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Securing a work placement abroad
Margaret EvansCareers Adviser, Northumbria
UniversityLuke James, Scott Oakley
Living, breathing and loving a different country shows that you are adaptable, responsible and ambitious. Being able to speak a second language doubles, even triples, your options of job location. You could work in a café in Italy, be a personal assistant in Strasburg or a holiday rep. in Spain.
Rosie Shimmin, German and Politics
Why bother?
• Self-motivation• Drive and determination• International outlook• Confidence• Resilience• Flexibility• Problem solving• Negotiating
What do you want to do?
• What do you want to achieve?• Where?• When and for how long?• What kind of work?
Where can you go?Spanish
Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Rep., Ecuador, El Salvador, Eq. Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Niger, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Togo, Tunisia, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
German
Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland
French
Algeria, Andorra, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, France, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Laos, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Vanuatu, Vietnam
Italian
Croatia, Eritrea, France, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland
Consider…
• Course requirements• Skills you offer• Skills to be developed• What sector• What job role• Large or small• Location• Payment/costs
Finding your placement• Plan ahead!• Network• Agencies• Advertised opportunities• Speculative approaches
My networkFamily
Parents
friends
Partner
work colleagues & contacts
Siblings
friends
friends
family
friends
Work colleagues
work colleagues
family & friends
Neighbours
Family friends
work contactsPrevious placement
students
Uni staff
Summer and short-term
• Summer jobs worldwide• Work your way around the world• www.anyworkanywhere.com• www.jobsabroadbulletin.co.uk
Internships – via organisations
• www.internabroad.com• www.highflyersweb.com• EU internships http://europa.eu/epso
- useful links
Internships/Jobs – DIY
• Exodus
• Going Global
• Prospects Country Profileswww.prospects.ac.uk – Career Advice
• www.europa.eu/eures
• www.transitionsabroad.com
Volunteering
• European Voluntary Service http://ec.europa.eu/youth
• VSO youth programme• Gap year organisations• European Volunteer Centre
www.cev.be – You want to volunteer• www.worldwidevolunteering.org.uk
Making applications
• CV in the format and language of the country
• Letter - address the right person• Who you are• What you want• Why them?• What you can offer