Jobs Using French (or other languages)

The foreign service (or equivalent) is the branch of a federal government that offers diplomatic services to other countries. Foreign service employees staff the country's embassies and consulates around the world, and thus need employees who speak the local language.

The requirements for a foreign service officer vary from country to country, so it is important to start your research by seeking out information from your own country's government pages, not those of the country you'd like to live in.

I know that for the United States, prospective foreign service officers have approximately a 1 in 400 chance of passing both the written and oral exams, and even then they only get put on the waiting list. Placement can take a year or more, so this job is definitely not for someone who is in a hurry to start working.

Here are links to some foreign service information sites.

• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• British Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Canadian Foreign Service
• Irish Department of Foreign Affairs
• United States Foreign Service

Jobs using French

   Introduction
   Teaching
   Translation / Interpretation
   Editing / Proofreading
   Travel, Tourism, Hospitality
   Foreign Service
   International Organizations
   Other International Careers

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• Jobs Using French (or other languages)
• French Teacher
• French Translator - Interpreter
• Multilingual Editor - Proofreader
• Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality
• Foreign Service Officer
• International Organizations
• International Jobs

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