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Work Abroad
Are you one of the thousands of students who wants to work abroad instead of studying? Here are some useful articles about:
- The top 5 reasons to work abroad
- Erasmus Work Placements - work abroad, and still receive an Erasmus grant
- Work-related schemes for graduates - Grundtvig and the Leonardo Programme
- Au Pairing abroad - looking after children and learning the language
- Internships abroad - finding and making the most of your placement
- Becoming a British Council Language Assistant - teaching children as a classroom assistant
- Comenius Assistantships
- Writing your CV and cover letter in French, German or Spanish
- Applying for jobs internationally
- Volunteering abroad
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Jack Collins, from All About Careers, gives essential advice to help you write your CV for international recruiters, big and small, and get your dream job abroad.Published in Documentation -
Michelle Bendel is the founder of Placement Finders, a website dedicated to finding students a placement in Spain on their year abroad. Here, she gives her views on the benefits of working abroad, and how her own year abroad helped her in her career choice...Published in Work Abroad -
Internships and the year abroad
Written by Natacha CullinanFor every student planning on studying on his/her year abroad, another will try and carve his/her way into the world of work, abroad. Planning an internship in a foreign country can seem a little confusing; from where to start, what sector to look into, where you’d like to work, how long for...However, it is worth looking into, even if you initially thought of studying abroad - there are thousands of internships abroad whose lengths vary, from a month to a whole year, depending on what you’re looking for...Published in Internships Abroad -
It’s hard to know where to start when looking for materials to prepare your classes as a language assistant. For me, my baptism of fire into the world of primary school teaching began when I turned up to one class on my first day and was given a box of English resources, with a Latin swish of the hand as if to say ‘Go forth and teach.’ Needless to say, I was terrified, I had to be creative in my methods given that I had no time to look through or prepare said resources.Published in Language Assistants
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Fast facts
Surface area: 92,120 km²Population: 11 MillionLargest cities: Lisbon, Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Amadora, Coimbra
Unemployment rate: 9.5% (Dec 2010)Published in Work in Portugal -
Placement Finders is a work experience mediation company whose main focus is to source and select quality work experience in Spain for European undergraduates. They also find internship placements in the UK for learners of English. Their role is like that of a dating agency: they find a suitable company for the student, make the introduction and hope both parties like each other. If they are successful with their match-making, they then take on the role of organiser by liaising between student, company and university to make sure everything is in place to allow the placement to go ahead without problems.Published in Work in Spain -
Nick Goodchild studied French and Spanish at King’s College, London. After graduating and spending some time in Chile, he decided to find an internship abroad. He came across the Leonardo da Vinci program, and gives us a bit more information about it...Published in Internships Abroad -
How to get onto TEFL: the ins and outs of teaching English abroad
Written by Giovanna PerciballiGiovanna Perciballi gives an account on the benefits of teaching English as a foreign language, whether students are looking for work on their year abroad or fancy beating the job cuts once they graduate.Published in Language Assistants -
Pupils say the funniest things
Written by Zoë ProudProbably the best thing about teaching, aside from obvious gratification and earning some dough (no more relying on your ever-dependable Student Finance), is hearing the gems pupils come out with whilst learning English. I am currently working as a language assistant in Madrid, where I am teaching primary school classes: ages 6-11 years old, which is prime picking ground for cute misunderstandings and mistranslations. I have only been here a month, but already I have a selection of misquotes worthy of You’ve Been Framed...Published in Work Abroad
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