intercultural career planning: Under CONSTRUCTION!!!
Each summer, I work with participants at the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication in Portland, OR. One of the roles I have there is to help people in transition or contemplating their future career paths (development in their current organization, job changes, developing consulting and training opportunities, and even retirement).
Here's an Intercultural Jobs FAQ! - IN PROGRESS
SHRM
NAFSA
NASPA
ACPA
NCA
ICA
Many more...
Here's an Intercultural Jobs FAQ! - IN PROGRESS
- What is an Intercultural Job?
- How can I become an "interculturalist"?
- Is this just an American thing?
- What organizations might it be helpful to me to connect with?
- The Intercultural Communication Institute -- check out the resources section on their website!
- The Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research (SIETAR) -- You can find SIETAR groups in many different parts of the world, including local chapters in some metropolitan areas. SIETAR-USA has a wonderful conference every autumn in the US.
SHRM
NAFSA
NASPA
ACPA
NCA
ICA
Many more...
- What about specific job listings?
- What's the most important advice you can give me?
- Talk to people, read about culture and intercultural theories, learn, reflect on your own identity,
- Look for opportunities to use your existing skills, knowledge, experience to bring an intercultural lens into your existing work. We need interculturally competent people in engineering, healthcare , policing, the legal system, government, conflict management, every aspect of the corporate world, every aspect and level of education, in short, every context where people interact can benefit from people with the knowledge and skill of intercultural communication.