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One of the most amazing opportunities you may have open to you is to 'work your way wround the world'. A year or so spent heading off around the world following the seasons - ski, yachts, fuit picking, summer holidays - the list goes on. We have found some great books and guides below to help get you started. Happy hunting!
Jobs overseas books
| Title: Work Your Way Around the World |
| Author: Susan Griffith |
| Publisher: Vacation Work |
| ISBN: 1854582747 |
 Description: This classic guide for the working traveller incorporates hundreds of first-hand accounts offering authoritative advice on how to find work around the world - in advance or on the spot.
Gives information on dates and details of harvests from Denmark to New Zealand, childcare jobs and voluntary projects worldwide, how to become a barmaid, pineapple picker, film extra, jackaroo, ranch hand, prawn fisherman etc. plus how to work a passage at sea. |
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| Title: Working on Yachts and Superyachts |
| Author: Jennifer Errico |
| Publisher: Vacation Work |
| ISBN: 185458295X |
 Description: Packed with useful tips, inside information and addresses, this definitive guide covers the different types of job available and the experience and/or qualifications called for, and explains where work for deck-hands, cooks, stewards/esses etc can be found. |
| List Price: gapyearbooks / Amazon Price: £7.69 You Save: £3.30 (30%) |
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| Title: Working on Cruise Ships |
| Author: Sandra Bow |
| Publisher: Vacation Work |
| ISBN: 1854582925 |
 Description: The best-selling guide to finding work on cruise ships describes what over 150 different jobs at sea are like and explains how to get them. With a directory listing details of 200 cruise lines and addresses of agencies and cruise lines to apply to. |
| List Price: gapyearbooks / Vacation Work: £8.99 You Save: £2.00 (18%) |
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| Title: Working in Tourism: The UK, Europe and Beyond |
| Author: Verite Reily Collins |
| Publisher: Vacation Work |
| ISBN: 1854583115 |
 Description: All the information needed by anyone looking for seasonal or permanent employment in the world's largest industry as company reps, drivers, overland tour leaders, campsite couriers, sports instructors, chefs etc. Includes a country-by-country guide to prospects plus a directory of 300 employers. |
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| Title: Working in Ski Resorts - Europe & North America |
| Author: Victoria Pybus |
| Publisher: Vacation Work |
| ISBN: 1854582968 |
 Description: The essential book for anyone who wants to find work as a ski instructor, disc jockey, chalet girl, shop assistant, au pair, resort rep, ski lift attendant, etc. Includes a directory of ski tour operators, plus reports on the prospects for finding work on the spot. |
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| Title: Workabout Australia |
| Author: Barry Brebner |
| Publisher: Vacation Work |
| ISBN: 1854583239 |
 Description: The long-awaited guide for everyone planning a working holiday in Australia covering the seasonal jobs to be found in 130 prime locations for finding a job, covering every state.
Information includes detailed calendars of fruit harvests and guidance for working in the tourist industry, cattle stations, forestry, prawn fishing, offices and industry etc. Includes useful addresses for finding both work and accommodation and descriptions of the local area and its attractions plus information on how to get there by public transport. |
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| Title: Teaching English Abroad |
| Author: Susan Griffith |
| Publisher: Vacation Work |
| ISBN: 1854582755 |
 Description: Fully revised new edition of the definitive guide to short and long-term opportunities around the world for both trained and untrained teachers in the booming field of teaching English as a foreign language.
Contains substantial chapters on finding work in over 20 countries where EFL is a major industry including lists of language schools which hire English teachers. Plus full information on how to become qualified, the role of recruitment agencies, what to take etc. |
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