Published June, 2002
Joyce Lain Kennedy
Careers in International Business
Bookviews by Alan Caruba
NACE Journal
Library Journal
Midwest Book Review
By Joyce Lain Kennedy, nationally–syndicated career columnist; June 30, 2002
Daniel Lauber is unquestionably one of the most competent job search researchers and authors on the scene today. Indefatigably, He doesn't stop researching until he pulls out every relevant detail.
Lauber insists that the vast majority of Americans working abroad are at no greater risk than before tragic September 11 and to back up his belief, he's just published the International Job Finder: Where the Jobs are Worldwide (Planning/Communications; $19.95; 888-366-5200; www.jobfindersonline.com).
The book’s reach is gratifyingly vast, covering in 345 pages some 1,200 online and print resources for landing an international job anywhere on earth. Lauber walks the reader through the Web sites, pointing out the most valuable features and noting cautions
An example is the caveat on Independent Education Services, a nonprofit group that places teachers worldwide. The caution: If you sign a contract to accept a position through IES and try to back out, you'll be obligated to pay a legally collectable $1,000 penalty to IES. The instrument of enforcement is something called “a confession of judgment” incorporated in the online application form. Lauber says: “Many state courts have ruled that a confession of judgment clause is so unconscionable that the courts will not enforce it.”
This is a terrific book — truly indispensable for international job seekers — and I can understand why it took Lauber “four years to get it right.”
“This may be the most ambitious undertaking in the area of career publishing. The book, which is put out by Planning/Communications, has over 1,200 potential contacts. The author strives valiantly to provide current web addresses, and gives you plenty of information, including up-to-date danger spots around the globe.”
— Edward Joseph Halloran and Ed Halloran, Careers in International Business
by Alan Caruba, June 2002
My Picks of the Month
“The International Job Finder: Where the Jobs are Worldwide ($19.95, Planning/Communications, 7215 Oak Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305) is literally hot off the presses this month. Not only does it tell you where the jobs are; it is filled with advice on the risk of working abroad in the post 9-11 world. It is filled with Internet sites you will want to check out and warns against some that are traps. This will prove to be a valuable book for those who want to see the world and get paid for it at the same time.”
“Provides a great deal of necessary information. …valuable resource for career center and proffessional bookshelves.” — NACE Journal (National Association of Colleges and Employers), 2003
Students, recent graduates, and others attracted by work opportunities in foreign countries will benefit from this new source, whose purpose is "to gather together in one place the broadest collection of effective online and offline resources for finding international jobs." Claiming that using the Internet is more effective for obtaining international jobs than domestic ones, Lauber, the author of several guides on finding jobs in the public and private sectors, discusses in detail the advantages of utilizing the Internet while job hunting. These advantages include searching databases of jobs that fit one's employment and location criteria, placing one's name in resume banks, signing on for email notification, speeding the transmission of resumes, using news groups for networking opportunities, and obtaining current country information. Lauber also warns readers to beware of potential pitfalls and gives advice on how to recognize and avoid scams. Some 1200 online and print resources are organized into worldwide gateways and into eight geographical regions further subdivided alphabetically by country. Each resource is covered by a paragraph describing its services, its strengths, any charges to users, and recommendations on how to use it most effectively. Both a "Resource Index" and a "Topic Index" are useful in narrowing one's search to occupations and countries of most interest. Readers need only beware that most graphics illustrating web-site pages are separated from their related text by several to hundreds of pages and that a few advertisements for recommended print resources appear. This well-balanced reference is strongly recommended for academic and public library career collections.
Compiled and written by Daniel Lauber with the assistance of Kraig Rice, the International Job Finder: Where the Jobs are Worldwide is a straightforward presentation with all the facts and all the dirt on jobs involving living and working abroad. Of special merit is the advice for avoiding international job scams, adapting to the host nation’s culture, and safeguarding against anti–American threats. 1,200 of the most effective online and offline resources for finding international jobs on all seven continents make the International Job Finder an essential and invaluable resource and reference for anyone serious about job–hunting abroad.
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