Career
Opportunities
FIELDS
IN WHICH FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE NEEDED
AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
A CHECKLIST PREPARED BY PROF. LOISEL FOR STUDENTS OF SPANISH IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
EDUCATION
Administration
and Counseling
Supervision and
curriculum development for bilingual education
UNESCO technical assistance (with experience in education)
Department of Defense Dependent Schools
Teaching Abroad
Fulbright-Hays Program
(1)
U.S. Government Positions (Overseas Dependent Schools) (2)
Peace Corps (with mathematics, science)
Sources: see Whole World Handbook (Council on International Educational
Exchange, 205 East 42 St., NY, NY 10017); Study and Teaching Opportunities
Abroad (write the U.S. government Printing Office); write also to the
Office of Overseas Schools, U.S. Department of State; for (1) write
the office of International Education, U.S. Department of Education,
Washington, D.C., 20202; for (2) write the Department of Defense.
Foreign Language
Teaching
Elementary level:
FLES (Foreign language in Elementary Schools)
High School
College
MLA Job Information
Lists (quarterly)
AATSP Job Information Service (see Hispania)
MLA Guide for Job Candidates and Dept. Chairs in English and foreign
Languages (write the MLA Job Information Service, 62 Fifth Avenue,
NY, NY 10011
TESOL (MA in applied linguistics with specialization in teaching English
as a foreign language or TEFL)
BUSINESS
Types and places
of work
- Overseas: for
American firms doing business abroad (agents and sales representatives;
executive to clerical level jobs; etc.)
- U.S.: representative
of foreign firms doing business here; etc.
- Type of positions:
- Managerial,
executive, and marketing
- Technical
and engineering
- Banking and
financial
- Secretarial
and clerical
- Sources of information:
- Classified
advertisement
- Occupational
Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department
of labor)
- Specialized Schools
preparing people for bilingual careers in business: American Graduate
School of International Management (Glendale, AS)
- Monterey Institute
of International Studies (425 Van Buren St., Monterey, CA 93940)
GOVERNMENT AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Federal Government
- For general information
write U.S. Office of Personnel management (Washington D.C. 20415) or
contact the nearest Federal Job Information Center. See also the U.S.
Government Manual.
- Department of State.
Foreign Service Officers (FSOs). State Department=s Language Service
Division. Write the Employment Division, Department of State, Washington,
D.C. 20520
- Agency for International
Development (AID). Write Office of Personnel Management, AID, Washington,
D.C. 20523
- U.S. Information
Agency (USIA). Information offices and libraries abroad. Voice of America.
Magazine publishing. Binational centers. Write the Employment Branch,
Office of Personnel, USIA, Washington, D.C. 20547
- ACTION. Volunteers
in Service to America (VISTA). Write ACTION, Personnel management Division,
Washington, D.C. 20525
- Department of Agriculture.
Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS). Office of International Cooperation
and Development (OICD). Write the Office of Personnel, Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250
- Department of Commerce.
International Trade Administration (ITA) and its Foreign Commercial
Service. United States Travel Service. Write the Office of Personnel,
Department of commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230
- Department of Defense.
Write personnel and Security, Washington Headquarters Services, Department
of Defense, Washington, D.C. 20301
- Department of Education.
Office of International Education. Office of Bilingual Education. Write
the Office of Personnel, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
20202
- Department of
the Interior. FBI. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Immigration
and Naturalization Service. International Affairs Office of the Criminal
Division. Write the Office of Personnel, Department of Justice, Washington,
D.C. 20530
- Department of Labor.
Bureau of International labor Affairs. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Write
the Reception and Correspondence Unit, Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C.
20210
- Department of the
Treasury. Office of the Assistant Secretary. U.S. Customs Service. Write
the Office of Personnel, Dept. of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. 20220
- Smithsonian Institute.
Write the Office of Personnel, Smithsonian Inst. Washington, D.C. 20560
- Library of Congress.
Department of Research Services. Write the Recruitment and Placement
office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540
Local Government
- International Organizations
United Nations
- Organization of
American States
- World Bank
- International Monetary
Fund
- Inter-American
Development Bank
- Pan American Health
Association
LIBRARY SCIENCES
Write the American
Library Association, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611
MEDIA
Journalism. Radio
and TV. Film. Publishing.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Hotels and motels.
Transportation companies. Tour operators.
SERVICES
Health Services.
Social Work. Religious Organizations. International Visitors Information
Service (IVIS). Catholic Relief Service. YMCA, YWCA. Red Cross.
INTERPRETING AND
TRANSLATING
Interpreting. Interpreters for the Federal Courts (certifying office; Administrative
office of the U.S. Courts, Washington, D.C. 20544). U.S. Schools which
provide training: Georgetown University, Monterey Institute
Translating. UN. Federal Government (Write the Language Services
Division, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520). For general
information write the American Translators Association (ATA), 109 Croton
Avenue, Ossining, New York 10562, and the American Association of Language
Specialists (TAALS), 1000 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 9, Washington,
D.C. 20036
See Edward Bourgoin.
Foreign languages and Your Career. 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: Columbia
Language Services, 1984.
See also H. Ned Seelye
and J. Laurence Day. Foreign Language Aficionados and Other
Multilingual Types. Lincolnwood, Illinois: VGM Career Horizons, 1996.
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