International Career Tips

This section lists various websites and resource links that can help you research specific countries and careers around the world. These resources will help you identify opportunities as well as learn about living abroad.

The Wall Street Journal's Executive Career Site : offers a useful international salary comparison tool to compare average salaries for a large number of occupations in cities around the globe.

Monster.com: provides a detailed work abroad section that provides country specific articles that describe what it is like to work and live in another country. Other useful resources include tools to estimate costs abroad, public vs. private sector, culture quizzes that test your knowledge of specific countries, and provides tips on how to conduct a global job search.

Goinglobal.com: an international career site providing in country, "grass-roots" career information compiled by contributors in-country. The site provides an overview of career information organized by country or career field. Complete information is available in their guides that can be purchased.

American Citizens Abroad (ACA): a nonprofit-nonpartisan-nongovernmental association dedicated to serving and defending the interests of individual U.S. citizens living worldwide. Headquartered in Geneva, our members come from all corners of world. Services include useful information for U.S. citizens abroad.

4International Careers & Jobs: the leading world-wide directory of quality job sites and career resources and a free starting point for international job seekers, employers and recruiters. The site covers 190 countries and includes more than 1000 selected English language job sites and career resources classified according to 18 categories.