Overseas Jobs

[staceyb]

Can anyone recommend and websites for looking for overseas jobs, and does anyone have any idea if a potential employer would pay for initial travel costs, with a view of repayong them back over a few months.

[bob1179]

What area are you looking at getting into?

I work in construction, but I have a good friend who works in hospitality and gets around quite a bit so it's not just limited to us sweaty engineers!

If you just want to go abroad for a bit have you looked into one of the companies that specializes in teaching English abroad?

[staceyb]

Anything really, admin, hospitality, childcare, anything non-skiiled.

[Shay HTFC]

Try teaching English abroad.

I was on $15/hr in Vietnam and saving a few hundred dollars each month. The living costs are so small compared to what you earn. I never needed to show my degree or any proof of previous teaching experience at all - a white face and blue eyes were the only qualifications I needed.

I've also heard of people in South Korea saving £15-20,000 in a year. Think you might need a degree to get a job there though.

[bob1179]

Without any formal qualifications it's going to be harder for you to get a job.

Somthing like this might be good and you'll get some great experience:

http://www.realgap.co.uk/teach-abroad?mckv=mkwid|s...

There is also the holiday rep route which is something another friend of mine did:

http://www.areyouthomascook.co.uk/?gclid=CK78haDv0...

This is supposed to be a lot of hard work (dealing with miserable punters), but the social life is great. The only problem is that it can be quite seasonal.

I suppose you could also look into working for an airline as a flight attendant? Again the hours are long and it can be quite difficult, but you'll get to travel all over the place. I believe it is very competitive though:

http://www.flightattendantfacts.com/flight_attenda...

Good luck with whatever you chose though! It is great being able to travel and see the world, though in my case I always end up in places somewhat off the beaten track. It's all a big adventure really.

[anonymous-user]

Any good employer will pay the cost of getting you to and from the country, in fact paying for you to go back is a normal requirment of the work visa, I'd consider anyone who didn't pay mobilisation cost as doggy.

[XJSJohn]

the cath is that without formal qualifications you may find it difficult getting the necessary employment visa's (depending on where you go)

However Monster.com, jobserve.com and jobsdb.com cover a prety broad spectrum.

[v15ben]

Shay HTFC said:

I've also heard of people in South Korea saving £15-20,000 in a year. Think you might need a degree to get a job there though.

That is definitely at the higher end of the scale TBH. I earn about 15 grand a year however with a free apartment, flights paid etc etc and only teach for around 12 hours a week! I'll end up saving about a third of my salary with no effort whatsoever and plenty of cool holidays though

I really enjoy it here though and would highly recommend having a look into it if you fancy getting abroad for a while!