Working Holiday Visas & Work Programs Links

By BootsnAll

From picking fruit to pulling pints to pushing pencils, below you will find sites to help you work abroad - legally. If you've found a site that you think should be included, send contact us with the URL and a short description of why it's helpful. Please note: we do not process or offer visas, we just provide links to resources that can help you.

Programs & Work Exchanges

BUNAC
Working holiday programs for young people. For some nationalities, you may need to be a student.

Camp America
You might as well get paid for coming to the States. The 30-year-old Camp America places people worldwide in U.S. summer camps.

Council Exchanges
From wherever you are in the world, to wherever you want to go, the Council can help you get a work visa – well, as long as you're a student, anyway.

USIT
Work & travel programs for students and youths. Choose from Europe, Oz, USA, Japan, China and Jamaica.

Willing Workers On Organic Farms (WWOOF)
Worldwide agricultural work exchange program. Get your hands dirty in exchange for room and board.

Workaway
Promotes fair exchange (work for room/board) between travellers and hosts who seek help with a range of activities.

Working Holiday Guru
A site for Aussie travellers that gives all the details to get you started on a working holiday visa in each country that offers them.

Jobfinders & Other Resources

Anywork Anywhere
This cool, swank-looking site clues you in on listings for legit, casual work all over the world, and also gives destination info.

Cool Works
Find leads and openings for jobs in the U.S., as well as listings of organizations that can help travellers who want to work in the States.

Escape Artist
Resources for ex-pats and those looking to work or retire overseas.

Hot Recruit
Temporary recruitment site that offers thousands of national and international jobs. First UK site to cater specifically for students and antipodeans.

Live-in Jobs for Backpackers in the UK
Since 1996, Dee Cooper has been helping travellers find live-in seasonal and summer jobs. The service is free, and she also can help with hotel jobs.

Payaway: Working Holidays and Jobs Abroad
Although "mainly aimed at young Brits," Payaway has info to help anyone trying to navigate the red tape often involved in getting legal employment outside one's home country.

TravelJobs.com.au
Jobs database for travel, tourism and hospitality positions in Australia and New Zealand. make sure you have a working visa before you apply though.

Travellers At Work
Free service links travelers to hundreds of job openings throughout Australia, plus services from mail forwarding to skills training.

Article added on March 02, 2005

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