Work Your Way Around the World : The Authoritative Guide for the Working Traveler

by Susan Griffith; William Swan; Susan Griffith

• ISBN13: 9781854582058
• ISBN10: 1854582054
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Vacation-Work

Summary

Authoritative advice on how to find work around the world, with detailed listings of temporary opportunities and hundreds of first-hand accounts.

Table of Contents

Introduction	14	(25)
The Decision to Go	14	(1)
Preparation---Money---Baggage---Health---Insurance---Qualifications---Language---Making Contacts---Travelling Alone---Travelling Companions---Staying in Touch	14	(10)
Red Tape---Passports and Work Visas---Student Cards---Bureaucracy at Large	24	(2)
Getting a Job Before You Go---Employment Agencies---International Placement Organisations---Useful Sources of Information---Advertisements	26	(4)
Getting a Job on Arrival---Meeting People---Chance---Design	30	(4)
Rewards and Risks---The Delights---The Dangers---Coming Home---Conclusion	34	(5)
Working a Passage	39	(16)
Sea---Commercial Shipping---Cruise Liners---Private Yachts---Charming the Captain---Crewing from Britain---Crewing in the Mediterranean---Crewing from the Caribbean---Crewing from the Americas---Crewing in the South Pacific---Crewing from Other Countries---Yacht Delivery	39	(11)
Land---Overland Tours---Expeditions	50	(2)
Air Couriers	52	(3)
Travel	55	(14)
Hitch-hiking---Driving---Train---Coach---Air---Bicycle	55	(6)
Europe	61	(2)
North America	63	(1)
Latin America	64	(1)
Africa	65	(1)
Asia	65	(1)
Australasia	66	(1)
Formalities at Borders---Visas---Money	67	(2)
Enterprise	69	(12)
Import/Export---Duty-Free---Currency Exchange---Second-hand Gear	69	(2)
Spotting Local Opportunities---Homemade Handicrafts---Beaches and Mobs---Writing and the Media---Photography---Busking---Artists---Film Extras	71	(7)
Odd Jobs	78	(1)
Gambling	79	(2)
Eu Employment and Tax	81	(12)
National Employment Services in the EU---Jobs with Eu Organisations	82	(2)
Claiming Job-Seeker's Allowance in the EU---Claiming UK Job Seeker's Allowance in Europe---Claiming Unemployment Benefit from another EU Country---How Much?---How to Claim Unemployment Benefit	84	(5)
Tax---Why you can Reclaim Tax---How to Minimise Tax---How to Reclaim Tax	89	(4)
Work your Way
Tourism	93	(15)
Agencies	93	(1)
Hotels and Restaurants---Applications---Advantages and Disadvantages---Other Catering	94	(3)
Other Opportunities Within Tourism---Pubs and Clubs---Special Events	97	(1)
Tour Operators---Campsite Couriers---Activity Holidays	98	(4)
Winter Resorts---Ski Holiday Companies---Applying on the Spot---Chalet Staff---Ski Instructors---Ski Resorts Worldwide	102	(6)
Agriculture	108	(8)
Harvesting---Where to look for work---Mechanisation---Technique---Equipment	108	(3)
Farming---Advertising---Range of Opportunities---Gaining Experience---Organic Farms---Agricultural Exchanges	111	(5)
Teaching English	116	(6)
TEFL Training---What English Teaching Involves	116	(2)
Finding a Job---In Advance---On the Spot	118	(3)
Qualified Teachers (of any subject	121	(1)
Childcare	122	(5)
Pros and Cons---Pay---Duties	122	(2)
Applying---On the Spot---Agencies---Agencies Abroad	124	(3)
Business and Industry	127	(6)
Shops---Selling---Market Research---Commercial and Secretarial---Other Opportunities in Business---Labouring---Factory Work	127	(6)
Voluntary Work	133	(11)
Sources of Information---Pros and Cons---Gap Year Placements---Workcamps---Holiday Schemes---Archaeology---Conservation---Developing Countries---US Organisations	133	(11)
Work Your Way in Europe
United Kingdom	144	(29)
Red Tape---Tax---Claimants	144	(4)
Special Schemes and Exchange Organisations---Working Holidays for Americans---Working Holidays for Commonwealth Nationals	148	(2)
Employment Prospects---Agencies---Newspapers and Books---Jobcentres	150	(2)
Harvests---Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme---Fruit Farms---Pay and Conditions---Agricultural Agencies---Hop-Picking	152	(5)
Tourism and Catering---Pubs---Scotland---Channel Islands---Holiday Camps and Activity Centers---Youth Hostels---Special Events	157	(5)
