At the Real Gap we offer plenty of opportunities for getting paid work abroad. You can teach English abroad to school children in Japan or China or find various paid work placements or summer jobs in the USA or Canada. Australia and New Zealand are excellent places to work abroad. If you are 18-30 years old you qualify to apply for a working holiday visa and we can help get you job offers whilst you are out there.
Below is our full list of paid work abroad options for a gap year. Check out the work programmes below to give you a better idea of where to work and talk to an adviser to plan your trip!
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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 newfound friends.
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Experience the great outdoors by learning the skills to work on an Australian outback farm. You’ll earn money doing anything from cattle mustering to fruit picking, making it an enjoyable way of funding more travelling. Project Video Now Online
Everything you need to work in NZ! Help with accommodation, access to a job centre, travelling offers and loads of opportunities to meet other travellers make for a hassle-free working holiday.
Get your TEFL certificate and work as a professional, paid English teacher in China. You’ll be introduced to the culture, be taught basic Mandarin and have time to travel in the school holidays.
A real hands-on experience on board a yacht. Learn or improve your sailing skills on land before living as part of a crew as you cruise around the Whitsunday Islands, with opportunities to snorkel and swim, too.
Are you looking for a full time working holiday in Oz, travelling in Oz with some adhoc work along the way? Or something between the two perhaps….? We believe the Ultimate Aussie package and fun down under is just for you!!
A guaranteed job offer before you go that will allow you to spend up to a year in Canada. We take the stress out of getting a visa and offer work in retail, catering, hospitality and lots more.
Dive around Koh Tao, develop your media skills and earn money! You’ll be taught to record, edit and produce DVDs of the dive centre’s customers, and then to sell them to the customers.
Are you currently in university? Not sure how you are going to survive next year without working this summer? Take this easy option and we will find a job for you! Have an excellent summer working and travelling the USA!
Work as a Camp Counsellor in Western Canada and get paid. Mentor excited and enthusiastic youngsters as they make friends and have new adventures. You could lead them in anything from crafts to extreme sports!
If you have no plans for your summer, why not spend a few months working in the USA? This option is available to anyone presently at university and you are given the freedom to find your own job in the USA (except working with children and in healthcare).
Spend your gap year on a travel extravaganza across Africa, Australasia and the USA! In just 12 months, you’ll take in the best of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and the American South! Africa – Australia – New Zealand – Fiji – USA
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