Working Abroad Resources
Finding Work Abroad | Government/Private Opportunities | Teaching Overseas | Overseas Teacher Training | Library Resources
Finding Work Abroad
See Post-Graduate Opportunities Abroad – Web Resources
List of web resources to help you start searching for teaching, volunteer, graduate study or work opportunities abroad prepared by the Colorado College Office of Study Abroad.
See Guide to the International Job Search
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/CareerCenter/publications/UpdatedPackets/InternationalJobSearch.asp
Handout available at the Colorado College Career Center.
University of Michigan Overseas Opportunities Office – Work Abroad
http://www.umich.edu/~icenter/overseas/work/
Links to almost everything you need to know about work abroad.
Glimpse Magazine
http://www.glimpseabroad.org/
On-line magazine about the abroad experience, especially teaching abroad
See Colorado College’s Guide to Living, Interning, and Working Abroad
(available May 2006)
Government and Private Opportunities
Cultural Embrace
http://www.culturalembrace.com
Experiential and educational international programs for individuals and groups.
Interexchange
http://www.interexchange.org
Au pair program.
Overseas Jobs.com
http://www.overseasjobs.com
International job opportunities for professionals, expatriates and adventure seekers.
Overseas Digest for Americans Working Abroad
http://www.overseasdigest.com
With special section for teaching abroad.
Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/jobs/
Browse jobs by higher education institutions in other countries.
Idealist.org
http://www.idealist.org
Non-profit jobs.
Teaching Overseas (with and without Certification)
See Guide to Teaching Abroad
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/careercenter/publications/pdfs/TeachingAbroad.pdf
Prepared by the Colorado College Career Center.
Dave’s ESL Cafe
http://www.Daveseslcafe.com
Opportunities and Information, great networking site, one of the best for teaching without certification.
Footprints Recruiting Inc.
http://www.footprintsrecruiting.com
Free ESL teacher placement agency.
JET Programme
http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/index.html
Japan exchange and teaching program.
U.S. China Education Services
http://www.us-china-edu.com
Teaching jobs in China.
Teachabroad.com
http://www.teachabroad.com
WorldTeach
http://www.worldteach.org
ESLWorldwide.com
http://www.eslworldwide.com
ESLEmployment.com
http://www.eslemployment.com
ESLFocus.com
http://www.eslfocus.com
The Association of Boarding Schools
http://www.schools.com
Information on boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada.
U.S. Dept. of State, Office of Overseas Schools
http://state.gov/m/a/os/
Education America
http://educationamerica.net/
National and international vacancies, job fair directory.
TIE Online
http://tieonline.com/
Overseas teaching positions.
U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity
http://www.dodea.edu/
Troops to Teachers
http://www.jobs2teach.doded.mil
Department of Defense sponsored site listing teaching jobs.
UNI Overseas Recruiting Fair
http://www.uni.edu/placement/overseas/osfair/fairoverview.html
University of Northern Iowa Overseas Placement Service for Educators.
Teaching Overseas – Training
MA in TESOL available through the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Education Department and University of Colorado, Denver Education Department. Additional courses are available for ESL certification.
Dave’s ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com/
Lists TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) training opportunities for overseas teaching.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.
http://www.TESOL.org
Find training programs nationwide and also job postings.
Alliances Abroad
http://www.alliancesabroad.com/
BridgeLinguatec Language Services
http://www.bridgelinguatec.com
Language services located in Denver, other countries and available online or condensed.
University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations
http://www.cambridge-efl.org/teaching
CELTA certificates.
Hamline University Teaching English as a Foreign Language
http://www.hamline.edu/tefl
Beloit College
http://www.beloit.edu
Midwest Teacher Training Program
http://www.mttp.com
5 week course for teaching English.
Boston Language Institute Certification
http://www.teflcertificate.com
Teaching Overseas – Free Resources for Teaching ESL
ESL Sites for Teachers
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/index.php/guides/esl-sites-for-teachers
List of sites to assist teachers of ESL classes whether in the US or abroad prepared by Colorado College Tutt Library.
Library Resources
Finding Work Abroad | Preparation | Teaching
Alternative travel directory
Tutt Library 1st Floor North-Ref Careers LC6681.I48
Work your way around the world / Vacation Work, 2003
Education Dept. (Mierow)
The international directory of voluntary work / Vacation Work, 2003
Career Center
International job finder : where the jobs are worldwide
Tutt Library 1st Floor North-Ref Careers HF5549.5.E45 L38 2005
The directory of jobs and careers abroad / Vacation Work, 2002
Career Center
International jobs directory
Tutt Library 1st Floor North-Ref Careers HF5549.5.E45 K72 1999, also at Career Center
International jobs : where they are and how to get them??
Tutt Library 1st Floor North-Ref Careers HF5549.5.E45 S44 2003, also at Career Center
How to find an overseas job with the U.S. government : a complete & comprehensive guide
Tutt Library 1st Floor North-Reference HF5549.5.E45 C336 1992
How to get a job in Europe, 2003
Tutt Library 1st Floor North-Ref Careers HF5549.5.E45S26, also at Career Center
Summer jobs, Britain/ Vacation Work, 2004
Career Center
American business in China, 2000-2001
Career Center
Guide to jobs in Japan, 1998
Career Center
Launching your career in the UK
Career Center
Going global – career guides
Going Global
Database available campus-wide at CC. How to write resumes and interview for different countries
The global resume and CV guide, 2000
Career Center, also at Education Dept. (Mierow)
Best resumes and CVs for international jobs : your passport to the global job market
Tutt Library 1st Floor North-Ref Careers HF5383.K685 2002
In the know in <country name>: an indispensable cross-cultural guide to working and living abroad, 2001
Tutt 3rd Floor <various call numbers>
Survival kit for overseas living : for Americans planning to live and work abroad, 2001
Education Dept. (Mierow)
See Cultural Guides for Individual Countries
[[[[[[http://www.coloradocollege.edu/Library/Course/ID/CulturalGuidesCountries.html
Lists of books with information about culture, customs, of individual countries, especially what it’s like to live in those countries as a foreigner prepared by Colorado College Tutt Library.
Teaching English abroad, 2005
Career Center
ISS directory of international schools, 2003/2004
Education Dept. (Mierow)
Teaching English overseas : a job guide for Americans and Canadians, 2000
Education Dept. (Mierow)
Overseas employment opportunities for educators / Dept. of Defense Dependents Schools, 1999
Education Dept. (Mierow)
UNI Fact Sheet Book, 1998
Fact sheet and orientation information about overseas schools, salaries, benefits
Education Dept. (Mierow)
Teaching abroad: how and where to find world-wide opportunities and contacts, 3rd ed. 1998
Published in the UK but good tips on preparing to leave and arriving.
Education Dept. (Mierow)
(Presented by Darlene Garcia, Sarah Kawano, Carol Emmer, Marsha Unruh, and Krystyna Mrozek for Tutt Library’s Lunch and Learn, March 10, 2005.)
(Presented by Darlene Garcia, Carol Emmer, and Krystyna Mrozek during Colorado College’s International Opportunities Week, September 22, 2005.)
(Presented by Darlene Garcia, Carol Emmer, and Krystyna Mrozek for Tutt Library’s Lunch and Learn, February 2, 2006.)
(Presented by Krystyna Mrozek during Colorado College’s International Opportunities Week, September 21, 2006.)