Many LALS majors have pursued graduate studies in history, literature, communications,
sociology, public health, geography, anthropology, economics, law
and bilingual education.
Graduates of this program have found employment in a wide variety
of fields including:
Education
High School History Teacher
Coordinator of State/Federal Projects for a School District
Bilingual Elementary School Teacher
Bilingual Coordinator for a High School
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Professor of Sociology
Migrant Teacher
ESL Teacher in a private language academy
Government and Community Service
Outreach Worker, Urban Drug Prevention Program
Public Assistance Specialist, County Dept. of Employment and Social
Services
Education Director, Stop AIDS Project
Federal Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Administrator
Junior Associate with the United Nations, International Labor Organization
Disability Insurance Program Supervisor State of California
Lobbyist
Business
Marketing Coordinator
Vice President Operations, American Golf Players Association
European Sales Manager for a sporting goods manufacturer
Manager at a technology firm
Worker’s Compensation Manager
Health Care
Physician’s Assistant
Occupational Therapist
Law and Legal Services
Court Attorney, NY State Supreme Court
Probation Officer
Journalism and Media
Magazine writer
Newspaper editor
Television station programmer
Self-employed Independent Video Producer
WEBSITES:
Electronic
Network for Latin American Careers and Employment, the premiere
job bank dedicated exclusively to Latin Americanists. Includes a
number of great career resource links including jobs, internships
and fellowships.
Great web site of various
resources for Latin American Studies.
2Trabajo
BiLingual Jobs
iHispano
Latino Pro
Spanish Jobs Now
NON-PROFIT/COMMUNITY AGENCY JOB WEBSITES:
Deep Sweep
Community
Career Center
onPhilanthropy (includes
jobs for recent college grads)
Idealist
Nonprofit
Directions (listings for Southern California)
NonprofitOyster
Non-profit
Times
Nonprofit
Career Network
Opportunities
NOC’s
Philanthropy
News Network Online
SocialService.com (great social service jobs site)
Young
Nonprofit Professionals Network (San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit
opportunities)
ASSOCIATIONS:
Latin
American Studies Association (includes job listings, mostly
academic)
Society for Latin
American Studies |
