NPR “Marketplace” Piece on Working Abroad; Go Global! Featured
NPR’s “Marketplace” did a series on jobs last week, and I was interviewed and Go Global! featured. With the U.S. economy still sluggish, more and more professionals are turning their sights to fast-growing, developing markets around the world: China, India, Brazil, Singapore, United Arab Emirates.
Read MoreDon’t Kill Foreign-language Learning
How can we prepare our students for a global world without foreign language instruction? How can we make America great again while destroying the programs our children need to compete in today’s global marketplace?
Read MoreFunny Side of Working in China
In my new book, Go Global! Launching an International Career, I provide practical tips on how to prepare for and launch an international career. It includes a full-length chapter on launching a career in China. Don’t miss it – it will be available on Amazon and iTunes in a few weeks!
Read MoreVolunteering — While Learning Spanish — in Central America
Following up on my last blog, Studying Spanish Along the Pan-American Highway, this piece will explore some the volunteerism options I’m considering for Spanish-language immersion learning in Central America next year. Volunteering is a great, inexpensive way to study a language and also learn about the local culture. And since cultural knowledge and understanding (gestures, […]
Read MoreI’ve Got an International Job — Now What?
Originally appeared on Huffington Post. Although jobs are tight in the U.S., more openings are popping up in various hot spots around the world as economies elsewhere continue to grow much faster than ours. I give advice about how to go about finding an international job. Network. Do your homework. Raise your hand high and […]
Read MoreWatch Stacie Berdan on CNN
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan discusses the merits of living and working abroad as a woman. Her first book, Get Ahead By Going Abroad: A Woman’s Guide to Fast-track Career Success, won two business and career awards.
Read MoreCareer Counseling POV from an On-campus Expert
By Guest Blogger Brian Hirsch, Director of Career Services for Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. It is always great to talk to students who have an understanding of the inter-connectedness of the world into which they will graduate. I often get comments, sometimes thrown out rather casually, that students are interested in international work […]
Read MoreStudying Spanish Along the Pan-American Highway
Originally appeared in the Huffington Post on July 25. My family and I just returned from a few weeks traveling through Central America. Originally, we planned on going to Greece and Turkey, but the economic strife, strikes and riots in Greece had us changing our minds – and scrambling for a Plan B. I wanted […]
Read MoreGo Global! Due Out this Summer
My next book, Go Global! Launching an International Career Here or Abroad, is a little late due to some technical difficulties (that’s what happens when you’re a trailblazer!) but it should hit the app store and eBook shelves this summer — just in time for students to take a copy with them as they head […]
Read MoreWhy Teaching English in a “Small Town” is the Best Way to Launch Your Career in China
Guest Blogger Leslie Forman describes why teaching English in China is the best way to launch your job in China.
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