International and Comparative Politics Major Advising

The advisors for the International and Comparative Politics Major are Dr. Jim Butterfield and Dr. Gunther Hega. Their office hours vary by semester; check with the Political Science office at (269)387-5680 to find out. Or you may contact them directly via email:

Career Services has assigned a career advisor to the College of Arts and Sciences. Her name is Carolyn Hornev, and she is active in seeking information and resources for the International and Comparative Major. Her telephone number is 387-2745, and you may also reach her via email at carolyn.hornev@wmich.edu.

NOTE! Have you filled out a profile at the Bronco Jobs site? Go to Bronco Jobs Plus and click on New User Registration. Fill out a profile and you can regularly check to see if you have any matches for job listings.

The International Affairs Network at the University of Pittsburgh has an extensive site with links to International Organizations, Think Tanks, Universities, Schools and Centers, and sources on International Law, Human Rights and International Security.

• Idealist is an enterprise of Action without Borders. The page lists hundreds of internships and jobs, many of them in non-profit organizations overseas. The search engine is awkward to use; you'll have to try lots of combinations of countries, specializations, etc. Plan on spending a while, but it may prove useful just because of the sheer quantity of listings.
• International volunteer work is organized by Volunteers for Peace and Vision in Action.
• InterAction also provides volunteer opportunities.
• OneWorld keeps a list of volunteer positions and jobs.
• The State Department keeps a list of links to organizations that recruit for teaching positions overseas.
  

Foreign Service and the State Department

• The State Department Server has its own page on Recruitment, including Student Programs.
• The State Department posts Information on the Foreign Service Exam. We have exam booklet applications, including test questions, at WMU. Contact Carolyn Hornev for a copy.
• You can view vacancies in the State Department and Foreign Service. While many of these are not entry level positions, they give an idea of backgrounds and positions in demand.
• Another list of vacancies in International Organizations is more extensive. These are all INGOs (not NGOs), and many are in offices around the world.
• Opportunties for Teaching Abroad, while not part of the State Department, are posted on its server.

  
  Jobs Listings in International Affairs

• Duke University maintains an international careers page.
• Action Without Borders keeps tracks of job and volunteer opportunities in NGOs (non profit non governmental organizations) around the world. It even has a search engine.
• The OneWorld jobs page.
• Overseas Jobs Web has a searchable database of international jobs listings, an electronic newspaper on working overseas, and a jobs resources page.
• Monstor.com's global gateway page.. Some regions of the world have considerably more postings than others. A lot of the jobs are technical in nature, but it might pay to browse anyway.
• The University of Michigan's Overseas Opportunity Office..
• A page with job listings related to Russia and Eastern Europe is at the REEI site at Indiana University.

• The first place to start if you're interested in the Peace Corps is the Peace Corps page.
• Returned Peace Corps volunteers are a tightly knit group; visit their home page to find out what volunteers do after they return.
• There are a number of combined Masters Degree/Peace Corps programs. WMU has one of the newest: a Masters of Development Administration degree combined with the Peace Corps. Check the Peace Corps site for other Masters International Programs.