How do you plan to get a work permit? There are only a few ways. There's the plan administered by BUNAC, but you have to be a university student or recently graduated. We have a working holiday plan with New Zealand, but applications are processed once a year, in May, so you've missed out on that. I think there may be a new country where we have a WHV arrangement.

The only other way is if you already have a US passport or you can get a company to sponsor you. To sponsor you, they must show that they can't find and hire a qualified American.