Variety is the keynote of the overseas contract jobs and assignments our employers traditionally offer to the candidates The Kaplan Group finds for them. Frankly speaking, the best candidates we discover most often have a taste for variety and are not looking for routine employment. It is important to note that assignments are nearly always of limited time and scope. They are contract based, requiring the employee to go overseas for a specific purpose and duration of time, often at short notice. This requires not only a certain taste for adventure, but also a flexible personal time schedule that will allow you to accept foreign assignments on short notice. The types of assignments run the gamut of the variety of work found in many international commercial enterprises — from business negotiations, sales, and marketing, to the employee interviews, recruitment, and background investigations necessary to set up a branch office in a foreign location. Nearly all positions will involve interaction with foreign nationals, so language and cultural skills are very important, as explained in The Candidate Profile. If one of our employers decides to interview you, they will provide details on the specific positions and types of assignments they require.