Working abroad
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Whether you're looking for a permanant job overseas or wanting to find short-term work abroad, we'll advise you of useful resources. Volunteering overseas is also an option you may want to explore.
Information you need to know about working overseas
- Working Abroad - covering planning ahead, finding employers, and getting work.
- Country profiles - detailed information about living and working overseas, including key sources of vacancies.
- Country guides - whether you're a graduate returning to your own country or you want to work in another country these guides are full of useful advice
- BBC Country Profiles
- Embassies and High Commissions - information about jobs in their countries, visa requirements and legal issues.
- workpermit.com - details of immigration, work visa and work permit services.
Work and travel opportunities
- anyworkanywhere.com - casual, seasonal and short-term job opportunities
- British Council - general vacancies in addition to English teaching jobs and language assistant posts.
- BUNAC - work/ travel programmes for students and young people.
- Camp America - Places people on American summer camps
- Careers in Europe - for graduates and professionals.
- CCUSA - Summer camp jobs, work and travel experiences, and volunteer adventures in the USA and around the world.
- CIEE/ISTplus - international work programmes, study abroad and volunteer projects for students and graduates.
- eteach.com - Global teaching jobs.
- EURES (European Employment Services).
- eurograduate.com .
- European Personnel Selection Office - vacancies for the European Union Institutions.
- Farm jobs - advertise agricultural positions across the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada
- gapyear (prospects) - information on gap years abroad and in the UK.
- gapyear.com - travel, backpacking and volunteering
- gapyearforgrownups
- gapadvice.org - for independent gap year information, research and advice.
- ihipo - Internships, Jobs and Graduate Programs abroad.
- Intern Options - work and travel Australia and New Zealand
- JET - Japan exchange and teaching programme.
- seasonworkers.com - short term jobs, courses and volunteer projects worldwide.
- Singapore - graduate careers in Singapore
- Twin Group - European Union internship programmes
- United Nations Human Resources -advertises current UN vacancies.
- United Nations Junior Professional Programme - recruits from higher degree holders in economics and relevant social sciences, who are proficient in a second language and who have had at least 2 years work experience in a developing country.
- Work and Volunteer Abroad - adventure travel in over 20 countries
- World Health Organisation - recruits postgraduates and graduates, generally with language skills.
