Thank you for your help @psyguy

I asked a question on this forum before but received pretty much zero feedback so I thought I would try a different angle. I am currently studying to become a school counselor. What do you suggest are some absolute must-have experiences as a school counselor I should have here in the states before trying to work as a school counselor internationally?

Firstly, I want to thank you for replying and being very thorough in your response. However, I think there is a way of saying something without being rude and making blatant assumptions.

> "The much more marketable and significant aspect of the tasking is career
> and Uni counseling, which I imagine you know nothing about, and aren't
> graduating from an Ivy nor did you work in an admissions or enrollment
> management office."
>
> "Not likely to happen though
> because your resume is a lot of white space, and you lack essential tasking
> skills for the role."

Seeing as though you know nothing about me other than what I have shared in my original post, I would appreciate it if you did not make these assumptions. I also never specified what level of students I care to work with so assuming that university counseling would be the primary role of the counselor, at the middle school level this is not fully applicable and at the elementary level it's not applicable at all.
Again, thank you for you response though. I will continue to do my research.
If anyone else has any information to share, I would greatly appreciate it.

Hello everyone,
I am in my final year as a school counseling graduate student and am currently completing my full-time internship. I will be graduating this May (Hoorah!) but I have a few questions that I'm hoping someone could help me with.
I am really interested in counseling abroad at an international school and have been researching as much as I can but am not finding much (a lot of groups and forums with experienced international school counselors in them seem to be listed as private or in a pay only portion of a website). The areas that I am most interested in are South America and East/South East Asia but of course I am open to anywhere.
I am most concerned with my marketability. I am 25 and unfortunately, I don't have much experience outside the classroom because I went straight from undergrad right into grad school.
My questions are:
1. Are there any specific areas that are more prone to hiring recent graduates/first year counselors? If you know of any, please share!
2. Does anyone have any experience in attending the UNI international job fair or any others? Could you share what your experience was like?
3. Being new to the counseling job market, what types of questions do you think will be asked of me during an interview and how should I prepare?
4. What should I include in my counseling portfolio? When I ask this, I want to know what would be considered too much and what is not necessary.
5. Do non-teaching and non-counseling experiences such as coaching a sport help make me more marketable or is it seen as irrelevant? I was an assistant track coach for two years at a division 2 university. Within those two years, I also coached for a semester at a high school part time.
6. When is prime time to start reaching out to schools?
7. And lastly, is it frowned upon to reach out to schools even when there is no position being advertised on their website?
Sorry for so many questions but any information and experiences will be greatly appreciated!