How to get a job abroad..?
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Re: How to get a job abroad..?For Australia & New Zealand, it's very hard to get a job before you go out there. Employers have a ready stream of backpackers ready to work when they need them (and they will usually only find out that a member of staff is leaving ~week before they go). Therefore, it's not advantageous to them to start recruiting people who they haven't met, who may or may not turn up, and who probably won't arrive at the time that they actually need new staff. However, Australia's economy is quite buoyant (they didn't go into recession in 2008), so I found it relatively easy out there to find work. There's more info on working in Australia in the link in my signature.
With the USA, it's nigh on impossible to get a work visa, so pretty much the only option is to work on a summer camp there, although that does have the advantage that you would be able to find the job before you left.
