DEVELOPING YOUR CAREER IDEAS
Working in different countries You may decide to work outside your home country as part of a career with international postings, as time out after your studies, or as a planned longterm emigration. Opportunities are numerous and many Oxford graduates work internationally at some point in their career.
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Consider your motivations carefully and research your options thoroughly to understand what opportunities are available. You will need to be aware of requirements in terms of languages and qualifications and to investigate any work restrictions. Visa options for working in the UK are outlined in the next article.
Jobs with international opportunities
Multinational companies, multilateral organisations, international development agencies and diplomatic services may all offer secondments or transfers to their international offices after a period of time, or as part of graduate training. Talk to organisations of interest to assess your chances of gaining an international posting if you work for them. If you have wanderlust, a range of organisations have graduate programmes that are explicitly intended to give international experience. Often these require fluency in more than one language,
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