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Graduate Gap Year Jobs

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Gap Years are becoming ever more popular with college and university leavers and are now seen as an attractive asset by future employers, providing excellent CV fodder. It's not all partying in Taipei and surfing in Australia though, lots of gap year schemes can offer more personally rewarding experiences such as teaching English to children or feeding pandas in a reserve giving you not only a one in a life time experience but an overwhelming sense of well being. But even for a more relaxed gap year there's still a lot of stress involved, planning, earning enough money and acquiring visas are often not as easy as they sound.



 

Graduate Gap Year Employers

TravelWorks TravelWorks offers a myriad of volunteer and paid work opportuniti... more
BUNAC BUNAC’s overseas work and volunteer programmes offer adventu... more
Camp America It's a chance to do something different with your summer and spend... more
Community Service Volunteers - CSV Community Service Volunteers (CSV) was founded in 1962 by Mora and... more
Traveller's World "Traveller's World" - the first guide to bring together travel, to... more
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Graduate Gap Year Case Studies

Benita Sabharwal

Benita Sabharwal - Costa Rica & Nicaragua - 2009

I had just finished my psychology degree and I was unemployed, searching for jobs and getting nowhere. Not even recruitment/temp agencies would take me on because I had no experience. I applied to the Raleigh Graduate Bursary Award because I have always wanted to volunteer abroad where I could make a difference... ... more

Charlotte Paddock

Charlotte Paddock - Harnas Wildlife Foundation, Namibia

I decided to take some time out following my degree, because I knew I would be going on to complete further studies, and really wanted a nice break in between! I couldn’t manage a gap year, but enjoyed the time I spent away... ... more

Costa Rica Case Study

Julia Sloboda - TravelWorks

I spent eight weeks in various national parks across Costa Rica as part of a TravelWorks gap year. Costa Rica: the best thing I have ever done in my life! I worked a total of eight weeks in various national parks - searching for turtle nests in the night, digging out eggs and burying them again in a safer place, bringing hatched turtle babies down to sea ... more

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After graduating from University I had always planned to take some time out and travel. However, when I found out I could use my skills and work abroad for a UK based company I decided that this would be the best way to see and experience life in other countries and get paid whilst doing it. ... more

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Graduate Gap Year Advice

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Eyes opening.....or eyes closing?

How that year out can wreck or reinforce your career... more

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Home or Away?

Find a job on your dorrstep or the other side of the world... more

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Want a Different Gap Year?

Avoid the clichés and have a gap year to write home about.... more

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Gap Year Safety: One Student's Experience

Taking a gap year or shorter break should be the experience of a lifetime,... more

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