Working overseas & gap years
- Thinking about working abroad when the outlook here is bleak can be very tempting. New job, new country, new life? Well, why not?
- You might want to work overseas permanently, for a couple of years on secondment with your existing employer, or apply to another international company.
- Sydney, Hong Kong and New York are all hotly contested postings, not least because of the widespread use of English as the lingua-franca of business, but why not try somewhere in Europe especially if you have language skills to use or brush up.
- Gap Years aren't just for students! Why not have a grown up 'gap year' working as a volunteer. It's amazing how many people say their break gave them some useful perspective on life and they can come back to the UK and build new lives with renewed vigour or appreciation. It's the old 'you don't know what you've got till it's gone' adage. There are some great web resources out there, many are very student oriented - you'll find our favourite sites below.
All the advice throughout the rest of the site still applies here. If you don’t like the job you do in the UK, doing the same thing somewhere sunnier may not bring the changes you were looking for. You’ll still be miserable but with a tan! There are lots of valuable tips and advice about working overseas in our book listed below "Rebuilding your life after redundancy".
Happy hunting!
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