Childcare and Domestic---Au Pairs---Nannies	162	(1)
Teaching	163	(2)
Applying Locally---Medical Experiments---Job Creation---Building and Other Seasonal Work	165	(3)
London---Pubs---Couriers---Sales---Accommodation	168	(3)
Voluntary Work	171	(2)
Ireland	173	(5)
Working Holiday Schemes	173	(1)
The Job Hunt---Tourism---Dublin---Au Pairing---Agriculture---Fishing---Voluntary Opportunities	173	(5)
Netherlands	178	(11)
Regulations---EU Nationals---Non-EU Nationals---Red Tape	178	(3)
Private Employment Agencies	181	(1)
The Bulb Industry---Finding the Work---Pay and Conditions	182	(3)
Agriculture---Limburg---Westland---Food Processing	185	(1)
Tourism	186	(1)
Other Work---Amsterdam---Au Pairs---Voluntary Work	187	(2)
Belgium	189	(6)
Regulations---Seasonal Work---Agencies---Au Pairs---Teaching---Contacts---Voluntary Work	189	(4)
Luxembourg---The Range of Jobs---Helpful Organisations---Grape-Picking	193	(2)
France	195	(31)
Regulations---For EU Nationals---Non-EU Formalities---Special Schemes for Americans	195	(4)
The Job Hunt---ANPE---CIJ---Private Employment Agencies	199	(1)
Tourism---Hotels and Restaurants---Campsites and Holiday Centres---Ski Resorts---Selling to Tourists---Yachts---Barges	200	(6)
Grape-Picking---Work and Conditions---How to Find Work	206	(5)
Other Harvests---The Avignon Region---The Lorie Valley---Organic Farms	211	(4)
Teaching---Childcare---Business and Industry	215	(3)
Voluntary Work---Archaeology---Conservation	218	(2)
Paris---The Grapevine---Disneyland---Specific Jobs---Survival	220	(4)
Corsica---Tourism---Farm Work	224	(2)
Germany	226	(17)
Regulations---Special Schemes---Tax---German National Employment Service---Other Sources of Work---Accommodation	226	(5)
Tourism and Catering---Winter Resorts---Work on Military Bases---Special Events	231	(4)
Business and Industry---Building Work	235	(1)
Teaching---Childcare and Domestic	236	(2)
Farm Work	238	(2)
Voluntary Work---Survival	240	(3)
Greece	243	(20)
Regulations	244	(1)
Tourism---Hostels---Selling and Enterprise---Boating	245	(5)
Agriculture---The Peloponnese---Crete---Other Islands---Harvests in Northern Greece	250	(5)
Other Work---Childcare---Teaching English---Voluntary Work	255	(3)
CYPRUS---Regulations---The Tourist Industry---Outdoor Work	258	(2)
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus---Tour Companies---Red Tape	260	(3)
Italy	263	(14)
Regulations	263	(2)
Finding Work---The Employment Service---Contacts	265	(3)
Tourism---Winter Resorts	268	(2)
Au Pairs	270	(2)
Teaching	272	(1)
Agriculture---Val di Non Apple Harvest---Grape-Picking	273	(2)
Voluntary Work	275	(1)
Malta	276	(1)
Scandinavia	277	(18)
Denmark---Regulations---Copenhagen---Agriculture---Voluntary Work---Survival	278	(6)
Finland---Family Stays---Casual Work---Voluntary Work	284	(2)
Iceland---The Fishing Industry---Fish Processing---Other	286	(2)
Norway---Tourism---Norwegian Working Guest Programme---Outdoor Work---Au Pairs---Voluntary Work	288	(3)
Sweden---Casual Work---Au Pairs---Teaching---Voluntary Work---Survival	291	(4)
Spain and Portugal	295	(15)
Regulations in Spain	295	(1)
Teeming Tourism---Odd Jobs and Touting---Exploiting the Tourist Market---Sailing	296	(4)
Teaching English---Job Hunting on-the-Spot---In Advance---Conditions of Work---Private Tutoring	300	(2)
Au Pairs	302	(1)
Agriculture	303	(1)
Voluntary Work	304	(1)
Gibraltar---Accommodation	305	(1)
Portugal---Regulations---Tourism---Teaching---Business---Agriculture---Voluntary and Au Pair	306	(4)
Switzerland and Austria	310	(14)
Regulations in Switzerland---Casual Work	310	(3)
Tourism---The Job Hunt---On the Spot	313	(3)
Agriculture---Official Schemes---Unofficial Work---Grape-Picking	316	(3)
Building	319	(1)
Au Pairs	319	(1)
Voluntary Work	320	(1)
Austria---The Job Hunt---Tourism---English Teaching---Au Pairs---Voluntary Work	320	(4)
Russia and Eastern Europe	324	(17)
Finding a Teaching Job---US Organisations	325	(2)
Czech and Slovak Republics---Teaching in the Czech Republic---Czech Regulations---Teaching in Slovakia	327	(1)
