How to Find Work Abroad After University

If three or four years studying for your degree has left you longing for adventure, don’t let a lack of funds hold you back. While there are slim job pickings for graduate’s back home, there are all kinds of ways you can find work abroad after university. Here’s a quick run-down of three different job options and how to get your hands on them…

1)  Teaching English abroad

Because of the massive worldwide demand for English teachers, you’re 80% of the way to landing an amazing TEFL job, so long as you’re a fluent English speaker. The other 20%? Doing an accredited TEFL course. A TEFL certificate is your ticket to jobs everywhere from China to Chile, where you’ll be able to get an insider’s view of another culture, make loads of new friends, and get some great work experience.

Smiles all round in the classroom

How to make it happen:

1. Do you research Download a free copy of TEFL Uncovered: How to Teach Your Way Abroad with TEFL to discover what your options are: http://www.onlinetefl.com/contact-tefl-team/tefl-ebook.html

2. Do a TEFL course Most employers will want to see that you’ve done one and they start from just £143/$184.

3. Find your TEFL job abroad Wherever English isn’t the first language, there are TEFL jobs. Discover where you could be living and working here: http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-jobs-abroad/.

2) Working holiday in Australia

If you’re from the UK, Canada or Ireland, you can head to Australia for a year for a mixture of work and play – most travellers who take this option work for six months or so before burning through the money they’ve earned while travelling up the East Coast for six months, taking in

Fraser Island, the Whitsundays, Byron Bay and Cairns.

G'day mate!

How to make it happen:

1. Get your visa sorted and book your flight The flight will be quite expensive, so you may need to do some saving first. You can get information about the working holiday visa here: http://www.visabureau.com/australia/working-holiday-visa.aspx   

2. Head Down Under It’s easier to find work once you’re there on the ground. Get an idea of the kind of jobs you could be doing here: http://www.tntdownunder.com/jobs-search.html

3. Job hunt Ask around hostels and backpacker bars to see if they need any extra staff and contact recruitment agencies.

3) Doing a ski season

If skiing/snowboarding every day sounds like your idea of heaven, this is definitely the option for you – as long as you’re prepared to interrupt your time on the slopes with a spot of bar work, cooking or cleaning, you can look forward to a very fun few months indeed. Hey, if you’re good enough, you can even pick up work as a ski/snowboard instructor.

Fancy a change of scenery? (Photo:spirit-fire)

How to make it happen:

1. Do some research There are lots of different resorts where you can find work – so decide on the kind of place you want to be working before you start applying for jobs. A good site to check out is Season Workers: www.seasonworkers.com/skijobs, where you can chat to ‘seasonaires’ past and present.

2. Decide if you need to do any extra training A cookery course will really help if you decide to become chalet staff, or you might consider becoming a ski instructor.

3. Find your dream job on the slopes The main recruitment period is late summer to autumn in time for the start of the season in December. You can either browse jobs on sites like Season Workers, or if there’s a company you specifically want to work for, contact them directly. 

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