Although this site is geared toward students considering study abroad, many sections of this site contain useful and relevant information for students considering working, or simply traveling abroad. We recommend you visit the following sections of this Handbook:

• Pre-Departure Planning
• Methods of Communication While Abroad
• Medical Care and Insurance
• Basic Health and Safety
• Risk Factors and Strategies to Reduce Risk
• Crisis Management
• Adjustments and Culture Shock
• Airport Safety, Duties and Customs
• Reverse Culture Shock
• Making the Study Abroad Experience Count at Home

For those interested in working, be sure to view University of Michigan's International Center's Overseas Work Opportunities website, and the University of Irvine’s International Opportunities website; these two sites include numerous work-abroad related resources with information on short-term, long-term, paid, volunteering, interning and teaching abroad opportunities.

• University of Michigan, International Center, Overseas Work Opportunities
• University of California at Irvine International Opportunities Office