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Student Work Abroad Programs from InterExchange
InterExchange offers summer job placements for students and young adults in the U.S. and around the world. We find the position for you! Choose from Au Pair, Internship, Seasonal Jobs, Volunteer, Teaching English and more. Many placements include housing, meals and a small stipend. Over 35 years experience arranging cultural and work exchange programs.
Cost: Varies
Dates: Year-Round
Contact: Interexchange, Inc., 161 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013, USA. Tel. 917-924-0446; fax: 212-924-0575
Email: info@interexchange.org
Website: Placements for U.S. citizens to work abroad www.WorkingAbroad.org; placements for non-U.S. residents to work in the U.S. www.InterExchange.org.
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BUNAC USA
Summer Work Abroad
Full-time university or college students and recent graduates can take advantage of BUNAC's Work Abroad programs to Britain, Canada and Ireland for summer jobs or internships. Program fees range from $250 to $400 and include admin, visa issuance, on the spot help with jobs and accommodation and full support. Further afield, but not impossible: Work Australia, Work New Zealand or a Volunteer option in South Africa, Peru or Cambodia. See website for details.
Contact: PO Box 430, Southbury, CT, 06488, USA. Tel.: (203) 264-0521 / (800) 462-8622.
Email: info@bunacusa.org
Website: www.bunac.org
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A+ Summer Jobs, www.aplus-summerjobs.com, is a non-profit offering listings and resources for work in the U.S. and abroad.
AAVE, www.aave.com, has summer camp jobs for leaders supervising teen activities such as biking, hiking, sailing, surfing, scuba diving and safaris in Africa, Latin America and Europe.
A.C.L.E. (Associazione Culturale Linguistica Educational), Via Roma 54, 18038 San Remo, Italy; 011-39-0184-506070; ACLE sends over 250 native English speaking Tutors to over 150 camps located throughout Italy. ACLE seeks enthusiastic and dependable people to work as English Camp Tutors at camps starting from June 2008. Provides accommodation, transport, meals, weekly cash wages, and an orientation course where you will receive an ACLE Intro TEFL Certificate. Visit the website, www.acle.org or contact info@acle.org for information and details on how to apply. Application deadline is April 30, 2008.
Accent Courses Ltd., 5 The Square, Liphook, Hants. GU30 7AB, U.K.; 011-44-1428 727701; www.accent-english.co.uk. Activity assistants needed for summer residential courses. Salary about £200 per week plus full board accommodation. All English-speakers.
ActionQuest, www.actionquest.com, offers summer jobs for qualified camp counselors to instruct and supervise teens in sailing and scuba diving activities in the Caribbean, Australia, South America, Tahiti, Monaco and Italy.
ACIS (American Council for International Studies, part of the American Institute for Foreign Study), 38 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5HR, England; 011-44-20-7590-7474. U.S. office: 343 Congress St., Ste. 3100, Boston, MA 02210; tm_recruitment@acis.com, www.acis.com/contact/jobs.asp. Tour managers needed to lead spring and summer educational tours of Europe for North American students. Interviews take place in U.K. and applicants must be over 21 and eligible to work in Europe. The busiest periods are March/April and June/July.
Adventure Teen Travel, www.adventureteentravel.com/adventure-jobs.shtml, offers jobs in Canada for motivated role models for adventure environments.
Adventure Treks, www.adventuretreks.com, has jobs available overseas for role models in excellent physical condition and with a variety of outdoor skills.
Adventures Cross-Country, www.adventurescrosscountry.com/trip_lead.htm, offers work overseas leading teenagers on adventure trips.
Aillwee Cave Co., Ltd., Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, Ireland; 011-353-65-7077036; www.aillweecave.ie. Cave tour guides and catering/sales staff taken on for a minimum of two months at this busy tourist attraction open year-round. Non-European applicants must have permission to work in Ireland and health insurance. Hostel accommodation provided for 50 euros a week.
Alaska Summer Jobs, www.alaska-summer-jobs.com, summer jobs in Alaska in a variety of industries including Alaska fishing and processing, cruise ship, fishing lodges and resorts, oil, outdoor jobs, land tour, timber, and construction work
American Friends Service Committee: Mexico Summer Project. The American Friends Service Committee invites you to seven weeks of mind-blowing experiential learning with Totonaca and Nahua indigenous communities. Spend the summer with international peers living, working and growing together . Partake in community projects, share from diverse cultures and experiences, and learn ways to address the political, social, ecological, and economic challenges of the present and the future. Contact: mexicosummer@afsc.org, www.afsc.org/latinamerica/int/mexicosummer.htm.
