How is The BIG Guide Organized?

The Big Guide has five parts that represent the five phases of successfully building an international career. If you are a university student or 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: Your International IQ

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!

1. The Effective Overseas Employee
2. Myths & Realities
3. Living Overseas
4. What Expats Say About Living Abroad
5. Learning a Foreign Language
6. Women Living & Working Overseas
7. The North American Identity in the International Workplace
8. Re-Entry

PART TWO: Acquiring International Experience

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!

9. Starting Your International Career
10. Short-Term Programs Overseas
11. Hosting Programs
12. Cross-Cultural Travel
13. Study Abroad
14. Awards & Grants
15. International Studies in Canada
16. International Studies—The World’s Top Schools
17. Internships Abroad

PART THREE: The International Job Search

PART THREE tells you everything about THE INTERNATIONAL JOB SEARCH. Here, you’ll learn how international resumes and interviews are unique and how to sell your international skills. The BIG Guide is renowned for these insightful chapters!

18. Your Career Path & The Ideal International Profile
19. The Hiring Process
20. The Job Search & Targeting Your Research
21. Resources for the International Job Search
22. Phone Research Techniques
23. Selling Your International Skills
24. International Resumes
25. Covering Letters
26. Interviewing for an International Job
27. Jobs by Regions of the World
28. Job Hunting When You Return Home

PART FOUR: The Professions

PART FOUR describes the ins and outs of various international PROFESSIONS, including engineering, health, development and others. There is even a chapter on teaching English to some of the one billion people in the world who want to learn the language. Learn how an English teaching job can be a stepping stone to other international careers.

29. Teaching Abroad
30. Careers in International Development
31. International Law Careers
32. Engineering Careers Abroad
33. Health Careers Abroad
34. Spousal Employment & Freelancing Abroad
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98. The 50+ Worker Abroad
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PART FIVE: International Career Directories

PART FIVE provides detailed CAREER DIRECTORIES. We have carefully profiled over 2,200+ organizations by sector, including private, governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations. Each description outlines the organization’s international work, the qualifications required for employment, and the number of international staff. We also include the full address, areas of specialization, regions of operation and job categories for each organization. We even provide an assessment of their Internet jobs page!

35. Private Sector Firms in Canada
36. Private Sector Firms in the US
37. Canadian Government
38. NGOs in Canada
39. NGOs in the US
40. NGOs in Europe & the Rest of the World
41. United Nations & Other IGOs

Additional Resources

Throughout The BIG Guide, you will find over 830 fully annotated resources in 63 topical bibliographies. No other book offers the rich resources and useful descriptions that you’ll find here documenting every aspect of international work and living.

QUICK GUIDES: Highly appreciated and valuable summaries of the most popular topics, available in English (23 subjects) and French (20 subjects). [NEW: CD-ROM (book) & The BIG Guide Online]