Are you searching for a job on your gap year to top up your funds or are you looking for a gap year job to boost your CV and get some work experience? For both the reasons you should join our programs. Our programs prepare you for the job and get you job offers in!
Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Africa
Australia and New Zealand are the most popular destinations for a work and travel gap year. You will find many jobs here with our programs, like working on a farm, in a bar, fruit plucking etc. You can also become a Dive Instructor in Costa Rica or Thailand. So are you ready to earn your own money in the best locations of the world? We help you make it happen. Check out your options below.
Gap year work can refer to 2 different things: either finding work to help finance your gap year, or gap year work referring to finding paid work abroad. this section concentrates on the latter, if you are looking for help on gap year fundraising check out our gap year budget section.
Some Gap Year Work Options:
Superstar DJ£99
Earn and learn while you travel at becoming a superstar DJ! Create the best mixes. Get the chance to play at clubs abroad. All equipment, skills development and advice from world class dj`s. Now you can be the hero with one accessable course included with lifetime access. Learn how to produce and publish your own mixes. Backup and support forums to meet like minded dj´s.
Underwater Filmmaker Internship, Thailand£1989
Step off the plane and into paradise, living on an incredible tropical island and getting paid for it! This once in a lifetime opportunity is not to be missed. Become an underwater videographer on the island of Koh Tao in Thailand, spending your days filming colourful and tropical scenes underwater, and your afternoons editing your footage into awesome movies! This is living!
Sydney ConneXion Work & Travel£499
This is the ultimate beginning to an epic adventure in Australia. The Sydney conneXion is all about having an amazing first week, meeting new friends and doing some incredible adventures fully guided in one of the coolest cities in the world. Whilst you're out having fun we take care of all the hassle enabling you to get set up with a job with a 12 month membership access of the best backpacker job network in Australia. Everything is taken care for you so no worries about arriving in Australia this can turn into one of the most daunting yet exciting things you will ever do!
Work a ski season in France£6200
Get a job in France during the ski season with Xtreme Gap Year. Solid work opportunities in one of France's top ski resorts and best ski areas. On this programme you can spend the entire season perfecting your snowboarding or Skiing and gain a part time job at the same time to help top up your funds.
Whitsundays Sailing Course Australia£1699
Whitsundays sailing course Australia Want to get paid to do a job you love? Sailing on luxury yachts over the Great Barrier Reef and Whitsundays in Australia? This is the ultimate Australia gap year programme training you to qualify as a salty sea dog, and work on boats all over the world. After this 23 day internship you have exceptionally good chances of being paid up to $500 a week too!
TEFL Training And Work As An English Teacher In Thailand£839
Gain an internationally recognised teaching qualification with a guaranteed job offer after your course and earn over $1000 per month A great way to work and travel.. Phuket is one of the world’s most famous dream destinations of the most beautiful places in the world. The course location is 30 metres from the beach . It is ideal for students to have time to relax while they are learning. Food and accommodation is very cheap by western standards.
Work in Australia For Backpackers£209
Perfect for first-time travellers, this package includes advice and practical help with everything from visas to airport transfer, accommodation to finding a job. Stay and work in Sydney or explore the country with new friends.
Australia Divemaster£3499
Become a Divemaster in Byron Bay! Living the life as a Divemaster in Australia in one of the coolest towns in Australia, Byron Bay! Diving everyday at Julian rocks, one of the best dive sites in Australia. You will be living in the thick of the action as you discover why Byron Bay is one of the most fun towns in Australia.
Learn to Earn In The Australian Outback£529
Experience the Australian outback and get paid to work up to 12 months on a real Australian Ranch! This is an unique opportunity to experience a new way of life in the Australian Outback! Including fun activities like riding horses, motor bikes, quad bikes, 4 x 4 and tractors. So if you are not afraid to get your hands dirty, sign up and start earning down under.
Australia Surf Dude Surf Development Course£1899
Doing the surf development course is an amazing experience. You will spend a couple of months developing your surf skills on some great Australia breaks. Everybody at the camp is so enthusiastic that you will have a good time and enjoy the surfers life style. Our professional surf instructors help you to push your surf abilities and you will become a real surf dude. Together with beach parties, BBQ's, sun and your new friends, this will be an awesome experience!
Work in New Zealand£309
All you need to get set up to work in New Zealand. Perfect to extend you travels and find paid work abroad in this beautiful country. Arrival pack and job search assistance from our Kiwi experts. Now you don´t need a fortune to travel the world, instead you can make a fortune earning the strong Kiwi dollar.
Xtreme Reporter – With Work Experience£249
Learn, earn and travel by reporting. One accessible online course from any destination while you´re discovering. Investigate new places and learn how to creatively tell the world. Get the opportunity of the lifetime to get advice from a professional mind. No qualifications required yet experience gained. Travel and writing... what more do you need?
Firstly the most important point to consider is: finding gap year work depends on your travel plans. This means that the destination you choose to visit, will have a big impact on how easy it is to find a gap year job. The most common destinations to find gap year work are Australia and New Zealand, due to the working holiday visa scheme it is very easy to work in these countries, providing you are not over 30 and have not been there before on a similar Visa.
People also find gap year work in Canada and the USA although this is a lot more complex, and the gap year work options are a lot more limited.
How to find gap year work
Finding gap year work is a challenge but not difficult, if you have the right frame of mind. There are many gap year work programmes in the market place that will assist you to find gap year work, although many of these are quite expensive for what you get. In recognition of this we launched our Australia gap year work programme last year, aimed to be a low cost solution, yet still an incredibly effective arrival and working holiday set up package.
This programme is the ideal solution if you are looking to work in areas like hospitality, (bar work or tourism), temping in offices and even agricultural work (like fruit picking), however if you are not so inclined to travel 11,000 miles to work in an office or on a farm, we recommend finding gap year work that will truly offer you a different experience. After all that is what gap years should be about isn’t it?
We would recommend going for a gap year qualification enabling you to find work in a completely new and exciting field. Some of these programmes enable you to effectively change your career as the same time (or start off in one foe the first time). Examples of programmes that can actually turn into paid gap year jobs like this include:
- Surf Instructor Programme
- Divemaster Course (we run several Divemaster courses)
- Underwater Videography course (this is actually paid during the internship!)
- 1 year South Africa Field Guide Programme
Of course everyone is different, and the above programmes cost a fair amount to go on, but the rewards are certainly there, especially when you consider you have the time and the opportunity to genuinely change your lifestyle, by getting qualified to actually work in these fields.
If you would like any further information on finding gap year work, please get in touch and we can happily talk you through your options.