Although a bold step, many positions across the world are waiting to be filled with qualified candidates who are wishing to get a taste of the expatriate lifestyle. Working overseas is not a popular path for graduating seniors, according to the Career Services Center and other student organizations have also seen a decreasing attendence in work-abroad programs. Stein speaks with many students interested working in Spain, Switzerland, France and England each year. But actually finding a job overseas is a time-consuming process of research and dedication.
Students have many paths to find a job overseas.
Half of a shelf in the Career Services Library is dedicated to finding jobs overseas and different ways of going about finding them. The books also bring up important and necessary steps such as dealing with visa applications and adjusting to different cultures. In order to work overseas, a business visa, in most countries, needs to be sponsored by the company you plan to work for and renewed annually. The first step to finding a job overseas is looking in the classified section of any major daily newspaper. And students can filter the large database of jobs through the region they prefer to work in and the appropriate field.