A step-by-step guide:
- Meet with staff at the Career Center at the start of, and throughout, your junior year.
- Discuss the pros and cons of immediate employment, military service, a gap year, grad school, or a service year with the Career Center staff.
- If pursuing grad school, identify the application cycle for graduate schools.
- If pursuing employment, research hiring timelines for the organizations or industries you are interested in.
- Create a profile on LinkedIn and network with other FSU IA alumni via LinkedIn.
- Follow the Career Center for job postings and events.
- Login to NoleNetwork and use keywords specific to international affairs (e.g., global, trade, foreign, language, multicultural, security, defense, refugee, abroad, intercultural, non-violent, worldwide, international, etc.).
- Expand the job search through additional search engine links.
Important Skills
To help you explore, here are interests, values, and skills commonly associated with common career fields related to International Affairs. This list is not exhaustive yet gives you a starting point for your Career Design.
Sample of Key Technical Skills
- Policy Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Canvassing
- Lobbying
- Public Speaking
- Strategic Planning
- Communications Systems
- Marketing
- Team Work
- Technological Literacy
- Languages
Sample of Key Transferrable Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Complex Problem Solving
- Active Learning
- Social Perceptiveness
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Service Orientation