Looking for opportunities? Want to learn new skills to advance your career? Explore resources to get your applications, requests and proposals noticed.
Click below to find:
Places to look for jobs
These U.S. and international sites host some resources to search for jobs. Some sites are available in multiple languages.
- USA Jobs (for U.S. citizen ExchangeAlumni)
- Devex
- Foundation Center
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- International Jobs Center
- International Organization Careers
- Indeed
- ZipRecruiter
- United Nations
- International Civil Service Commission
How to network
- Use the ExchangeAlumni Portal Alumni Directory
- Find your ExchangeAlumni Association
- Explore events posted to the Portal by other ExchangeAlumni
- How to conduct informational interviews:
How to build a resume
These U.S.-based sites feature techniques that may be of value around the world.
How to interview for a job
These U.S.-based sites feature techniques that may be of value around the world.
How to write a grant proposal
These U.S. and international sites feature techniques that may be of value around the world. Some sites are available in multiple languages.
Places to look for internships
These U.S. and international sites host some resources to search for internships.
- Amnesty International
- Brookings Institute
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Department of State
- Human Rights Watch
- Smithsonian
- United Nations Foundation
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
- U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- United States Institute of Peace
- Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS)
- Wilson Center
Teach others what you learned in the United States about topics such as entrepreneurship, good governance, science and technology, study in the U.S. and much more.
Contact americanspaces@state.gov for more information.