http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/10/01/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-a-job-in-international-affairs-marks-take/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/10/01/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-a-job-in-international-affairs-marks-take/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Andrea Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:14:01 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=83#comment-18 Great post! I think I might be doing an unpaid internship. Oh well! Great post! I think I might be doing an unpaid internship. Oh well!

]]> http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/10/01/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-a-job-in-international-affairs-marks-take/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Franca Gargiulo Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:27:07 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=83#comment-17 Sherry -- I don't know if you would remember me from IDC in San Francisco and as a speaker at the NCIV meetings about 5 years ago --- I was so delighted to learn of your book and look forward to reading it! After almost 20 years in the world of international trade and communications, there has never been more of a need for new graduates who have such a global background and interest in all things international to be plunging ahead into the work world! My only thought on the comments of how to expand a job search is not to overlook the "non international" job in private industry. In many cases, sales and marketing positions at the junior level require much interaction with key customers, vendors, etc and this will, de facto, include a huge global constituency. The title of the position may not say "international" but you can be sure that if you are acting as a program manager or coordinator, one will have a huge array of global exposure. This kind of experience in the private sector is worth its weight in gold and can be just as complelling as those jobs/positions with international organizations. The key is reading between the lines and asking questions about the position and the type of interaction one would be having in the role. So the message here -- take a look at some hidden gems that might justhave a description of "sales coordinator" as a title. Sales for any firm is 50% international! Sherry — I don’t know if you would remember me from IDC in San Francisco and as a speaker at the NCIV meetings about 5 years ago — I was so delighted to learn of your book and look forward to reading it! After almost 20 years in the world of international trade and communications, there has never been more of a need for new graduates who have such a global background and interest in all things international to be plunging ahead into the work world! My only thought on the comments of how to expand a job search is not to overlook the “non international” job in private industry. In many cases, sales and marketing positions at the junior level require much interaction with key customers, vendors, etc and this will, de facto, include a huge global constituency. The title of the position may not say “international” but you can be sure that if you are acting as a program manager or coordinator, one will have a huge array of global exposure. This kind of experience in the private sector is worth its weight in gold and can be just as complelling as those jobs/positions with international organizations. The key is reading between the lines and asking questions about the position and the type of interaction one would be having in the role. So the message here — take a look at some hidden gems that might justhave a description of “sales coordinator” as a title. Sales for any firm is 50% international!

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