The Annual Study Abroad Fair, hosted by the Office of International Education presents a myriad of options, options, and more options! Instead of adulthood, they should call it decisionhood, because as a young adult, it seems, that is what life is all about- each decision of course determining your failure or success.
As a graduating senior, I am not elegible to participate in most of the programs. However, representives from the intern abroad organization AISEC and JET program were both available and excited to talk to me.
AISEC is an organization that helps students find internships anywhere in the world, some of them paying. I had heard of the organization prior to the fair, but I thought that it was pretty much just for business and international affairs majors. Fortunately for me, this is not the case. The process is actually more like Monster.com, where you submit an application and matching employers find you. The representative told me that this happens fairly quickly, approximate two to three months.
The JET program has been around for a while, and going back to a previous blog, you teach English! JET sends English speaking young people to Japan where they work alongside a Japanese English instructor and party it up in Tokoyo. Well, the partying was not in the brochure, but I can imagine.
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Actually, we've had a number of students over the years who have taken the Cannes program just after graduating in May. I am not sure exactly how that works, but you might want to look into it (not necessarily the Cannes program, but if we can do it, others should be able to as well).
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