Hungary---Regulations	328	(2)
Poland---On the Spot---Regulations	330	(1)
Russia & the Independent States---Regulations---The Baltic States---Ukraine	331	(3)
The Rest of Eastern Europe---Bulgaria---Romania---Slovenia	334	(2)
Voluntary Work	336	(2)
Other Opportunities	338	(3)
Work Your Way Worldwide
Australia	341	(39)
Working Holiday Visas---Special Schemes---Unofficial Work---Tax	342	(6)
The Job Hunt---Employment National---Private Employment Agencies---Advertisements---Hostels and Notice Boards	348	(5)
Rural Australia and the Outback---Conservation Volunteers	353	(3)
Fruit Picking---The Grape Harvest---The Apple Harvest	356	(5)
Other Harvests---Tobacco and Hops---Queensland---New South Wales---Victoria---South Australia---Western Australia	361	(8)
Industry---Mining---Construction and Labouring---Driving and Vehicles	369	(2)
Tourism and Catering---Queensland---Ski Resorts---Cities---Special Events---The Interior---The Australian Pub	371	(6)
Childcare---Fishing---Conclusion	377	(3)
New Zealand	380	(12)
Regulations---Tax	380	(2)
Casual Work---Rural and Conservation Volunteering	382	(3)
Fruit Picking---Bay of Plenty---Hawke Bay---Northland---Nelson/Motueka/Blenheim---Other Farm Work	385	(3)
Tourism---Queenstown and the South Island---Ski Resorts---Fishing	388	(2)
Business and Industry	390	(1)
Antarctica	391	(1)
United States of America	392	(33)
Visas---Work & Travel Programmes---Other Visas---Internships---Arrival---Visa Extensions	393	(6)
Bunac	399	(1)
Summer Camps---Camp America---Other Summer Camp Organisations	400	(2)
Casual Work---Documents---Hostels---Driveaways	402	(4)
The Job Hunt	406	(1)
Tourism and Catering---Seaside Resorts---Boats---Ski Resorts---Amusement Parks	407	(5)
Other Popular Jobs---Selling---Fishing and Hunting---Childcare and Domestic Work---Medical---Manual Work	412	(5)
Agriculture---Florida Harvests---The Apple Harvest of Maine	417	(4)
Voluntary Work	421	(4)
Canada	425	(15)
Red Tape---Special Schemes	425	(2)
Casual Work	427	(1)
The Job Hunt---Tourism---University Towns---Tree-Planting	428	(5)
Fruit Picking---British Columbia---Ontario---The Maritimes	433	(3)
Other Farm Work---Tobacco	436	(1)
Childcare	437	(1)
Voluntary Work	438	(2)
Latin America	440	(16)
Teaching---The Job Hunt---Red Tape---Mexico---Bolivia---Chile---Ecuador---Peru---Venezuela---Central America	440	(6)
Voluntary Work---Conservation	446	(4)
Other Opportunities---Tourism	450	(2)
The Caribbean	452	(1)
Jobs Afloat---Cruise Ships---Charter Yachts	452	(2)
Jobs on Land	454	(2)
Africa	456	(14)
Teaching---Placement Organisations---Egypt---Kenya---Morocco	456	(3)
Tourism	459	(2)
Opportunities in South Africa---Red Tape---Tourism---Selling---Farm Work---Boats and Fishing	461	(3)
Business and Industry---The Black Market---Film Extras	464	(1)
Voluntary Work---Workcamps---Other Opportunities	465	(5)
Israel	470	(13)
Regulations	470	(1)
Kibbutzim and Moshavim---Arranging a Job in Advance---Arranging a Job on the Spot---Life on a Kibbutz---Life on a Moshav	471	(6)
Tourism---Eilat---Tel Aviv---Jerusalem	477	(2)
Other Paid Work---AU Pairing	479	(2)
Voluntary Work---Archaeology	481	(2)
Asia	483	(29)
Teaching---Japan---Taiwan---Korea---China---Thailand---Indonesia---Indochina	484	(9)
Hong Kong---Regulations---Teaching---Other Work---Film Extras---Casual Opportunities	493	(3)
Entertainment---Hostessing---Modelling	496	(2)
Tourism	498	(1)
Voluntary Work---Indian Sub-continent---Nepal---Southeast Asia---Japan	499	(7)
The Middle East	506	(1)
Turkey---Teaching English---Childcare---Tourism---Voluntary Work	507	(5)
In Extremis	512	(6)
Transferring Money---Embassies and Consulates---Legal Problems---Dire Straits	512	(6)
Appendices	518	(1)
Travellers' Itineraries	518	(4)
Some Useful Phrases	522	(2)
Currency Conversion Chart	524	(1)
Embassies/Consulates in London and Washington	525	(2)
Key Organisations	527
Charts
Eligibility Requirements for Unemployment Benefit in the EEA	88	(19)
Ski Resorts Worldwide	107	(252)
Grape Harvests---Australia	359	(8)
Fruit and Vegetable Harvests---Australia	367