2007-09-23 13:48:18 · 7 answers · asked by toburn41 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Work in another country! Backpacking across Europe is nice, but I couldn't afford to just travel. I found a way to have an adventure and still support myself.
If you are a student 18 or over (or a recent graduate) you can get help from BUNAC! (www.bunac.org) It is an exchange program that will get you a work permit in another country (there are several to choose from). I used the program to work in London several years ago and I highly recommend it. The best part is, they will assist you with finding a job and a place to stay.
BUNAC provides an extensive list of employers who have already hired students in the program. I wrote to many of them and sent my resume, but that didn't help. In the end, I saved up enough money to get me through two or three weeks and just went anyway. The organization provides at least three nights lodging in their inexpensive, privately-owned youth hostel. I stayed there the whole six months. I quickly found a job with their assistance in about 10 days!
One catch...you must be willing to work a job for which you are overqualified. Employers know you will be skipping town in 6 months. Many of my hostel buddies found work as bartenders, secretaries, nannies, retail clerks, etc. even though they were mostly college graduates. It's not about the job! Live cheaply and save your money go to the theater and see the sights!
I worked for a temp agency for cosmetics companies. I would work at Harrods at the Clinique counter for a few days, then they would send me to Selfridges to sell Christian Dior, etc. I loved it because I got to meet so many people, and the job was completely flexible. If I wanted to take a few days off to travel, that was totally fine!
I made enough money to survive, do lots of sightseeing, and buy lots of theater tickets!
Good luck!
2007-09-23 13:54:44 · answer #1 · answered by tea4twoholiday 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a positive and negative connotation to your perception. Yes, some are more informed with updated information, but there is a BIG difference between harboring knowledge and the application of knowledge. Experience is invaluable because you learn by adapting instead of learning about those who learn by adapting. Moreover, accomplishments in a "Real World" setting shows an employer you can do it. A degree can only show an employer you know how to do it. Sorry about the setback, keep on keeping on. There is a phenomenon called learning by doing. This proven economic theory teaches that those who repeatedly do the same work are more efficient then those who are new to the industry. It is more efficient to hire someone who has more experience.
2016-05-17 06:58:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace Corps
Americorps
Camp director
Dishwash your way across the country
Move to a organic farm commune
go to grad school
teach in a foreign country
work in res life at a college or boarding school
Lutheran Volunteer Corps (you don't have to be Lutheran, or a Christian for that matter)
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
finding a job that you really really like doesn't feel like the "real world" as portrayed on tv.
2007-09-23 15:23:53 · answer #3 · answered by scoop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Go to grad school (best way!)
2) Live at home off of your parents
3) Get married and be a housewife or househusband
4) Backpack across Europe (tied with #1)
5) Backpack across the continental divide trail or pacific crest trail
2007-09-23 13:56:00 · answer #4 · answered by jellybeanchick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See if your parents will let you bum off of them some more.
Just get out in the real world, its really much more fun and 1000 times more satisfying.
2007-09-23 13:56:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are none, get with it & join the real world!
2007-09-23 13:54:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to grad school, move back in with parents
2007-09-23 13:55:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