Earlier this week we talked about non-teaching jobs abroad, for all of those who want a job that involves something besides teaching English as a foreign language. While there are plenty of those types of jobs out there, the most popular overseas job remains teaching English, and with good reason! Teaching English in a foreign [...]
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It’s hard to deny that the most popular position for people working abroad is teaching – English tutors and teachers are in very high demand throughout Latin America, Asia and Europe.
Overseas jobs are almost synonymous with teaching English – especially in non-English speaking countries. While teaching abroad can be a lucrative, rewarding way to make money while living in a foreign country it simply isn’t the right fit for anyone. So if you are looking to work abroad but aren’t sure exactly what you want to do, here are some of the most popular non-teaching work opportunities overseas.
How’s the job search going? If it’s stalled out a bit, you’re in luck – it’s summertime! Which, unfortunately, doesn’t mean that you can stop looking. But it does mean that you can take a cue from the changing seasons and change something up in your job search process. Let’s start with the schedule. Why [...]
Whether you are a student, teacher, or a seasonal worker with some free time this summer, you can take advantage of great opportunities to do something meaningful and fun this summer. While we are already into June, plenty of organizations are still looking for eager volunteers to work for anywhere from two weeks to three months on all types of projects – from building eco-lodges to teaching school children the basics. If you have ever through about taking a trip abroad to volunteer but weren’t sure if you had the time, the time is now for these overseas volunteer opportunities:
Have you seen JobMonkey’s newest cool jobs section about becoming an archeologist? Seriously, that is a COOL job. About a million years ago (okay, so maybe it was just 20), I was an archeologist for the summer. Well, for 3 weeks out of the summer. And I wasn’t exactly an archeologist. More like a glorified [...]
There’s nothing like awful unemployment figures to make you feel committed to your current job. Not loyal or happy, perhaps, but committed. Who would leave a job when new ones are so hard to find? The problem with this very grownup line of thinking – besides that it’s probably right – is that it can [...]
Yup, it’s tough out there. There are hardly any jobs it seems, for the new college or high school graduate. Unemployment in this demographic tops 25% in some areas, with little hope for improvement, at least for the near future. What’s a young adult to do? Get a job anyway. That sounded kind of clueless, [...]
When I first started career counseling, 25 long years ago, layoffs were still viewed as emergency procedures, to be undertaken only under the direst of circumstances. Companies feared negative publicity for kicking people out of the workplace, not to mention the public perception that they were one step from absolute failure. My, what a difference [...]
