The decision to completely uproot yourself for a work placement or a gap year abroad can lead to a challenging and life-changing experience.
Many students want to experience the independence and freedom it will give them. Others may want to develop work skills in an exciting new environment. Some simply want an impressive talking point for interviews and their CV.
Whatever your motive, when planning work experience or a gap year you must always consider what will be most beneficial for you. It might be more useful to your future career to pick up business skills and commercial awareness in a three-month internship in the UK thanto spend four weeks shovelling elephant dung in Tanzania…although dung-shovelling is not without its career benefits!
EMPLOYERS
| 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 |
CASE STUDIES
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There were several reasons really: to get experience in a job relevant... more |
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Will Stroud - Gap Year - Deloitte My motivation for taking a gap year was to gain as much experience as I... more |
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Louise Roberts - Voluntary Expedition - Trekforce Worldwide A combination of wages from my full time job at my local council and various... more |
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Jenny Runnacles - Step Programme Jenny is in her third year of a geography degree at the University of Bristol.... more |
ADVICE
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Accountancy, Transport and Gap Year Those with a head for numbers will be interested to read all about what... more |
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Listen up! Your degree is not enough Who would think that scrubbing the floors of a pub might play a part in... more |