CAREERS & SPANISH & PORTUGUESE MAJORS

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

Employment Pursuits of Recent Spanish & Portuguese Majors*

• Teacher- New York City Teaching Fellows, Bronx, NY
• Analyst - Greenhill & Co., New York, NY
• Teacher (K-8) - Teach for America, NJ
• Bilingual Elementary School Teacher - New York Teaching Fellows, New York, NY
• Financial Analyst - Warburg Dillon Read, New York, NY

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors
• Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types
• Career Oportunities for Bilingual and Multilinguals: A Directory of Resources in Education, Employment and Business
• Careers for Culture Lovers & Other Artsy Types
• Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors
• Careers in International Business
• International Job Finder, Where the Jobs are Worldwide
• Getting a Job Abroad
• American Jobs Abroad
• Jobs & Careers with Non-Profit Organizations
• Careers in Communications
• International Jobs Directory, 1001 Employers and Great Tips for Success!
• Directory of U.S. Corporations with Subsidiaries in Spain
• Directory of Spanish Corporations with Subsidiaries in the U.S

Resources and Information Online

• U.S. Department 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 Spanish & Portuguese Department
  http://www.princeton.edu/~spo/

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.

• Modern Language Association
  http://www.mla.org
  
  
• American Translators Association
  http://www.atanet.org/bin/view.pl/181.html
  
  
• American Association for Applied Linguistics
  http://www.aaal.org
  
  
• Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce
  http://www.brazilcham.com
  
  
• Colombian American Association
  http://www.colombianamerican.org
  

Spanish & Portuguese 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 Spanish & Portuguese alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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