Summer Jobs Abroad

Summer jobs overseas leading nature tours are an emerging seasonal opportunity. Photo by Erica Rounsefell.

Student Summer Work Abroad Programs from InterExchange InterExchange has been offering students and young adults a variety of short-term summer work abroad programs for over 40 years. We offer au pair placements, summer camp jobs, volunteer placements, teach English and work and travel programs, as well as internships with U.S. businesses. Visit our website for more information. Cost: Varies Dates: Year-Round Contact: Interexchange, Inc., 161 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013, USA. Tel. 212-924-0446; fax: 212-924-0575. Email: info@interexchange.org Website: www.InterExchange.org

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Seasonal Jobs in New Zealand There is a growing demand in New Zealand for seasonal workers. People that are willing to work at short notice and for varying durations, but usually in a great environment that offers freedom and a chance to really see this great country. So, are you an overseas visitor and looking for a way to fuel your travel funds? Or maybe you are a kiwi yearning for a change of scene? Either way you are in the right place because this site was designed for you! Website: www.seasonaljobs.co.nz

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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.

Abbey Road Programs, www.goabbeyroad.com/abbey-road-summer-programs/teachers.shtml, is seeking summer teachers to work in their summer language immersion and pre-college programs in Spain, France, Italy, Greece and the U.S. for high school students.

A.C.L.E. (Associazione Culturale Linguistica  Educational) sends 750 native English speaking Tutors to over 400 camps located throughout Italy. A.C.L.E. seeks enthusiastic and dependable people to work as English Camp Tutors for children. Provides accommodation, transport, meals, weekly cash wages, and an orientation course. Visit the website to apply at www.acle.org.

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; www.acis.com . 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 Treks, www.adventuretreks.com, has summer and seasonal jobs available overseas for role models in excellent physical condition and with a variety of outdoor skills.

Adventures Cross-Country, www.adventurescrosscountry.com, offers work overseas leading teenagers on summer 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

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.

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.

Bold Earth Adventures, www.boldearth.com, offers summer camp jobs for leaders supervising teen activities such as biking, hiking, sailing, surfing, scuba diving and safaris in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and the South Pacific.

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.

Broadreach, www.gobroadreach.com/contact/employment/av_pos.asp, offers a variety of summer jobs worldwide for qualified individuals with scuba, sailing, wilderness or marine biology experience.

Canadian Camp Experience Program (CCEP): CCEP offers short-term, seasonal, and summer jobs of all kinds, www.go-nyquest.com, and helps young adults (19-30) travel to Canada to work at resident summer camps. NYQUEST and its overseas recruiting partners, work together to train, place and support participants so that they are well prepared and cared for during their stay in Canada. We also take great pride in carefully placing you at a camp that matches your interests, dates of availability and your preferences related to work environment and type of campers. Participants can apply to the program from anywhere in the world. NYQUEST will complete all the work related securing the participant"s work permit. Participants do not need to go to a Canadian embassy to apply for their work permit.

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.

CIEE, 300 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101; 1.800.407.8839; teach@ciee.org; www.ciee.org/teach. Teach Abroad offers a four and six month Teach Immersion programs with teacher placements in the 5th and 6th regions of Chile.

Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School, costaricaoutwardbound.org/about-us/jobs/, offers summer jobs for wilderness expedition leaders and offers a special leadership and outdoor activity course.

Edu-Culture International, educulture.org/contact-us/jobs-at-eci/, hires educational professionals for summer work to serve as chaperones for teens seeking language immersion in France, Spain, and Costa Rica. Teaching high school French and Spanish is involved, as well as accompanying students on outbound adventures.

Global Experiences: Summer Internships. Specializes in internship programs and sends hundreds of students abroad 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

Global Leadership Adventures, www.experiencegla.com/about/staff/jobs/, offers jobs to qualified individuals leading students through life-changing service-learning journeys abroad.

Green Volunteers, www.greenvol.com, an excellent organization specializing in volunteer and conservation work abroad, offers a directory of seasonal and 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.

JobMonkey.com provides a database of seasonal jobs in tourism, hospitality, camps, tours and other forms of short-term work, including summer jobs abroad.

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 summer adventures worldwide.

PGL Travel Ltd., 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. Contact: SCI USA - Placement Office, 5505 Walnut Level Road, Crozet, VA 22932.; phone/fax: (206) 350-6585; e-mail: sciinfo@sci-ivs.org.

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., www.supercamps.co.uk. Children’s holiday company with many seasonal vacancies.

The American School in Switzerland (TASIS). Summer Language Programs, 6926 Montagnola-Lugano, Switzerland; 011-41-91-960-5151; summer@tasis.ch; summer.tasis.com. Work as English teachers and children’s counselors at summer program. Hiring takes place between January and March.

Village Camps S.A., 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.

Where There Be Dragons, www.wheretherebedragons.com, offers jobs abroad for qualified leaders of summer and seasonal teen adventures tours, often in the developing world.

Wilderness Ventures, www.wildernessventures.com, offers jobs to qualified applicants for its summer outdoor adventures worldwide.

World Challenge Expeditions, www.wcexpeditions.com. 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.