CAREERS & EAST ASIAN STUDIES MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in East Asian Studies have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent East Asian Studies Majors*

• Analyst-Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
• Analyst-Goldman Sachs, London, United Kingdom
• Investment Associate-Bridgewater Associates, Westport, CT
• Consultant-IBM Business Consulting Services, New York, NY
• Singapore Civil Service, Singapore
• Analyst - Goldmans, Sachs & Co., Hong Kong
• Research Analyst - Department of Defense, Washington, DC
• Associate - Marketing Partnerships, New York, NY
• Foreign Service Officer - US Department of State, Washington, DC
• Production Assistant - Media 8 Entertainment, Century City, CA
• International Relations Coordinator - Japan Education and Teaching Program, Japan
• Retail Management Trainee - Gap, Inc., San Francisco, CA
• Junior Associate - Jinxin Marco Polo, Shanghai, China
• Analyst - McKinsey & Company, Munich, Germany
• Consultant - Rosetta Marketing Strategies Group, Princeton, NJ
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Princeton in Asia), Shagnhai, China
• Tokyo Medical University (Princeton in Asia), Tokyo, Japan
• Analyst - BancBoston Roberston Stephens, San Francisco, CA

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types
• Careers in the Non-Profit Sector
• Directory of Japanese-Affiliated Companies in the U.S.A. and Canada
• Going Global, Country Career Guide: Your One-Stop Resource to Singapore
• Teaching English Abroad: Talk Your Way Around the World!
• Getting a Job Abroad: The Handbook for International Jobseekers
• International Job Finder, Where the Jobs are Worldwide
• 100 Jobs in Social Change
• Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors
• Careers in Communications

Resources and Information Online

• U.S. Dept. of Labor - Occupational Outlook Handbook- Interpreters and Translators
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos175.htm
  
  
• Career Overview - International Marketing Careers
  http://www.careeroverview.com/international-marketing-careers.html
  
  
• Career Exploration Links - International Careers - University of California, Berkeley
  http://career.berkeley.edu/ICareers/ICareers.stm
  
  
• Princeton East Asian Studies Department
  http://www.princeton.edu/~eastasia/

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• American Association for Chinese Studies
  http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/aacs/
  
  
• Association for Asian Studies
  http://www.aasinst.org
  
  
• United States-China Business Council
  http://www.uschina.org
  
  
• Association of Teachers of Japanese
  http://www.colorado.edu/ealld/atj

East Asian Studies Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for East Asian Studies alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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