Global Guide

Welcome to the Global Guide, a site to begin the search for scholarships for research and study abroad, volunteer and internship opportunities, and employment in Pittsburgh, the U.S. or abroad. You can also find reference material on global topics at many of the sites listed. We’ve noted where Global Studies Alumni are working and our office will provide alumni contact information when requested. Let us know if you were successful in your search by sending an email to global@pitt.edu, alumni, please provide feedback by completing alumni update. Please note the Global Studies office cannot attest to the quality of any of the following links, nor do we endorse the mission of all organizations listed.

The Offices of Student Employment and Placement Assistance has provided us with a presentation on internationally focused job searching which can be accessed here.

The Global Studies office has a copy of: Careers in International Affairs, 8th Edition (2008), Georgetown University Press, Washington DC Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Guide to Global Volunteering, 12th Edition, (2008), Institute for Food and Development Policy, Food First Books, Oakland CA The books can be loaned out for 3 hours at a time. Students will have to leave their student ID as a deposit.

Organization	Description	Full Entry
U.S. Department of Justice	The Department of Justice enforces the law and defends the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.	view
U.S. Department of Labor	The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements.	view
U.S. Department of State, Student Internships	Internships in the Department of State are available in fall, spring, and summer.	view
U.S. Department of State/International Cooperation Site	There are international vacancy announcements with international organizations on the Department of State Cooperation Site. The list is maintained by the U.S. Department of State	view
U.S. Department of Treasury	The Treasury Department is the executive agency responsible for promoting economic prosperity and ensuring the financial security of the United States. The Department is responsible for a wide range of activities such as advising the President on economic and financial issues, encouraging sustainable economic growth, and fostering improved governance in financial institutions.	view
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	ECO-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Associates are college and graduate students with an interest in conservation and potentially a conservation career in federal, state or local government, nonprofit organizations, or for-profit companies. These ECO Associates are primarily diverse freshmen and sophomores who are pursuing related degrees.	view
U.S. Forest Service Internship	In 2003 ECO established the Conservation Careers Diversity Internship Program to focus on providing exposure, training, and mentoring to students of color in the natural resource and conservation fields. The Conservation Careers Diversity Internship Program is working with the Forest Service’s Multicultural Workforce Strategy Initiatives (MWSI) to recruit diverse students who are pursuing natural resource, environmental, conservation, and related science degrees. Their goal is to offer these students an opportunity to gain practical, first-hand experience with natural resource management pro	view
U.S. Listing of American Schools Abroad	The international schools affiliated with the Department of State are independent, non-government institutions. Since they are not controlled by the U.S. government nor do they operate under any official administrative jurisdictional umbrella, they hire teachers and staff directly, establishing their own qualification standards and application procedures. Salary levels and benefit packages vary from school to school.	view
U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation	(MCC) is an innovative and independent U.S. foreign aid agency that is helping lead the fight against global poverty.	view
U.S. National Security Agency	The NSA/CSS core missions are to protect U.S. national security systems and to produce foreign signals intelligence information.	view
U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation	OPIC is an independent U.S. government agency whose mission is to mobilize and facilitate the participation of U. S. private capital and skills in the economic and social development of less developed countries and areas, and countries in transition from nonmarket to market economies.	view
U.S. Social Security Administration	The Social Security Administration serves more than 90 percent of working Americans and builds protection for them and their families against a reduction of income as a result of retirement, disability, or death. The Social Security Administration employs more than 64,000 well-trained, courteous and dedicated employees throughout the globe providing customers with "World Class" service every day.	view
U.S. Trade and Development Agency	USTDA advances economic development and U.S. commercial interests in developing and middle income countries. The agency funds various forms of technical assistance, early investment analysis, training, orientation visits and business workshops that support the development of a modern infrastructure and a fair and open trading environment.	view
UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)	UN-INSTRAW is the leading United Nations Institute devoted to research, training and knowledge management in partnership with governments, the United Nations System, civil society and academia to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment	view
UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research institute (UNICRI)	The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute - UNICRI - assists intergovernmental, governmental and non-governmental organizations in formulating and implementing improved policies in the field of crime prevention and criminal justice.	view
UN Office in Geneva	The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) is the representative office of the United Nations in Geneva. It is the biggest United Nations duty station outside of headquarters in New York and provides critical support to the Organization’s efforts.	view
UN Office in Nairobi	Since the early 1990s, the UN’s African headquarters in Nairobi has seen sustained growth, both as the global headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Programme for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat ), and as a rapidly expanding regional development hub. Today, Nairobi’s UN Gigiri Complex stands as a potent symbol of the United Nations’ commitment to equitable social and economic development, and to breaking the shackles of poverty on the world’s poorest continent.	view
UN Office in Vienna	UNOV manages and implements the United Nations program on the peaceful uses of outer space and provides common services, such as conference services, information services, security and safety services, procurement services and general support services, for the organizations located at the Vienna International Centre.	view
UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)	UNODC is growing in stature as States increasingly seek multilateral partnerships to combat "problems without borders". To respond to the rising challenges of drugs, crime and terrorism, UNODC has embarked on a new medium-term Strategy. The Strategy will position the organization in the context of a changing world.	view
UN Population Fund (UNFPA)	UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.	view
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)	The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, was established 1949 to carry out direct relief and works programs for Palestine refugees. UNRWA is unique in terms of its long-standing commitment to one group of refugees and its contributions to the welfare and human development of four generations of Palestine refugees.	view
UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)	The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development. Through its research, UNRISD stimulates dialogue and contributes to policy debates on key issues of social development within and outside the United Nations system.	view
UN Volunteers	The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) program is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide by advocating for recognition of volunteers, working with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing number and diversity of volunteers, including experienced UNV volunteers, throughout the world.	view
United Nations	Information is provided on internships available throughout the United Nations Systems and other international organizations.	view
USAK INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAM	The USAK Internship and Training Program aims to expand USAK’s range of activities and improve the abilities and expertise of the participants. Participants contribute to USAK’s activities with their particular studies. USAK’s goal is to train good researchers in certain fields and improve their analytical abilities and help them to think critically. Upon completion of the program, interns will have gained a great deal of experience while putting their knowledge to use, gaining access to resources, and further developing their reading and writing skills.	view

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