Anywork Anywhere; www.anyworkanywhere.com. Resources for work, adventure and travel throughout the UK, Europe and Worldwide. Many opportunities provide accommodation and are full-time temporary positions, with contracts running from 1 week to 12 months, permanent vacancies are also advertised.
Atlantis Youth Exchange, Rådhusgt 4, 0151, Oslo, Norway; Tel./fax. 011-47-22-47-71-79; atlantis@atlantis.no, www.atlantis.no. Arranges summer working guest positions on farms for 2-3 months. Also recruits au pairs for a minimum of six months. Applications for farm guest program must be sent direct or via InterExchange in New York; program fee $650.
Barracudas Summer Activity Camps, Bridge House, 27 Bridge St., St. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5EH, England; 011-44-1480-497533; jobs@barracudas.co.uk; recruitment.barracudas.co.uk. Residential and day camps in southern England need coaches, instructors, lifeguards, and counselors.
Bombard Balloon Adventures, SRO Ground Crew, Chateau de Laborde, Laborde Au Château, 21200 Beaune, France; U.S. fax. 561-837-6623; www.bombardsociety.org/jobs. Hot-air balloon ground crew for summer season, mainly in France (hiring begins late Feb.) and for winter season (Jan./Feb.) in the Swiss Alps (hiring begins Oct. 20).
Broadreach, www.gobroadreach.com/contact/employment/av_pos.asp, has a variety of summer jobs worldwide for qualified individuals with scuba, sailing, wilderness or marine biology experience.
CCUSA, 2330 Marinship Way, Suite 250, Sausalito, CA 94965; 415-339-2740; www.ccusa.com. Summer jobs as camp counselor jobs in the U.K, Russia, and Croatia. Work the summer or year teaching English in China.
Council International Volunteer Projects (CIEE), 7 Custom House Street, 3rd Floor, Portland, ME 04101;Toll-Free: 1-800-40-STUDY, 1-207-553-7600, Fax: 1-207-553-7699; info@ciee.org, www.ciee.org. Over 800 volunteer work projects in more than 30 countries. Fee typically $350-$395.
Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School, www.crrobs.org/about/employment/, offers summer jobs for wilderness expedition leaders and offers a special leadership and outdoor activity course.
English for Kids, Postgasse 11/19, 1010 Vienna, Austria; 011-43-1-667-45-79; magik@e4kids.co.at; www.e4kids.co.at. EFL teachers and camp counselors for English immersion summer camps in Lachstatt near Linz, and Vienna. Deadline for non-EU applicants is end of March.
Farmhands, www.farmhands.co.uk, offers UK farms seasonal student labour and provides seasonal summer jobs in the U.K.
Global Experiences: Summer Internships. Specializes in internship programs and sends hundreds of students around the world each summer to gain practical work experience and enhance their global experiences. Enroll early for the summer and reserve your place in a professional internship program in Italy; Australia; Ecuador; Paris and other great locations. Contact: admin@globalexperiences.com, www.globalexperiences.com
Green Volunteers, www.greenvol.com/abroad.html, an excellent organization specialising in volunteer and conservation work abroad , offers a directory of 30,000 summer jobs overseas in the book they sell on their site.
International Cooperative Education, 15 Spiros Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025; 650-323-4944; icemenlo@aol.com, www.icemenlo.com. Arranges paid and unpaid summer internships for American and other students in many countries: England, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Singapore, Japan, China, Australia, Ghana, Mongolia, and Argentina. Jobs include retail sales, banking, computer technology, hotels and restaurants, offices, etc.; most require knowledge of relevant language.
ISIS Education & Travel, 259 Greenwich High Rd., Greenwich, London SE10 8NB, U.K.; 011-44-208-293-1188; recruitment@isisgroup.co.uk. Teachers of English as a foreign language and activity leaders needed for residential summer language/activity camps held at 15locations around England.
JobMonkey.com provides a database of jobs in tourism, hospitality, camps, tours and other forms of short-term work, including summer jobs. The site requires registration and features job postings.
Kroka Expeditions of Vermont, www.kroka.com/jobs.shtml, offers jobs and apprenticeships for their unique form of summer and seasonal adventure travel programs.
Moondance Adventures, www.moondanceadventures.com, has jobs available as trip leaders for teens on adventures worldwide.
Natuur 2000, Bervoetstraat 33, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 011-32-3-231-26-04; natuur2000@telenet.be, www.natuur2000.be. Flemish conservation organization hosts short summer workcamps and study projects throughout Belgium open to all nationalities.
