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I've been thinking about volunteering abroad for a while. My life isn't particularly fulfilling and I think I could do more use teaching English/IT skills perhaps. Ideally I'd like to volunteer somewhere that would pay for food/accomodation, but most places seem to require payment. The most appealing I've found so far is http://www.projects-abroad.co.uk/pr...project-prices, which costs £3000 for 6 months. Has anyone got any horror stories or pointers?
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| # ? May 20, 2013 03:14 |
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I've thought about it before, but for me I think it's just a pipe dream. I'm a typical American, which means not a lot of vacation time and if I walk away from my career and put "temporarily volunteered overseas" on my resume, it will read as "took a year off because he's a lazy slob and/or he couldn't find a job elsewhere." I figure I'll drastically struggle to get an engineering job ever again. And I already drastically struggled just to get an engineering job in the first place. No real interest in doing that again. The most recommended spot I've seen to go is http://www.gviusa.com (or gvi.co.uk for the British, which you seem to be). I've bookmarked it but not gone beyond that for the reasons stated above.,,
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| # ? Mar 16, 2013 20:29 |
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Brian Fellows posted:I've thought about it before, but for me I think it's just a pipe dream. I'm a typical American, which means not a lot of vacation time and if I walk away from my career and put "temporarily volunteered overseas" on my resume, it will read as "took a year off because he's a lazy slob and/or he couldn't find a job elsewhere." I figure I'll drastically struggle to get an engineering job ever again. And I already drastically struggled just to get an engineering job in the first place. No real interest in doing that again. I left my job to travel Central and South America for a year, when I was 28 (now 30). Found a well paying Linux Systems Admin job within weeks of returning, after applying to just a couple places. Though it helps that I live in the SF Bay Area. People (Americans) worry too much about "gaps" on the resume. I got asked about it but it was usually just out of curiosity. They just asked me about my years of real experience. I can see how it would be a red flag for some jobs, but I don't like that excuse. The trip was life changing, and I didn't even do any volunteering or really anything overtly constructive to speak of.
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| # ? Mar 20, 2013 15:06 |
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I had a good time with Students Helping Honduras but yeah you have to pay. You do get to play soccer, taught English and help build a school in one of the world's most dangerous countries.
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