Career Development Opportunities Within the Major
The major offers several opportunities for career development including:
- Capstone Options
- Certificate in International Development Studies
- LAS Global Studies Alumni - be sure to join our LinkedIn page to start connecting today
- Student Organizations
- In College: Internships & Volunteer Work
- In College: Research Opportunities
- In College: Part-Time Employment
Resources for Getting Ready to go on the Job Market
The Career Center on campus (located two doors down from LAS Global Studies at 715 S. Wright Street) offers many resources to students to assist in the job search including:
- Career Counseling
- Career Preparation Workshops
- Resume Development
- Networking Tips
- On-Campus Career Fairs:
The University of Illinois hosts several career fairs open to all majors each academic year including the
- All-Campus Career Fair (spring semester)
- Business Career Fair (fall and spring semesters)
- Engineering Career Fair (fall and spring semesters)
- Research Park Career Fair (spring semester)
- ACES & Sciences Career Fair (fall semester)
Students should check the Events tab on iLink for an up to date listings of anticipated career fairs on campus. The Career Center usually offers several workshops before various career fairs to help students prepare how to get the most out of the fair.
- Interview Preparation including Mock Interviews
LAS Global Studies advisors are also available to meet with students during an advising appointment to discuss job hunting preparation and strategy.
Students may also find the following resources developed by other universities to be of assistance:
- Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs provides useful Career Guides to better understand career opportunities, entry salaries, qualifications, and sample employers for a variety of jobs that would be interest to Global Studies majors.
- University of Tennessee’s What Can I do with this Major?
- Wake Forest University’s Career and Professional Development Find a Full Time Job page
General Job Hunting Resources for All Global Studies Majors
- iLink administered by the Career Center at the University of Illinois (be sure to check out Going Global within iLink, too, for global internship listings)
- Idealist
- NonProfit Jobs.org
- Peace Corps
- Bridge Star Non-Profit Job Board
Cultures in Contact
- American Alliance of Museums http://www.aam-us.org/resources/careers and http://www.aam-us.org/resources/careers/emerging-professionals
- Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program
- Global Museums job board
- Greenheart International
- Immigration Advocates Resource Network
- Inside Study Abroad
- Institute of International Education
- International Programs and Services jobs in Higher Education
- LinkedIn Study Abroad Advisor jobs
- Museum Employment Resource Center
- NAFSA Association of International Educators
- Princeton in Africa
- Princeton in Asia
- Refugee Council USA
- Smithsonian Jobs
- Study Abroad Jobs listings with Academic Programs International
- Teaching English Abroad
- The International Educator (jobs teaching abroad)
- US. Citizenship and Immigration Services
- United Nations High Commission on Refugees
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- World Teach
Environment, Sustainability and Social Responsibility
- Conservation Job Board
- Earthworks
- ECOLOG-L
A listserv maintained for members of the Ecological Society of America (and other interested subscribers) for job listings, funding opportunities, and discussions of interest to environmental professionals. Send e-mail to ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu with "subscribe ECOLOG-L" in the message body. - Energy Action Jobs Board
- Environmental Careers Organization
- Environmental Career Opportunities
- Environmental Jobs
- Environmental Jobs and Careers
- Environmental Planning Association
- Great Green Careers
- Green Careers Center
- Green Jobs Network
- Green Collar Blog - News and resources on green collar jobs. Includes links to job boards, fairs & events, training & education, and much more.
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- New England Clean Energy Council (job and internship postings)
- Orion Grassroots Network
- Renewable Energy Jobs
- Renewable Energy World
- Sustainable Business (a.k.a. Green Dream Jobs)
- Sustainable Farming Apprenticeships
- United Nations Environment Programme
- US Department of Energy
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- US Forest Service
- US Green Buildings Council
- Women's Environmental Network (click on the "newsletter" - jobs at the end of the newsletter)
Global Health
- Association of Schools and Public Health job board
- Centers for Disease Control
- CDC Public Health Associates Program
- Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
- Consortium of Universities for Global Health job board
- Doctors Without Borders
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program Jobs
- Global Health Corps
- Global Health Council
- Global Health Hub
- Global Health Sciences at UCSF
- Health Volunteers Overseas
- Johns Hopkins University public health jobs resources page
- Mapping Health
- National Association of County and City Health Officials Career Network
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center global health job links
- Partners in Health
- Public Health Institute
- UCLA Global Health Jobs resource page
- US AID Global Health Fellows
Governance, Conflict and Resolution
- Carter Center
- Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Conflict Resolution Jobs
- FBI International Operations
- Foreign Affairs Job Board
- Foreign Policy Job Board
- Global Jobs.org
- International Affairs Jobs
- International Relations Entry Level Jobs in DC listing
- LinkedIn International Affairs Jobs
- The New EU
- Opportunities in Public Affairs
- Peace & Collaborative Development Network
- UN Job List
- United States Defense and International Relations Agencies List
- U.S.Agency for International Development
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. State Department
- Young Professionals in Foreign Policy
Human Rights
- ACLU
- Amnesty International
- Center for Human Rights and Global Justice job board
- Child Rights Connect
- Feminist Jobs
- Free the Slaves
- Global Fund for Women
- Human Rights Jobs
- Human Rights Resource Center
- Human Rights Watch
- International Affairs Jobs
- International Justice Mission
- International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
- Open Society Foundations
- Polaris Project
- Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justine & Human Rights
- Save the Children
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- UNICEF
- United Nations Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights
- United Nations Women
Knowledge, Communication and Information Systems
- American University School for International Service International Communications Job Digest
- B Corps Jobs Board
- Careers in Business
- Communication/Public Affairs Jobs with International Affairs Jobs
- Give to Get Jobs
- International Associate of Business Communicators
- International Communications jobs with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- International Journalists Network
- LinkedIn Global Business Development Job Listing
- LinkedIn International Business Job Listing
- Omidyar Network
- Public Relations Society of America
- For jobs listings in international education please see the Cultures in Contact listings
Wealth and Poverty
- Accion International
- Ashoka Innovators for the Public
- Association for Women’s Rights in Development
- CARE
- Development Worker
- Devex
- Eldis
- Helen Keller International
- Interaction
- International Development Jobs and Consulting Opportunities
- Mercy Corps
- Microfinance Gateway
- Millenium Challenge Corporation
- Oxfam International
- Princeton in Africa
- Princeton in Asia
- US Agency for International Development
- World Bank Junior Professional Associates Program
- World Teach