This is the essential resource and job-hunting guide for all those interested in international careers in the US government, multinational corporations, banks, consulting companies, international and nongovernmental organizations, the media, think tanks, universities, and more. Careers in International Affairs, now in its ninth edition, provides up-to-date insights about the range of possibilities in the global workplace and tips on how to get these jobs—along with profiles of hundreds of important employers.
This helpful guide includes a directory of more than 250 organizations who offer internationally oriented jobs such as the US Department of State, CIA, United Nations, World Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Google, McKinsey & Company, and dozens more. The book also includes insightful testimonies about what these careers are really like from both junior and senior professionals in these fields. Careers in International Affairs gives advice on academic paths that will prepare students for demanding international careers and guidance on how to write resumes, interview for jobs, network, and maintain their online profile.
Published in cooperation with the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, the oldest school of international affairs in the United States, Careers in International Affairs will encourage job seekers to consider their goals and talents, widen their horizons to consider new possibilities, and help them realize that their future can hold several careers, while reminding all that it is never too early—or too late—to consider the realm of opportunities that await them throughout the world.
Table of Contents
Preface
Laura E. Cressey
I. Strategies
1. Preparing for Your Career
2. Marketing Yourself
II. The International Job Market: Types of Employers
3. The US Government
4. International Organizations
5. Nongovernmental Organizations
6. International Banking and Finance
7. International Business
8. Consulting
9. Universities, Research Institutes, and Think Tanks
10. The Media
III. Directory of Organizations
Index
Reviews
"An invaluable resource to those students who are eager to use their international relations training productively. It is respected by those who teach, those who employ, and those who want jobs . . . a trifecta!"—Madeleine K. Albright, Michael and Virginia Mortara Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy, Georgetown University; former US Secretary of State, reviewing a previous edition or volume
Contributors
Rima Abushakra
Lisa M. Barry
Michael Brannagan
Mathew Cahill
Rebecca Bou Chebel-Macmillan
Michael Comstock
Karen Courington
Laura E. Cressey
Rhiannon Davis
Jackie Day
Mary DeBree
Audrey Bracey Deegan
Maggie Dougherty
Robin Dunnigan
Miguel Estien
Richard Gallivan
David A. Gutschmit
Barrett J. Helmer
Maryam Hensen
Ernest J. Herold
Jonathan Huneke
Jill Johnson
Ayham Kamel
Lisa A. Keathley
Lisa Kubiske
Sloan Mann
Kevin Massy
Nicole Melcher
Jordan Menzel
Kaia Miller
Rich Millies
Laura J. Mitchell
Sarah Moran
John Murphy
Shilpa Nadhan
Izumi Nakamitsu
Hernan Narea
Thomas Pellerin
Suzanne Petroni
Nicolette Pizzitola
Alexandra Pugachevsky
Courtney C. Radsch
Alexandra Riboul
Sharon Rudy
Nicole Bibbins Sedaca
Marc A. Sorel
Taylor Stager
Anne M. Steen
Jennifer E. Steffensen
Shyam Sundaram
Sujata Thomas
Cheikh Ousmane Toure
Anna Tunkel
Allen Wan
David A. Weiss
Brent Woolfork
About the Author
Laura E. Cressey was formerly the internship coordinator at the Masters of Science in Foreign Service program at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She has worked at Booz Allen Hamilton, and is currently an employee of the Department of State.
Barrett J. Helmer and Jennifer E. Steffensen are graduates of the Masters of Science in Foreign Service program at Georgetown University.
