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| The Guide to Travel, Study, and Living Overseas
Inside information on travel, living, study abroad, volunteer vacations, and internship work opportunities overseas. A wealth of articles, resources, and links for budget alternatives to mass tourism. |
| | The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas by Jean-Marc Hachey is one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date guides available for work abroad and international careers. The ultimate print and online resource for North Americans to find their dream job overseas. |
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Featured Articles | Becoming an International Aid Worker
Matthew Bolton offers practical tips and links for getting started in a career as an international aid worker - advice based upon his own experience, which started with volunteer work abroad. In the case of the tsunamis in South Asia and Eastern Africa, he also explains why Aid Agencies Prefer Professionals to Inexperienced Volunteers. | Gen X Goes to Work Abroad 
Jennifer Hamm describes a hot trend for young professionals - working abroad on corporate assignments. She provides advice on the qualifications and attitude necessary to secure such forms of work abroad. | Working and Networking in Italy
Emma Bird provides inside tips for finding work in Italy, where networking for a job can be as important as your credentials, according to a woman who is working abroad both as a freelance journalist and an English teacher. | Working in France: How Non-Europeans Can Work Legally
Finn Skovgaard is an experienced and creative expert who provides the inside information necessary to find work in France as a non-European legally - a process which requires a sense of humor. | Volunteer Teaching English in Africa
B. Susan Bauer on how to go about finding volunteer work teaching English in Africa. | Teaching English in Mexico and Living as a Mex-Pat
Jonathan Clark provides inside tips on finding work teaching English in Mexico, and offers a variety of perspectives from the many mex-pats making it their new home. | My Vision of Travel Photojournalism
Italian correspondent Fabrizio Fiorenzano expresses in words and images a perspective cultivated from his award-winning international work as a photographer. | Making it as a Freelance English Teacher in Spain
Steven Harold Starry , co-host of MadridTeacher.com, provides an experienced expert's tips on what is required to find freelance work teaching English in Madrid, Spain. | Distance Learning: Travel While You Study Abroad
A.J. Hoge has discovered an innovative and flexible approach to study abroad, allowing him to travel, live and work teaching English in Bangkok while completing an advanced degree. | Want to Work Abroad? Learn Another Language
Jennifer Hamm reports that there is one extremely valuable key to an international business career: Learn to speak at least one other language. | Freelancing in France: Living and Working on the French Riviera
Kelby Hartson Carr, editor of About.com's France for Visitors, provides an insider's guide to freelancing alternatives to the work permit in order to live and work abroad long-term on the French Riviera. | Paid Software Internships in India
From our correspondent in India, Transitions Abroad offers a glimpse of what could be your next summer job in India’s dream software company, based in Bangalore, South India - a fascinating new opportunity for paid work abroad while you study cutting edge technologies. | Travel to Bhutan: The Land of the Thunder Dragon
Martin Li offers us snapshots of his travel abroad to the magical Kingdom of Bhutan - "The Land of the Thunder Dragon. " | "Do What You Love," Say the Experts in International Careers
Editor Sherry Schwarz interviews Ron and Caryl Krannich - authors of many classic books on work abroad and at home - and discovers that the secret to their success is, in part, a result of their common love of travel. | How to Work Abroad After College
Katie Kreuger tells the story of a transition from college study towards her goal to work abroad, and provides helpful tips for others who are contemplating taking the plunge overseas. | Teaching as an International Career
Tamara Studniski and Peter Burnside provide inside tips and resources for those who seek a career abroad teaching subject matter other than English. Their advice is based upon varied experiences working overseas the past five years. | International School Jobs: How to Plan a Successful Interview
Jarett Emert, who is working as a teacher of literature at an American school in Italy, describes how to research and prepare for your interview for an international teaching job. | The Real Peace Corps
Matt Brown provides a realistic and honest appraisal of his a volunteer work teaching English in Africa with the Peace Corps. | The Benefits of Study Abroad
A new study by Professors Mary Dwyer and Courtney Peters of IES Abroad details the personal, academic, intercultural and career development benefits of overseas education - which they reveal is often the best preparation for work abroad. | Teaching English in Costa Rica
Laura Dulin provides inside tips and many valuable resources for finding a job teaching English (ESL) throughout Costa Rica. | Teaching English in Ecuador: Adventure Awaits at Latitude Zero
Newley Purnell relates his experience teaching English in Ecuador and offers a sense of the joys of living and working in an exotic and culturally rich country where the natives are warm and hospitable. | Finding Work Teaching English in Italy
Kevin Revolinksi provides helpful tips and web resources for jobs teaching English in Italy. |
| Teaching English in Europe
Susan Griffith, our Short-Term Work Abroad Editor for many years, offers inside tips and resources to succeed in the sometimes difficult task of securing a job teaching English in Europe. | Learning a Language While Volunteering Abroad
Expert and author of books on jobs teaching English abroad, Susan Griffith offers advice and vast resources for volunteer work abroad in which immersion into the native culture accelerates the language learning process, and provides a more enriching overall travel experience. | How to Get a Job as an Au Pair Overseas.
