Working abroad (not Ibiza)

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Robder

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Most Brits I know (including myself) get really excited about living and working in Australasia and treat Europe as a holiday destination.
I've been blessed with a European passport and don't appear to be using it enough.
I'd also like to learn Spanish.
My thought for the day. :lol:

How easy is it to get work abroad?
Is teaching English the best (only) option? If so, is it a good way of doing things? Anyone know?
 
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to my knowledge spanish isn't one of the main australasian languages. i believe that is spoken quite widely in south america. have you thought about teaching geography in a foreign land?
 
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stephen said:
to my knowledge spanish isn't one of the main australasian languages.
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I don't want to live in Australasia. I want to live somewhere like Barcelona.
My point was that Brits don't make the most of the opportunity presented by a European passport.

Therefore I don't know what you're on about.
 
Robder said:
Most Brits I know (including myself) get really excited about living and working in Australasia and treat Europe as a holiday destination.
I've been blessed with a European passport and don't appear to be using it enough.
I'd also like to learn Spanish.
My thought for the day. :lol:

How easy is it to get work abroad?
Is teaching English the best (only) option? If so, is it a good way of doing things? Anyone know?
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There's lots of guiris living in Barcelona, and most of them work as english teachers, but first step would be having your teofl or whatever it's called (that exam that says that you are ready to teach)
There was an article somewhere about "guiris" in barcelona editing a magazine just for "guiris" in barcelona and lots of ressources for them, I'll try to find it for you :D
 
do you want to stick to Europe Robder?

You can get a Canadian working visa if you are under 31, a 4 month visa for working in the US.

does it matter what you do for a job? if it doesn't the possiblities are endless

I taught in rural japan for 3 years, was great experience gave me lots of opportunities to travel around North Asia and south east asia,

I also did the work in Australia for a year, was good, I tried not to follow the heard of backpackers, and its very possible to do this..

You can also work in New Zealand until you are 31.

I too have a European passport and have looked at teaching in other countries in Europe.

what about teaching English in South America? The pay may not be so lucrative as Japan, Taiwan or Korea, but friends who have done it can't receommend it enough!

i don't know if you have a CELTA qualification, but if you are keen on teaching English in Europe, you can look at

http://www.ihworld.com/

http://www.tefl.net/

http://www.tefl.com/

http://www.eslcafe.com/

http://education.guardian.co.uk/ (often has good short term European positions)

there are loads of other possiblities with teachign English, too many sites to list here

If you don't want to teach English, have you thought about looking into companies that might have offices abroad?
 
I've done the round the world and Australia/New Zealand bit and will hit India & South America some other time...the only thing I haven't done is stay in one place for a long time - like a year.

And Europe would be perfect for this given the challenge of the language barrier.

Just throwing ideas around really. Ta for the pm Sil! ;)
 
It means living in a city where most people speak Spanish would be a good challenge for little me!
 
Robder, is this about working abroad in general or is it really about Barcelona? :lol:

You can get a work visa to any country... you're not limited to the EU.

There's lots of fascinating places (and no, I'm not talking about Russia, not that it's boring here...) where you could probably get a job with a UK or other Western company in your field (thus avoiding the English teacher thing and accompyaning drop in salary!)
 
Morbyd said:
Robder, is this about working abroad in general or is it really about Barcelona? :lol:

You can get a work visa to any country... you're not limited to the EU.

There's lots of fascinating places (and no, I'm not talking about Russia, not that it's boring here...) where you could probably get a job with a UK or other Western company in your field (thus avoiding the English teacher thing and accompyaning drop in salary!)
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Naah - it's definately a European thing. Barcelona, Berlin...ummm not Paris...well they're the only two places that really inspire me at the mo.

This isn't a long term thing, I'd rather go to place I want to than let my career dictate.
 
Robder said:
Naah - it's definately a European thing. Barcelona, Berlin...ummm not Paris...well they're the only two places that really inspire me at the mo.

This isn't a long term thing, I'd rather go to place I want to than let my career dictate.
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Berlin winter it's supposed to be criminal while you can have lunch in a terrace in mid jannuary in here. Ask Babs about her lunch at Agua ;)
 
silvia said:
Berlin winter it's supposed to be criminal while you can have lunch in a terrace in mid jannuary in here. Ask Babs about her lunch at Agua ;)
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Actually you're right.
Winters in Berlin are unbearable. 8O
The clubs are amazing though.
 
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