I'm a 25 year old graduate student who thought she had everything together until recently. By my junior year of college I had (or so I thought) a very solid idea of what I wanted to do in life. Go to grad school, get my Ph D, and work in academia. I just finished my 3rd miserable year of grad school and have recently realized that this is NOT what I want to do. I want to travel and enjoy life (not to say that one can't enjoy academia; I've just come to find that it is definitely not for me!) and get the hell out of this program. I have decided to take a terminal Masters degree in December (hopefully) and I have no clue where to go from there.
I am lucky enough that I will have a fairly lucrative and flexible degree (I have a lot of knowledge and experience with applied statistics and know a variety of statistical software programs) that will allow me a lot of options. I have recently been interested in looking into working abroad. However, I have no idea where to even begin to look for reputable and legitimate jobs abroad. I've tried Google but have generally not had any luck-- scam sites pop up, there are a lot of dead links, and most websites are generally not navigable.
My question is....where do I begin? Is there anyone here with a similar story who can pass some advice along to me?
