Career break
Career breaks are becoming an increasingly popular concept in modern day life.
More and more people are realising the benefits that a career break abroad can offer and are opting to step out of the rat race for a while.
Why take a career break?
A career break abroad gives you the opportunity to step outside of your daily routine.
Career breaks are a great chance to do something different from the norm and regain your enthusiasm for life, it could be travelling, working or volunteering.
What type of person takes a career break?
 There is no standard stereotype of a typical person choosing to take a career break.
People taking career breaks greatly vary in age and career-stage. For example, it might be someone who has always regretted never having taken a gap year and finally decided to put this right. It could be someone who feels they are stuck in a rut at work and is re-considering their career. Many people who choose to take a career break aren't necessarily unhappy at work either. It may simply be that they want to take some time out to re-charge their batteries.
How easy is it to take a career break?
A career break doesn't always mean having to quit your job and start from scratch.
Many companies are now realising the benefits and acknowledging the popularity of career breaks by offering unpaid sabbaticals to staff that have been with the company for a specified length of time - with the promise that their job will be kept open for them if they return within an agreed time period. If you're a civil servant you even have the option of taking two sabbaticals during your career.
Where can I go and what do I do on a career break? The world is your oyster, you can take a career break almost anywhere.
Where you go and what you do on a career break depends where in the world you're interested in visiting and what you want out of your career break. The only limit is your imagination. You may want to backpack round the world or do something really rewarding like helping out on a volunteer project in the Third World. It really is up to you.
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