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Work Your Way Around the World (Paperback)

by Susan Griffith (Author)
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  • Paperback: 608 pages
  • Publisher: Vacation Work; 13th edition (15 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1854583670
  • ISBN-13: 978-1854583673
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 262,141 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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The budget globetrotter's bible --The Independent

Countless tips on finding work, and information on more jobs than you would ever imagined existed --Traveller, November 2007

Detailed and accurate information - the ultimate guide for the modern working traveller --Money Wise Magazine


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The 13th edition of the unique and acclaimed guide for the working traveller that explains how to find temporary work around the world not only in advance but also when on the spot while travelling. It incorporates hundreds of first-hand accounts from people who have actually done the jobs with a mass of hard factual information to offer authoritative advice on how to find work from selling ice cream in Cape town to working as a film extra in Bangkok. Work Your Way Around the World gives information on all the main areas of temporary work including the tourist industry, teaching English, childcare and voluntary work, business and industry, and in addition covers how to travel for free by land, sea and air, explains how to earn money by spotting some local opportunity and gives dates and details of harvests from Denmark to New Zealand. Includes a country-by-country guide to the opportunities to be found.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than excellent, 28 April 1999
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This book changed my life.

It showed me one doesn't have to follow the route of college, then graduation, then job for life. I bought this book, then worked for three years in London, Spain, and Cairo in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I supported myself and even managed to save money.

While personally enriching, my experiences have impressed -- bar none -- every employer with whom I have interviewed over the past seven years.

Had I not taken time off, I'd be like many other adults who regret not taking advantage of their youth and lack of committments to explore the world and themselves.

If you have any desire to explore, do yourself a favor -- buy the book, then buy your plane ticket.

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book - concise information without missing bits out., 1 Mar 2001
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This book provided the motivation to get myself out of a slum in my career and get out to see the world, I had been thinking of travelling for a while but had been daunted by the thought of actually leaving behind what I knew, this book re-assured me that there had been people in my situation before who had enjoyed leaving behind their old lives!
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51 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Great book for ideas, but reality depends on luck, 23 Sep 1999
I bought this book looking for practical tips and actual addresses and phone numbers of employers, but realized the contents aimed more at a generalized perspective of working around the world.

In my opinion, Griffith focuses on subjects and situations that require common sense and courage--these come from within you. The rest of it, whether working in olive groves in Greece or picking strawberries in Denmark, depends completely on luck and your own flexibility/perseverance. I found work in 20 countries only after learning some of the language, changing jobs often and having the emergency financial means to escape bad situations if they arose. I didn't need or miss this book on the road (I left it in California after glancing through it one month before leaving), and now I live in Greece.

If you weren't curious and didn't have courage or adventurous spirit, you wouldn't be thinking about working your way around the world to begin with. So, you really don't need this book unless you want some reassurance about the uncertain future or don't have a clue about seasonal harvests or possible options. At the most, it's a voice of reason to discourage those who aren't ready or a haunting voice that motivates you to get out there.

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