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(no subject)
http://ismajor.wisc.edu/isCareer.htm
http://gargoyle.arcadia.edu/Career/Majors/links/international.htm
http://www.pdx.edu/careers/majorinternationalstudies.html
And don't be like, "I've looked at this kind of stuff before" or "There's nothing useful here" ... read every word and pull everything you can out of each website. There's always more than you think if you take the time to look for it.
Regarding Problem B:
Your major does. not. matter. You have a college degree... that's what counts. Employers don't look at an International Studies degree and think, "well, this person must be dumb" and then look at an International Business degree and think, "this person must be awesome"... it's about who you are and what you can do. What you have to do is sell yourself by highlighting what you're good at, and what skills you developed while getting your degree. You have to be ready to do this at the drop of a hat, using concrete examples. It takes preparation, energy, ambition, and wholesale dedication. If you don't have one of those, fake it 'til you make it, as long as you are sure you can actually do whatever it is the job requires. If you look at the job description and think, "yeah, I could do that," then apply, no matter if it says "business degree preferred" or whatever... apply, write a cover letter, send your resume, call the company and be ready to sell yourself. It doesn't matter if your application ends up in the shredder 19 out of 20 times. The 20th time is worth it. Search multiple websites for job postings every day. The more places you apply, the better your chances. The more phone calls you make, the better your chances. Talk to each company as if it's the only one you're interested in. No one is going to push you; you have to push yourself. If you think you're not qualified, work toward making yourself qualified. Teach yourself stuff. Do research. Practice doing whatever it is you think you can't do. If you're not happy with an aspect of yourself, then work to change it. If you think the problem is that you can't change, and that's the aspect of yourself that you're not happy with... start by trying to go half a day without saying to yourself, "I can't". Then try to go for a whole day. Then a week. You're smart enough that you really could do pretty much anything you really decide to learn to do. Just work to control all the aspects of the job search that you can control, and then, if you still get rejected, you can be confident that the problem was not with anything that YOU did or didn't do.
That was really long, I know. Hopefully at least some of it helps...