Susan Griffith provides an invaluable overview and extensive links on a rewarding form of work abroad: "Au pairing (literally living on equal terms) provides single women and men aged 18-27 the chance to study a language and culture while living as part of a family abroad." |
| | | | Interview with Rick Steves
The founding Publisher and Editor of Transitions Abroad, Clay Hubbs, asks Rick Steves what influenced and motivates his tireless work teaching and writing the gospel of independent travel. | Europe's Online Travel Deals
Author Rick Steves and Back Door Travel columnist for Transitions Abroad magazine for almost two decades, helps navigate the web to find the best travel deals in Europe - while providing advice on how to avoid being overcharged by the bigger sites and carriers. | Italy 101
Rick Steves offers practical budget travel tips and advice for traveling through the magical lands of Italy. |
| | | | | | The Seven Myths of Being a Travel Writer
Tim Leffel provides a realistic assessment of the possibilities of working as travel writer to pay the rent or cover travel expenses. He shows those driven by a love for travel how to go about making a career happen. | Go Learn Something
Tim Leffel suggests a variety of ways the adult traveler may study abroad on a budget - whether by participating in volunteer work or by taking part in inexpensive language vacations overseas. |
| | Journalism in Bolivia: Volunteer Work With the i-to-i Program in La Paz
Aidan Doyle describes his work as a volunteer journalist in Bolivia to be the ideal way to get to know the natives and their culture. | International Fellowships and Scholarships
Erin Alisa Guntly provides insider advice and resources on the opportunities for international Fellowships and Scholarships. Such sponsored forms of study abroad require no work but often lead to an international career. | A TEFLing Primer for North Americans: DOs and DON’Ts
Duncan MacLeod, host of our favorite TEFL job search web site, www.tesall.com, has written a practical guide to initiate potential teachers into a profession (teaching English as a foreign language) which has been rapidly growing both in demand and in popularity as a means to work and live abroad. | Freelancing in Spain: Work Permits and Teaching English in Spain
Victoria Fontana, co-host of MadridTeacher.com, offers her experience acquiring work permits and freelancing teaching English in Madrid, as well as other advice for starting a business and living in Spain. | Living Festivals: Getting Into the Local Spirit
Jim Kane describes the joys experienced and friendships developed when volunteering for work with natives as they celebrate their most sacred festivals. | Art Study in Mexico
Kelly Nicholls on the myriad of options available to those who wish to study art - many have come to work and live as artists - in the beautiful city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. | What it Takes to Live and Work Abroad
Celeste Heiter - author of books derived from years teaching English in Japan - on the essential attributes for a successful and rewarding experience living and working abroad. | Heading in a New Direction: Why More Graduates Live and Work Abroad
Alexa Hackbarth describes why Americans are seeking international jobs in record numbers and how to do so. | Work, Study, Travel: The Combination Allows You to Live Abroad as a Local
Jen Swanson's own story provides inside tips, inspiration and resources on how to extend your travel abroad by incorporating short-term work and study. |
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