He practiced for a short period as a lawyer in Christiania in 1905 before serving for two years as a consular secretary and deputy head at the new Norwegian consulate in Chicago, being one of the first members of Norway's newly established foreign service.

He was the founder and chairman of the ski club and literary society Starkad from 1897, described in the book Vinterlivets rene glæder (The Joy of Winter Life), named after one of his poems.

From 1905 to 1907 he served as a consular secretary and deputy head of mission at the newly established Norwegian consulate in Chicago, becoming one of the earliest employees of the new Norwegian consular service shortly before the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905.

He was a member of the Norwegian government delegation, led by Johan Castberg, at the Washington Conference in 1919, which established the International Labour Organization.

[5] Paus also served on various committees and was a board member of the Birtavarre Mining Company in Northern Norway.

When George Paus and Eilert Sundt, respectively 16 and 18 years old, arrived at Turtagrø in 1899, it marked the beginning of a new era for Norwegian mountaineering.

Paus climbed with Tandberg, Harold Raeburn, Howard Priestman, Therese Bertheau, Eilert Sundt, Kristian Lous, Henning Tønsberg, and other well-known mountaineers.

He was also a prolific contributor to its journal Starkad, which chronicled the early history of skiing as a modern sport in Norway.