Comments on: Easier Said than Done http://whereisdarran.com/2009/12/easier-said-than-done/ i'm somewhere around here Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:51:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darran http://whereisdarran.com/2009/12/easier-said-than-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6405 Darran Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:13:42 +0000 http://whereisdarran.com/?p=1055#comment-6405 Good perspective Aaron. I have neglected the Government type options, but there is opportunity via that avenue. Good perspective Aaron. I have neglected the Government type options, but there is opportunity via that avenue.

]]> By: Aaron Helton http://whereisdarran.com/2009/12/easier-said-than-done/comment-page-1/#comment-6402 Aaron Helton Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:20:49 +0000 http://whereisdarran.com/?p=1055#comment-6402 On the topic of moving to another country, I would add some other options that may or may not be open to your readers. If you're a US citizen, you can try getting a Federal job overseas. The government hires lots of people in some pretty nice locations worldwide. If you have some specific experience, you try the State Department or USAID, who generally look to fill certain positions all over the world, but not always in nice locations. If you're a citizen of a participating country and 31 years old or younger, check into the United Nations National Competitive Recruitment Exam (UN NCRE). If you pass a test and an interview, you might get to work for the UN in any of its operations worldwide. And then there's always the option of trying to study abroad. Many countries have Fulbright partnerships with the US State Department, and US citizens can get money to go and study overseas. I don't have enough room to detail all the programs here, but there are at least a few, and some of them are really specific (as in they have degree field requirements, heritage requirements, or specific deliverables). Darran is right, though: experience makes any of this a little easier to do. On the topic of moving to another country, I would add some other options that may or may not be open to your readers.

If you’re a US citizen, you can try getting a Federal job overseas. The government hires lots of people in some pretty nice locations worldwide. If you have some specific experience, you try the State Department or USAID, who generally look to fill certain positions all over the world, but not always in nice locations.

If you’re a citizen of a participating country and 31 years old or younger, check into the United Nations National Competitive Recruitment Exam (UN NCRE). If you pass a test and an interview, you might get to work for the UN in any of its operations worldwide.

And then there’s always the option of trying to study abroad. Many countries have Fulbright partnerships with the US State Department, and US citizens can get money to go and study overseas. I don’t have enough room to detail all the programs here, but there are at least a few, and some of them are really specific (as in they have degree field requirements, heritage requirements, or specific deliverables).

Darran is right, though: experience makes any of this a little easier to do.

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