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What Can I do With a Major in?   Foreign Language

 

 

Remember that most careers do not require that you have a specific major but that you meet a minimum amount of education. So the question is not so much what can you do with a certain major but what you want to do and how you want to get there. The following list is a beginning point to help you explore a few related career choices based on an academic interest you might have.

 

Potential Careers:

Actor Advertising
Ambassador Art Dealer
Bilingual Manager Diplomat
Broadcast Journalist Editor
ESL Instructor FBI Agent
Foreign Exchange Trader Foreign Service Officer
Film Director Linguist
Importer/Exporter Intelligence Agent
International Business Consultant International Finance Manager
International Marketing Manager Interpreter
Journalist Law Enforcement Worker
Missionary Musician/Singer
Museum Director Peace Corps Worker
Professor Sales Representative
Teacher, K-12 Tourism Guide
Translator Travel Agent
Writer

 

Potential Employers:

Federal and State Government Agencies Schools, K-12
Colleges and Universities Translation Companies
Judicial Systems Museums/Art Galleries
Tour Companies Newspapers/Magazines
Television/Radio Stations Airline Companies
Hotels/Resorts Financial Services Companies
International Businesses Religious Organizations
Humanitarian Organizations Law Enforcement Agencies
Social Services Agencies Hospitals

Travel Agencies

Freelance
Publishing Firms

Links:

 

http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/hr/      State Department Careers
http://www.fbi.gov/    FBI careers
 http://www.cia.gov/      CIA careers
http://agoralang.com/index.html?agora/prof.html    Language career resources
http://www.atanet.org/bin/view.pl/181.html  American Translators Association
http://www.mla.org/  Modern Language Association
http://www.aaal.org/   Assoc. for Applied Linguistics
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Language/DF_lang_assn.shtml State Foreign Language Assoc.
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov    Federal Government Job Listings
http://www.rileyguide.com/internat.html       International Job Listings
http://www.bilingual-jobs.com/ Bilingual Job Listings
http://www.overseasjobs.com/   International Job Listings
http://www.europages.net/   European Business Directory
http://www.cie.uci.edu/iop/work.html    Student Exchange Programs
http://www.idealist.org/ Human Service Work
http://www.planetrecruit.com/  International Job Listings
http://workabroad.monster.com/  International Job Listings
http://www.escapeartist.com/jobs/overseas1.htm International Job Listings

                                                                              

 

 

   

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