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Here you will find global resources, such as websites, networking organizations and companies that can serve your needs. If you have a global resource link you would like to add, please email me your suggestion.
Global Careers
- www.globalcareercenter.org - Global Career Center.com is an international career services company with foreign and domestic jobs, international resume writing services, video conferencing, and great information on work permits, immigration info and visas.
- www.goinglobal.com
- Mary Anne Thompson's Going Global website provides
global/country specific career information on 23
countries (including resumes, interviewing advice,
employment trends, work permits, cultural tips and
cost of living information) for individuals from
any nationality interested in pursuing employment
outside of their home countries. See Mary Anne's
book The Global Resume and CV Guide in the Global
Citizen Bookstore.
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Cultural Adjustment
- Coghill & Beery International
are world-wide specialists in building international
business teams and cross-cultural competencies.
They offer international leadership development,
global teambuilding, executive coaching and pre-departure
coaching for expatriating individuals and project
teams. To find out more about group and one-to-one
coaching on cultural issues, including online support
via their cross-cultural assessment tool Argonaut,
contact:
argonaut@coghillbeery.com
- www.cultureactive.com-
This is one of the best web-based global cultural
databases, featuring over 40 countries, designed
for globetrotting executives and others interested
in foreign cultures. You'll find extensive country
profiles that cover a diversity of cultural topics
like history and geography, concepts of space and
time, and leadership styles and negotiating. You
can even find out your own personal cultural profile.
To sign up for access to this powerful tool, see
their website.
- www.expatexpert.com
- Robin Pascoe, writer and expat, designed her site
to help expat spouses and families adjust to living
abroad and then readjust to coming home again. Her
online articles are fabulous and witty. You can
sign up for her newsletter and email her for advice
about moving overseas.
- www.expatica.com
- English-language news and information source for
expatriates living in, working in or moving to the
Netherlands (Holland), Germany, France, Belgium
or Spain. Expatica publishes ten websites plus a
printed HR newsletter and four, country-oriented
Survival Guides.
- www.paguro.com
- Paguro is an online community run by expats from
around the world that provides tools to support
expatriates and their families. You can find information
on raising children abroad, education, jobs and
careers, money, tax and financial planning, cultural
issues and much more.
- www.vitalissues-germany.com
- A community resource site, as well as the official
website for the book with the same name - VITAL
ISSUES: How to Survive Officialdom While Living
in Germany. Vital Issues is a must for English-speaking
residents living in Germany. The book will offer
a comprehensive, understandable explanation of German
customs, traditions, and laws affecting marriage,
job-hunting, renting, and buying of property, divorce,
retirement, senior citizens and inheritance, plus
much more.
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Educational Travel
- www.artguat.org
- Whether you are a professional artist
or writer or simply enjoy creative hobbies, Art
Workshops in Guatemala offers over 25 art programs
to expand your horizons. In classes of ten students
or less, you can take courses in creative writing,
drawing, painting, watercolor, fiber arts/beading/textiles,
photography/film/video, theater arts/dance and Spanish
language. Cultural tours are also included.
- www.ietravel.com
- International Expeditions is an eco-tourism and
conservation organization whose tours focus on environmental
awareness, nature interpretation and nature conservation.
Expeditions explore remote island wildlife, pristine
rainforests, life on the African plains and many
other of the world's natural wonders.
- www.berlitz.com
- Berlitz offers intensive language learning in
over 60 countries for one to eight weeks. In addition
to four hour daily language instruction, you can
live with a local host family and participate in
cultural trips to practice your new language skills.
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International Women
- www.nafe.com
- The National Association for Female Executives
(NAFE) is the largest association of businesswomen
and female business owners in the USA with 125,000
members. NAFE networks are also in Australia, India,
Israel, the Netherlands, Romania, South Africa and
Trinidad/Tobago.
- www.AnAmericanAbroad.com
- The Hub for Americans Abroad - is the trusted
online resource for Americans abroad and/or those
seeking to go abroad. With news, columns, community
forum, reviews, shopping, tourist info, tool &
guides, publications, country reports, links, etc.,
our goal is to promote travel abroad, educate Americans
within the US about the outside world, form a community
for Americans residing overseas, promote respectable
products & services pertaining to your needs
and wants, and make life simpler by putting a lot
much more under your fingertips to save you time.
- www.awcduesseldorf.org
- The AWCD (American Women's Club of Duesseldorf),
FAWCO member (see below) seeks to further the companionship
and mutual interests of its multicultural members.
We offer support, assistance and over 30 fun activities
to our members through a variety of programs and
to the community through contributions to recognized
charitable organizations, especially those serving
the needs of women and children. We are an international
group of approximately 370 members. Seventy percent
of our members are American or wives of Americans,
about fifteen percent are German, and the remainder
represent many different nationalities.
- www.fausa.org
- the alumnae arm of the Federation of American
Women's Clubs Overseas (FAWCO- see below). It's
mission is to facilitate the repatriation experience
of its members and to help them maintain their international
ties in order to bring about a better understanding
between the United States and other nations.
- www.fawco.org
- FAWCO, The Federation of American Women's
Clubs Overseas Inc. is an international network
of 74 independent clubs with a combined membership
of over 17,000 women in 33 countries worldwide.
