International careers specialist offers some strategies for helping students translate their dreams into goals and transform their goals into actualities. Presents advising strategies for international employment and describes variety of programs and services for students who seek international careers. Sidebar notes current issues affecting…

Notes that students are setting their sights on international careers and visiting their university's career services center for information. Describes two focus groups of representatives from international employers that listed jobs with the center, individuals recommended by Alumni Relations Office, and personal contacts, set up to discuss how…

Describes Goucher College's plans to expand its overseas internship program. Following a brief overview of Goucher's program, this article presents questions and answers from interviews with employers concerning how they feel about internships and job opportunities abroad. (NB)

Notes that job qualifications, recruitment practices, and employee policies associated with teaching in international schools often differ dramatically from those found among typical U.S. public schools. Asserts that, to advise job seekers of this career option, career counselors need to be aware of the differences. Discusses international…

Surveyed 157 business students to determine how they viewed possibility of working overseas. Results showed that accepting a work assignment in a foreign country may depend on how "far" (economically, geographically, and culturally) that nation is from the United States. Most reasons advanced for preferring one country over another were…

Notes that Americans are selected for jobs overseas based on their job skills and job experience, with foreign language skills coming in third. Explores possibilities within the international job market, defines international career basics, and looks at language-based and language-related professions. Includes annotated International Job-Search…