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Overseas Jobs
Where to Find Them?
As I was conducting my career search for overseas jobs, I found several
professions that appeared over and over again.
It became obvious that
I needed to investigate these "high demand" job opportunities.
Here's some school of thought with regards to overseas
employment. Jean-Marc Hachey, Transitions Abroad's
International Career columnist, states:
"International careers
don’t just happen. They are carefully planned and built up over a
period of time.
International employers insist that you have international experience
before sending you to work abroad.
The key to
gaining international experience is to dive into all things
international while you are at university and by taking a gap year off.
You need to
build up a host of international experiences before you are ready to
start applying for professional international jobs.
And the
great thing about building these experiences is that you can have a
blast doing it!"
Although I agree with Mr. Hachey's premise of gaining international
exposure, I will leave it up to you whether or not a "gap year" from
college is something you want to do.
While I was researching overseas jobs, "teaching overseas" was probably
the number one international job
I came across.
But more specifically...teaching English. The trouble
was deciding which program was best suited for me.
With regards to teaching English, let's begin with a few acronyms. You
would think that searching for an international teacher job involving
English would be rather straightforward.
But as you can tell by the
list below, there are many flavors for this career path.
Here are some terms you may come across during your teaching
English overseas search:
- EFL
= English as a Foreign Language (Studying English in
non-English-speaking countries)
- ELL
= English Language Learner
- ELT
= English Language Teaching (or sometimes Training)
- ESL
= English as a Second Language (Studying English as a non-native
speaker in a country where English is spoken. ESOL = English to
Speakers of Other Languages
- ESP
= English for Specific Purposes / English for Special Purposes
- FLT
= Foreign Language Teaching
- TEFL
= Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- TESL
= Teaching English as a Second Language
- TESOL
= Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- TOEFL
= Test of English as a Foreign Language
- TOEIC
= Test of English for International Communication
So as you can see, coming up with a good career development plan will
help you focus your job hunting objective.
In addition to international jobs relating to teaching English, there
are several other jobs that are are in high demand.
Some of the more available overseas jobs are:
As you would imagine, overseas jobs come in all types and skill levels.
I would recommend you use the same search approach as mentioned in the
job opportunity
and career advice
sections.
There may also be some value added by mixing in home business
opportunities with your career plan.
These types of businesses can be
done anywhere in the world there is an Internet connection.
For more detailed information on moving
overseas, such as the overseas
jobs
section here,
please check out the expatriate,
working
abroad, moving
abroad and international
job search areas.
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