The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas is the authoritative guide on international careers for university students and young professionals. At a whopping 1,600 pages (including CD-ROM), The BIG Guide contains expert advice on gaining experience through study and internships, succeeding and adapting to overseas living, career planning, job searching, international resumes, international interviews, specific professions abroad and 3,045 carefully researched organizations offering professional jobs and international career resources. Available on-line and in print at www.WorkingOverseas.com, the Fourth Edition of The BIG Guide is your ticket to success and adventure MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE BIG GUIDE The BIG Guide has five parts that represent the five phases of successfully building an international career. If you are a young professional and follow these steps, you can be sure that you will exponentially increase your chances of finding the right program to build your international portfolio and be ready to land a professional international job. PART ONE delves into the experience of LIVING OVERSEAS, uncovering the unique skills international employers look for in an employee. After reading these chapters, you will also understand why international living is addictive PART TWO explains HOW TO GAIN EXPERIENCE and profiles programs to help you volunteer, study, travel, and most importantly, find a professional internship abroad. These programs are absolutely essential to helping you develop your International IQ - and you'll have a lot of fun at the same time PART THREE tells you everything about THE INTERNATIONAL JOB SEARCH. Here, you'll learn how international r sum s and interviews are unique and how to sell your international skills. These insightful chapters have made us famous in Canada PART FOUR describes the ins and outs of various PROFESSIONS internationally, including engineering, health, development and others. There is even a
Although you might be able to find some of this info on the internet, it would take years. The guy who wrote the last review missed the mark. While the roots of this book are Canadian, I found that more than three quarters of its 1,600 pages are applicable to Americans and well worth the investment when compared to what else is available in the US. For example The BIG Guide has the largest available list profiling US NGOs (with more than 400) and more than 300 US private sector firms which regularly hire for international positions. These organizations are indexed in the book and their carefully written profiles are located on the CD-ROM. ...another gem of The BIG Guide is its professional career building advice, offering un-paralleled expertise when compared with other US publications, ---my favourite chapters are on international job hunting (international resumes etc) and the skills about living overseas --- forty one chapters in all. No publication does international careers better than this guide. I used an earlier version of this guide and I have recommended it to many people over the years and they all have been thrilled.
Career booster
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
The BIG Guide is targeted specifically to college students who want to start building international experience while in school and who have the long term goal of finding a professional international job. The book starts with the premises that you need to gain international experience first by volunteering, interning, studying, and/or traveling abroad. While expensive, this book is most likely the world's best international career guide with detailed chapters on how to write an international resume, conduct interviews, sell your international skills, ...plus it contains a massive number of annotated resources and descriptions of all types of organizations hiring internationally ...no other book covers these topics as well as this one. M LaPrairie, Washington DC
awesome resource
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Bought it for a friend and now I want one for myself! The book can actually be viewed online for a subscriber fee too. http://www.workingoverseas.com
Packed Full of Great Advice!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Definitely the most comprehensive book I've been able to find about working overseas and life abroad. It's packed full of great advice for those seeking an international job or interested in studying or working short- or long-term in another country. A great feature is that it actually lists where the jobs are and provides step-by-step strategies about how to get your international career moving. If you're thinking of going abroad, you definitely need this book.
Mind Boggling Opportunities
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
If you're interested in working abroad, this must be the single most useful resource on the market. Great advice, helpful profiles and resources, and great writing. Carefully crafted by experienced writers and editors. A must for anyone wanting to get started on an overseas career.
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