It serves as a support network for American women
living and working abroad and is particularly active
in the fields of U.S. citizens' concerns, education,
environmental protection, and women's and children's
rights. In addition, each individual American Women's
Club in cities around the world offers a plethora
of fun activities from baby groups and language
lessons to running groups and networking evenings.
- www.forwomentravelingsolo.com - For Women Traveling Solo is the consummate travel website for women, providing in-dept information including safety tips, essential travel links, an interactive Forum and a community of Travel Bloggers.
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International
Relocation
- www.easyexpat.com -
Help for expatriates on overseas moving
and relocation abroad (Paris, London,
Sydney, San Francisco, Montreal, New
York, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Brussels,
Geneva): accommodation, jobs, international
schools, health.
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Scholarships
- www.fawcofoundation.org
- FAWCO (Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas)
offers scholarships to American Women's Clubs/FAWCO
members and their children. All members who want
to continue their studies (including adult members
interested in continuing education), have graduating
children, dual culture children age 14 or above,
or children with special needs ages 14-20, are all
potential candidates for the various scholarships.
- TEFL Grants, http://exchanges.state.gov/education/engteaching/
- If you have a Master's degree in TESL or TEFL
(Teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language)
or if you are an experienced teacher, you may qualify
for an 11 month grant that would allow you to teach
at an overseas university or educational institution,
while learning more about a foreign culture. You
would receive a fixed stipend in U.S. dollars, cost
of living allowance, round-trip travel and medical
insurance. See the U.S. Department of State website
to apply.
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International Students
- www.internationalstudent.com
- For students who want to study in the USA, this
is an excellent site to help you find the right
program. It also includes information on insurance,
student loans and scholarships, immigration information
and much more.
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Study Abroad
- www.discopenhagen.org
- Denmark's International Study (DIS) Program, affiliated
with the University of Copenhagen, offers summer,
semester and year study abroad opportunities. Courses
are in Humanities, International Business, Architecture
and Design, Medical Practice, Child Development,
and Arctic Biology (in Iceland). Courses include
several European study tours. A 6 week academic
internship in London is also available. See their
website for course details and costs.
- www.insead.edu
- If you want a career in international business,
a graduate degree from one of the world's largest
and most recognized graduate business schools could
be the key. INSEAD offers one year intensive MBA
programs and Executive Education courses in France
and Singapore. See their website for information
on course content, language training, career opportunities,
tuition rates and life at INSEAD.
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International Teaching Positions
- www.tieonline.com
- To view job ads for worldwide teaching
positions, subscribe to The International Educator.
A full subscription entitles you to five issues
of The International Educator newspaper, job ads
from hundreds of overseas schools, a resume bank
where you can post your teaching qualifications,
and access to information on recruiting fairs, career
development, news articles and more.
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Volunteer Abroad
- www.coralcay.org
- Coral Cay Conservation Volunteer programs from
2-12 weeks or more offer people of all ages the
chance to help save coral reefs and tropical rainforests
from destruction. Expeditions take place in Honduras,
Tobago Cays, Fiji, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Training is provided.
- www.globalroutes.org
- Through Global Routes, high school and college
students can volunteer and intern in Costa Rica,
Ecuador, Ghana, Kenya, Thailand and on the Navajo
Reservation. Teaching and community service projects
are a core part of the program. For costs and program
information, see their website.
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www.concernamerica.org - Professionals
trained in medicine, health, nutrition, education,
sanitation, agro-forestry and technology can apply
their skills at Concern America to help refugees
in Latin America and Africa for up to two years.
Your basic expenses will be paid and you'll receive
a small stipend upon returning home.
- www.amizade.org
- On your next vacation increase your cultural awareness
by lending a hand on educational, environmental,
health and community service programs in Brazil,
Bolivia, or Australia. See Amizade's website for
details.
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Wealth Management
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www.joseph-oliver.com - The folks at
Joseph Oliver Ltd. are experts at wealth management
for high net worth expatriates, foreign nationals
and international investors. As off-shore specialists,
they advise on all aspects of tax planning, as well
as offer a comprehensive array of investment services.
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Work Abroad
- www.bunac.org
- Through BUNAC's exchange program for students
and young people, you could spend a year doing a
variety of short-term jobs in New Zealand while
taking time to tour the country. BUNAC also offers
programs to work up to six months in Britain and
four months in Australia. For more details on taking
part in these work abroad programs, contact BUNAC.
- www.cdsintl.org
- The Carl Duisberg Society (CDS) offers work visas,
training programs, scholarships and fellowships
for American students to gain professional work
experience in Germany in their fields of specialization.
Programs range from 3-18 months. For a complete
listing of programs for which you might qualify,
see the CDS website.
- www.expatica.com
- English-language news and information source for
expatriates living in, working in or moving to the
Netherlands (Holland), Germany, France, Belgium
or Spain. Expatica publishes ten websites plus a
printed HR newsletter and four, country-oriented
Survival Guides.
- www.globalcareercenter.org-
Global Career Center.com is an international career
services company with foreign and domestic jobs,
international resume writing services, video conferencing,
and great information on work permits, immigration
info and visas.
- www.jobpilot.com
- Using jobpilot.com, one of Europe's top job search
engines, you can post your CV online, search for
global jobs, get resume tips and interviewing advice.
Job listings cover internships, freelance and contracting
work, entry level and graduate jobs, and permanent
positions.
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