Great Sites for working in abroads

Working Abroad can give you valuable professional and personal insights, as well as a new language. Many jobs are available in teaching, development, casual work and unskilled labour sectors, as well as in au pairing and professional careers. Many programs and agencies exist to assist with job placements and work visas for many unskilled and semi-skilled jobs, while conventional job search skills, such as career fairs, newspapers, and personal contacts, along with added creativity and some luck, are helpful for more specific professional fields.

General

• Escape Artist Online Magazine has a general guide to living and working overseas with job listings, unique travel opportunities and immigration info.
• GoAbroad.Com is a site that allows you to search by country and type of international experience.

• Best Bets for Working Abroad has links to work abroad information.

• Transitions Abroad Online

• AllAbroad.com has a database for work/study programs.

• The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has a Work Abroad page that provides a guide on preparing to work abroad.
  
• WWOOF (Willing Workers on Organic Farming) offers inernational opportunites for short term farm labourers (no experience needed) to work on organic farms usually in exchange for room and board.

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Canada Overseas

• Public Service Commission of Canada

• Foreign Service Recruitment Campaign has information on how to start a career working in Canadian Embassies, Consulates, and Trade Offices around the world.

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United States

• Catapult has links to sites regarding summer jobs, postgraduate work, and internships in the U.S.

• Career Web is an extensive database of jobs in the U.S.

• College Grad Job Hunter is an American site with information on interviews, resumes, job postings, and more.

• Cal Career Center is geared towards U.S. students, but also has searchable databases and links to American and international job sites in various fields.

• JobDirect.com is an American database where post secondary students and graduates can post resumes and search for jobs.

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International

• The Student Work Abroad Program (SWAP), administered by TravelCUTS, offers work opportunities in over 13 countries.

• International Youth Programs- Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has info on working holidays, SWAP, and youth programs for young Canadians.

• CareerMosaic has links to its partner sites in other countries, a search engine for jobs, and online job fairs.

• OverseasJobs.Com is a good site for international job searches and immigration.

• Catapult Sites for General Job Listings by Region is a compilation of links to 26 international job sites.

• The WWW Employment Service offers a job board with business and technical positions.
  

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United Kingdom

• Reed Online is a recruitment site for jobs in the U.K. Has part-time, permanent, and casual work.

• Christies Care is an agency in the U.K. specializing in temporary/permanent live-in care for people with physical and mental disabilities.
  

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Europe

• Datum Online is a search engine for the latest jobs in Europe in all fields.

• Au-Pair in Europe is a Canadian based agency that places young people in various European countries.
  
• Bombard Ballroom Adventures Hot-air ballon ground crew for summer season, mainly in France (winter season in Swiss Alps).
  
• First Choice/Skiboud hires domestic and kitchen staff needed for winter season in Austrian and French ski resourts. Call 011-44-1273-677777.
  
• Romana Musicisti recurits Italian speaking musicians, singers, DJs and entertainers for summer jobs around Italy.
  

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Asia

• JOBOK is a great job search site based in Hong Kong with information about work permits and various types of positions. Updated daily.
  

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Africa

• Overland Adventure Tours. Operates a number of adventure tours; requires expedition leaders aged 25-40 for at least one year.
  

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Summer and Short Term Work

• Young Canada Works, run by the Ministry of Canadian Heritage, has summer jobs available to high school and post secondary students.

• The Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) has summer jobs for full-time students in various departments of the government.

• Summer Jobs has listing of temporary and summer jobs in the U.S. and Canada, with some international listings.

• SeasonalEmployment.Com has information on seasonal employment in the U.S., with some listings in Canada

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International Development

• Care Canada

• OneWorld.Net

• World University Service of Canada (WUSC) has short term and contract work for professionals in South America, Africa, and Asia. Also has opportunities available for students and jobs at the Secretariat in Ottawa

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has jobs and volunteer positions with NGO's and government organizations.

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United Nations

• United Nations has a listing of jobs available with the U.N.