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These sites offer suggestions for all aspects of getting a job internationally, including work visas and ways to get cheaper airfare.

Back Door Jobs - Exciting Career Adventures -- Links to unique and alternative short-term jobs, internships, and work experiences abroad.

BUNAC.org -- BUNAC provides work/travel programs that give participants the opportunity to live and work abroad. You can combine the everyday, working life of a country with exciting travel possibilities.

CESOP -- Information for students and recent graduates who wish to work, study, or live in Italy.

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) -- Council Exchanges' Work Abroad program offers college students and recent graduates (within one semester of graduation) the opportunity to gain short-term work permits and job search support for France, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Costa Rica and New Zealand. Council also offers a Work in Australia program open to anyone between the ages of 18 and 30, regardless of student status. The Work in Australia program includes full access to the new Sydney headquarters and resource center. Job opportunities range from casual/seasonal employment to pre-arranged professional positions. Through CIEE you can also volunteer overseas or teach English in a foreign country.

Escape Artist -- A website that shows you how to restart your life abroad. With thousands of articles, contacts, resources, links and tools for finding overseas real estate, international employment, hidden enclaves, artist havens, unique destinations, offshore investments, and the requirements for living an international lifestyle. Since 1995, we have been helping escape artists just like you restart their lives abroad. Over 350,000 escape artists subscribe and read Escape From America Magazine and the Offshore Real Estate Quarterly. ...join them.

Experiment in International Living -- Offers summer abroad leadership programs in community service and outdoor adventures in many different countries; however, these programs do have a fee.

Footprints Recruiting Incorporated -- Provides college graduates with an excellent opportunity to teach English abroad. Services are free to Grinnell College graduates. Teaching experience and knowledge of foreign languages are not prerequisites.

Foreign Service Web Site -- You can search for international jobs with the U.S. Department of State from this site. Also, see the "Travel and Living Abroad" page for information regarding passports, visas, and general information about living abroad.

GoAbroad.com -- A resource for study abroad programs, language schools, volunteer programs, internships, and jobs abroad. Features dynamically constructed travel guides, an embassy data base, currency converter, visa information and more.

Hess Educational Organization -- This site is 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 - Hess Language School - and you don't need a TEFL certificate, Chinese language, or teaching experience.

International Career Employment Center -- Positions listed are generally those for which the employer urgently needs candidates. Members may receive additional listings that will include entry level and internship positions.

International Job Links -- This site includes worldwide job sites and includes information about internships, volunteering, salary services, and temporary jobs.

The International WWOOF (World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) Association -- The International WWOOF Association is dedicated to helping those who would like to volunteer on organic farms internationally. WWOOF aims to enable people to learn first hand about organic growing techniques on farms throughout the world. In most cases no prior farming experience is necessary and in exchange for work you receive room and board at the farm. There are host farms associated with WWOOF in almost every country in the world. When you join a WWOOF organization, you will be put into contact with these host farms, and then it is up to you to contact the host farms that interest you.

Monster International Zone -- A subset of Monster.com, this site has information on international job searches, visas, work permits, relocation, plus interviews with expatriates from all over the world.

One Small Planet -- This site offers a guide to work, internships, volunteer, travel and study opportunities abroad.

Peace Corps -- Types of jobs the Peace Corps offers, places where volunteers serve, benefits of service, and local recruitment events.

Teach Away -- Teach Away is dedicated to placing motivated and adventurous English speaking graduates at quality ESL teaching jobs abroad. Teach Away offers a wide variety of international jobs at Ministries of Education and Top Private Schools around the globe. Established in 2003, Teach Away has become a leader in international teacher recruitment.

WorldTeach -- WorldTeach is a private, non-profit organization based at Harvard University that sends volunteers overseas to teach in developing countries. This is an alternative to the Peace Corps for non-professionals who want to live and work overseas.

United Education Consulting -- UEC is a dynamic recruitment consultancy that offers a practical employment service for English teaching in South Korea.


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