Operation Crossroads Africa, P.O Box 5570, New York, NY 10027; 212-289-1949; oca@igc.org, operationcrossroadsafrica.org. Seven-week volunteer projects in Africa; $25 application fee, $3,500 program fee (includes airfare), which many participants fundraise.
Payaway, www.payaway.co.uk/dirtourism.htm, has an extensive list of summer tourism jobs.
PGL Travel Ltd., Alton Court, Penyard Ln., Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 5GL, England; 011-44-1989-767833/0870-401-4411; recruitment@pgl.co.uk; www.pgl.co.uk. Hires hundreds of sports instructors, counselors and general staff for activity centers throughout Britain
Real Gap Experience, www.realgap.co.uk, offers international volunteer programmes, working holidays and a wide variety of different summer jobs abroad. Real gap year experiences has everything for a full year out or career break, for those that wish to work and travel abroad.
SCI-IVS, camps.sciint.org. Volunteer projects worldwide. Apply to country camps via camps.sciint.org/howto.htm; U.S. branch is www.sci-ivs.org. Fees typically $175. Contact: SCI USA - Placement Office, 5505 Walnut Level Road, Crozet, VA 22932.; phone/fax: (206) 350-6585; e-mail: sciinfo@sci-ivs.org.
Seasonal Jobs New Zealand, www.seasonaljobs.co.nz, has compliled many job and employment opportunities from all over New Zealand and from many industries, like fruit picking on farms and hospitality just to name a few. We have seasonaland summer jobs in great locations and resort towns around New Zealand.
Seasonworkers.com, www.seasonworkers.com, a U.K. site, provides a very diverse listing of jobs for all seasons overseas. This excellent site also provides tools by which those who have such work experience may stay in touch and network with past co-workers via their active messageboard.
Summerjobs.com, www.summerjobs.com, is a database of short-term jobs overseas, many of which are related to tourism and hospitality.
Supercamps Ltd., Park House, Milton Pk., Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RS, U.K.; 011-44-1235 832222; employment@supercamps.co.uk; www.supercamps.co.uk. Children’s holiday company with many seasonal job vacancies.
The American School in Switzerland (TASIS). Summer Language Programs, 6926 Montagnola-Lugano, Switzerland; 011-41-91-960-5151; summer@tasis.ch; www.tasis.com/summer. Work as English teachers and children’s counselors at summer program. Hiring takes place between January and March. Contribution to transatlantic airfare of 1,200 Swiss francs ($1,000); net salaries are $2,100 for counselors and $3,200 for teachers.
Tenidiomas. Native English Teachers required to work at a Summer Language Camp. Contact: info@tenidiomas.com, www.tenidiomas.com.
Village Camps S.A., 14 rue de la Morache, 1260 Nyon, Switzerland; 011-41-22-990-9405; personnel@villagecamps.ch, www.villagecamps.com/personnel. Recruits monitors and counselors to work for the summer or winter season at children's sports camps in several Swiss resorts and Zell-am-See, Austria. Expenses paid from 385 Swiss francs per week.
Volunteers for Peace (VFP), 43 Tiffany Rd., Belmont VT 05730, 802-259-2759, fax 802-259-2922; vfp@vfp.org, www.vfp.org. Over 3,000 projects offered in more than 100 countries.
Where There Be Dragons, www.wheretherebedragons.com, offers jobs for qualified leaders of summer and seasonal teen adventures tours, often in the developing world.
Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing, www.wilderness-adventure.com/employment.htm, has jobs worldwide available in a variety of roles as summer trip leaders and support staff.
Wilderness Ventures, www.wildernessventures.com/adventure_camps/, offers jobs to qualified applicants for its summer outdoor adventures worldwide.
World Challenge Expeditions, Black Arrow House, 2 Chandos Rd., London NW10 6NF, U.K.; 011-44-8704 873173; leaderinfo@world-challenge.co.uk, www.world-challenge.co.uk. 400 expedition leaders for summer schools’ educational expeditions to Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. Four-week period of work between late June and late August. Usual minimum age 24 and minimum qualification mountain leader training and experience of working with 14-18 year olds.
Young Austria Summer Camps, Ferienhöfe GmbH, Alpenstrasse 108a, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria; 011-43-662-62-57 58-0; gudrun.doringer@youngaustria.at, www.camps.at. Needs monitors and EFL teachers for summer language and sports camps near Salzburg. Application deadline mid-March. Teachers receive about €286 per fortnight and monitors receive €160.
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