Career Options after Undergrad

collegemom3717
Tue, 06 Sep 2022 22:35:22 +0000

So, I’m going to go a little off-piste here with a suggestion:

1. Check these out:

International Schools Services

Home

International School Services (ISS) is a global nonprofit focused on improving the quality of international education.

transitionsabroad.com

International Teaching Job Fairs

Recruitment fairs for international K-12 and University teaching jobs. The resource guide by Transitions Abroad.

2. Over this year get yourself a teaching certificate (start with your current uni, but also look online- Drexel has one, but so do lots of places).

3. Go teach in a K-12 international school wherever you want to live for a couple of years (iirc, you were looking at doing a study abroad & already have some Italian?). I do not recommend going abroad to teach general English- it’s a whole different experience. Go be part of a school, part of a community.

Reasoning: it gets you an international experience that you were looking for in other posts; it gives you time to get out into the world and test out teaching as a pathway for you; and it can evolve relatively easily into other paths as you discern what works for you.

ps, re: your other post- do NOT go for a PhD w/o being a lot more certain about what you want to do with it!!