CAREERS & NEAR EASTERN 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 Near Eastern Studies have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent Near Eastern Studies Majors*

• Legal Advocate - Disability Rights Advocates, San Francisco, CA
• Analyst - First Manhattan Consulting Group, New York, NY
• Associate - Novantas, New York, NY
• Analyst - U.S. Government, Washington, DC
• Analyst - Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Reston, VA
• Associate - Orion Consultants, New York, NY
• Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, DC

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Work Your Way Around the World
• Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types
• Careers in the Non-Profit Sector
• International Job Finder: Where the Jobs Are Worldwide
• NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks
• Getting a Job Abroad
• Careers In International Business
• Teaching English Abroad: Talk Your Way Around the World!
• 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.htm
  
  
• Career Exploration Links - International Careers - University of California, Berkeley
  http://career.berkeley.edu/ICareers/ICareers.stm
  
  
• Princeton Near Eastern Studies Department
  http://www.princeton.edu/~nes/

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.

• Middle East Studies Association
  http://w3fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/
  
  
• International Association of Egyptologists
  http://www.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/aegyp/IAEPage.html
  
  
• American Oriental Society
  http://www.umich.edu/~aos/aospage.html
  
  
• National Council on US-Arab Relations
  http://www.ncusar.org/main.shtml
  
  
• The American Research Center in Egypt
  http://www.arce.org

Near Eastern 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 Near Eastern Studies alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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