Find the email lists and other forums devoted to your profession, with members from other countries. Hiring officials desire to match the right people for overseas assignments. You may have the knowledge, but they also want candidates with a strong desire to work abroad.

BENEFITS OF OVERSEAS WORK

As you dream about your next position overseas, know that there are some great benefits.

You’ll have the opportunity to see more of the world. The pay is typically very good. Often, there are additional funds to help with your movement overseas and allowances to assist in covering the basic cost of living.

Other hidden gems are the associated resume enhancements. Having worked overseas, you will have professional experience that will change your perspective. Working with local nationals, you will gain personal experiences showing your future employers that you understand diverse cultures, ideas, and people. When moving internationally, you will be faced with numerous challenges and determination is a prerequisite. Future employers will see all these qualities as highly desirable.

With the right qualifications, an optimistic attitude, good connections, and your valuable security clearance, you have a great opportunity to land your dream job, abroad.

Recent Activity on the Island

The Philippines has offered the United States eight bases where it can build facilities to store equipment and supplies under a new security deal, a military spokesman said last week, amid rising tension with China over the South China Sea.

Currently, contractors such as DynCorp International already have contracts under Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific (NAVFAC Pacific) to provide operations support services within the Republic of the Philippines.

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The bases include:

Antonio Bautista Air Base. Located near the capital of the island province of Palawan, which is strategically located near the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

Basa Air Base. Located about 40 miles northwest of the Philippines' capital, Manila, the airbase was originally constructed by the U.S. Army Air Corps before the Second World War.

Fort Magsaysay. Located on the northern island of Luzon, Fort Magsaysay is the largest military installation in the Philippines and is one of the primary training areas of the Philippine Army.

Lumbia Air Base. Located on the southern island of Mindanao, the airbase is connected to a civilian airport. Local media reports say construction of a new U.S. facility will begin soon.

Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base. Located on Mactan Island on the coast of Cebu in the central Philippines. It was originally built by the U.S. Air Force before the American pullout in the early 1990s.

The U.S. plans to set up “permanent logistics facilities to support rotational deployments,” said one defense official familiar with the agreement. The Pentagon is likely to invest heavily in construction projects to enhance capacity at those five bases.