Where's the best place for a gap year?

bigmat

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bigmat

Swim with dolphins off Kaikoura - unbelievably cool experience!

pottssteve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap,_Hautes-Alpes

No, but seriously, NZ is very nice. Get onto the NZ immigration website and apply for a working visa. There's also a scheme called WWOOF which offers free B and B in return for some manual labour.

Steve

that person wot rides a b

definately perah, or bermah

Cadence35

Cool, just checking out Kaikoura now that looks nice, don't suppose you have any photos from there? Definitely gotta check out the WWOOFing, have you done it before pottsteve?

pottssteve

Cadence35 wrote:

Cool, just checking out Kaikoura now that looks nice, don't suppose you have any photos from there? Definitely gotta check out the WWOOFing, have you done it before pottsteve?

I've not done WWOOFing for about 10 years but I assume it still exists (Goggle time). It can be a bit hit and miss; some places great, others less so. Maybe best to try one or two places but have a back up plan in case it's not what you want. There are other seasonal jobs in NZ - grape and kiwi fruit picking for example. You do need a visa though. Kaikoura is a beautiful spot but I'm not sure what opportunities there would be for work. IIRC it's quite a small place.

Best,
Steve

fhornberger

Is it appropriate to contact the construction employer after a week or so if you haven't heard anything, especially if you were one of the top contenders for the position? Absolutely. Hopefully you have already sent a thank you letter and/or email to all of the people you construction interviewed with. Depending with whom the construction interview ended, a phone call to either the construction interviewer or human resources contact is perfectly all right. Ask where they are in the decision process and reiterate your continued interest in the position.


From:

Frederick Hornberger

CEO of Hornberger Management Company, senior construction recruiter for executives regarding construction jobs, and construction resumes.

http://www.hmc.com

http://www.constructionexecutive.com

nolf

If you feel particularly adventerous and want to do lots of shorter (or 1 long constantly moving trip) you could have a go at couch surfing.

http://www.couchsurfing.org/

Cadence35

pottssteve wrote:

Cadence35 wrote:

Cool, just checking out Kaikoura now that looks nice, don't suppose you have any photos from there? Definitely gotta check out the WWOOFing, have you done it before pottsteve?

I've not done WWOOFing for about 10 years but I assume it still exists (Goggle time). It can be a bit hit and miss; some places great, others less so. Maybe best to try one or two places but have a back up plan in case it's not what you want. There are other seasonal jobs in NZ - grape and kiwi fruit picking for example. You do need a visa though. Kaikoura is a beautiful spot but I'm not sure what opportunities there would be for work. IIRC it's quite a small place.

Best,
Steve

Awesome thanks for that, do you know much about how Visas work etc? Looks like quite a few people have done the WWOOFing so will try get into that

nolf wrote:

If you feel particularly adventerous and want to do lots of shorter (or 1 long constantly moving trip) you could have a go at couch surfing.

http://www.couchsurfing.org/

Definitely gonna do this, have you done it before?

Thanks once again for the replies everyone, really helpful

passout

Think about the skills that you want/need to develop to make you employable in a few years time rather than location. Go for a position with responsibility.