc.

International Education

Bilingual Jobs
Information for bilingual career professionals on such occupations as translation, localization engineers, technology and service staff and many more.  Offers search by language and location as well as career tools such as resume help and posting.

Boston Language Institute
Offers a four week program for TEFL certification, and program information for international teaching. 

Council Exchanges USA
Abroad teaching and student exchange program.

Council on International Educational Exchange
Directory and links to IEE programs and general study, work, and travel abroad opportunities.

Dave's ESL Café
Offers job directories, forums and contact listings for Americans teaching abroad worldwide.

Ed-U-Link Services, Inc.
Services for overseas educators and schools.

Hess Language School
Devoted to recruiting native English-speaking college graduates from around the world to come to Taiwan and teach English at the largest private English language school in Southeast Asia and the Far East.

Institute of International Education
Information about Fulbright programs, study abroad, and scholarship programs.  Passport address contains information to guide students through the process of finding programs and obtaining a U.S. passport.

InterExchange
Offers a working abroad program for American students

International Education Services
Provides Japanese business people and students with a variety of English-language courses and training in writing, cross-cultural communications, business and technical areas. All of the instructors at IES are recruited from the United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain. The vast majority of the staff is in their 20's and 30's and each has at least B.A. or B.S. degree; many of them hold advanced degrees.

International Cooperative Education Program
For students, this website offers full time paid summer internships abroad.

International Schools Services (K-12)
Comprehensive website offers information on teaching abroad programs as well as links to teacher forums and separate program information at all levels.

Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
Designed to invite foreign youth to Japan and provide them with opportunities to teach language and sports at junior and senior high schools all over the Japan, or to engage in international exchange activities at local governments.

JobMonkey.com
An interesting site with summer and short term job opportunities in the U.S. and abroad, ranging from working in a fish cannery in Alaska to working abroad in Asia or Eastern Europe.

Mobility International USA
Guide to travel opportunities for people with disabilities, including exchange programs and information on travel.

Overseas Teacher's Digest
The virtual home for American teachers abroad.

Study Abroad.com
A commercial directory of study and work programs abroad.

Teach English in Asia
Website has information about many teaching options in Asia, as well as cultural, living, and travel info.  Also offers a free manual for TEFL methodology and a English game database that uses category tags, such as 'high school games', 'speaking games', etc for easy searching.

Teach in China
A unique program that allows college graduates the opportunity to teach English in a Chinese school or university.  You do not need teaching experience or Chinese language skills to apply, just excellent English ability, flexibility, and a sense of adventure.

Teaching Jobs Overseas
International employment for teachers.

TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links
Approximately 80 links to websites with information on available ESL jobs.

Transitions Abroad
Directory, newsletter, and magazine for those planning to study, work and travel abroad.

UCI's International Opportunities Program
Offers links to work abroad-related web sites and listings of well-known.  Included is information on a variety of opportunities including summer stay and study programs.

Office of Overseas Schools (U.S. Dept. of State)
Contains information on overseas American schools, including detailed profiles of various schools organized by region, job hunting links, info on teaching overseas and teacher education, more.

US State Department's American International Schools
Information on overseas American schools, including detailed profiles of various schools organized by region, job hunting links, and info on teaching overseas and teacher education.

WorldTeach
Private, non-profit organization based at Harvard University that sends volunteers overseas to teach in developing countries.

International Relations

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Information on exchange and teaching exchange programs promoting government values in the global community, and scholarships and grants for study and research. 

InterAction
The American Council for Voluntary International Action website provides information about the organization's commitment to a diversity of global issues and volunteer positions, from sustainable development to other action and diplomatic initiatives.

Peace Corps
Information on Peace Corps Volunteer International and domestic opportunities and initiatives; also features news updates on certain programs.

US State Department Career Site
Internships through the State Department with placements in international embassies abroad. 

Volunteers for Peace
International WorkCamps provide opportunities for students to travel and work abroad temporarily in 70 different countries.

International Business

CDS International
Internships offered through the CDS company for professionals, students, educators, and government jobs, mostly for work in Germany.

EscapeArtist.com
Offers diversity and wealth of job listings, as well as information about living abroad permanently.

Impact Publications
Firm specializing in literature for international travel and global careers in growing fields such as technology.

Intercultural Press, Inc.
Publishes work for a spectrum of people living abroad, from government related material to literature and cultural guides.

Jobserve
Job search links for technology-oriented careers in the international job field.

OverseasJobs.com
Maintains, adds and renews overseas job opportunities.

Work Abroad Program
Offers college students and recent graduates the opportunity to gain short-term work permits and job search support in a variety of countries across the globe.

International Employment

AEON Inter-Cultural Homepage
Organization for English education for primary through secondary levels.

CDS International
Lists open internship positions in Germany.

ELT News
Program offering English teaching certification and placement in Japan.

Hess
Teaching certification and placement program with the Hess school of Taiwan.

International Job Fairs
Calendar of sites and sponsoring universities; many events take place in the US, Canada and the UK.

Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
This website of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni Association includes information on accreditation and the program, which involves teaching in Japan for one to three years.

O-Hayo Sensei
Information on short-term employment teaching ESL in Japan.

Overseas Job Express
International job listings and job search resources in addition to miscellaneous information such as travel tips and how to locate travel companions.