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- Type: Article
- Author: Willie J. Inman Jr.
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
How to navigate a Japanese workplace. I’m sure the title of this blog entry got your attention. Perhaps thousands of Japanese people dancing in unison on the sidewalks of Tokyo would make for a much more interesting blog entry. In reality what I...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Monica Hrubcin
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
One day it just hits you; you are completely alone. You are thousands of miles away from home, far away from everything you ever knew. Everything reminds you of home and you long to see something familiar—even if that something is one of the things you...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Monica Hrubcin
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
A day-in-the-life of an intern abroad. I wake up every morning excited to go to university—not for classes, but because it’s where I work. However, much like being a student, every day feels like a learning experience. I work in a tiny office, which by...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Allison Burney
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Teaching English certainly isn’t the easiest job in the world. As with any other job, there have been plenty of ups and downs during the first half of my contract. (I still can’t believe I’m already past the halfway mark!) Some days are smooth. On...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sidrah Shams
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Managing your time effectively overseas will help make the most of your study abroad experience. Confession: I have a little bit of an OCD, which is obsessive-compulsive disorder. (Side note: it’s funny that this ends in “dis”order.) But you know when...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Roop Gill
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Roop discovers that the Aussie blokes and sheilas have their own lengwitch. Aussie: You a vejjo? We were gonna go to Maccas for brekkie. Roop: Sorry, what? Aussie: Maccas, you know? Give it a burl. Roop: What’s maccas? Aussie: You’re a seppo. You...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge staff
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Be strategic about your international experience and wow them at your next job interview. When it comes to impressing a prospective employer at your next job interview, your international experience won’t necessarily speak for itself—that’s down to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Judi Zienchuk
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Although I’d already spent the better part of a university semester in Singapore, it took me a good two months for me to fully realize I was living the complete exchange student life. Sure, from the moment I arrived in the country, I took part in all...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Magazine
- Category: PhotoPro
The votes have been tallied and the winner is... ! On behalf of Verge Magazine, the Go Global Expo and Travel CUTS, we are proud to present the winners of our sixth annual Travel With Purpose Photo Contest...(drum role please)... Our grand prize of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Adelina Wong
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Ways to ease the re-entry process. Previously, I discussed my experience and thoughts on reverse culture shock. Since then, it has become easier, despite the fact that it wasn’t something that I was prepared for nor was I really expecting. But through...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Bindiya Haria
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
How to make the most of your time overseas. Fleeting as it all too often feels, and despite the myriad of tips, pointers and advice we receive on effective time-management, I have realized that there is no “one size fits all” kit—you can only unpack...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Amber Birch
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Amber experiences the kindness of strangers in her host country. Working overseas through an AIESEC internship gives a person a very different travel experience compared to vacationing, business trips or the famous backpacking trip. Being on an...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Leigh Matassa
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Leigh reflects on the lessons learned while volunteering abroad. Three months has never felt so short and so long at the same time. Living somewhere so unfamiliar takes its toll on you; however it makes you a stronger person in the end. The world is...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Leigh Matassa
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Leigh finds a support network on the other side of the world. Many expats would agree that one of the biggest challenges of living overseas is leaving your friends, your parents, and significant others. If you are living in a new place with new faces...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Dylan Muñoz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
How to make the best of an overwhelming experience. When you talk to seniors about their memories and life experiences, most of them would tell you that some of their most beautiful and meaningful moments occurred when they stepped outside of their...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Phoebe Todd-Parrish
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
This is the story of one late-night bicycle ride in a big, new city. My friend from class sends me a text early on in the night telling me he’d be in a part of the city not far from me and that we should catch up. When you’re on exchange you take...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Brook
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
How to find the perfect flat in Colombia. When we first arrived in Colombia, we were very lucky to get a free flat into the deal for the first two months. That offer’s now expired so we’ve been frantically looking for somewhere to live. These last few...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Judi Zienchuk
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
From small-town Canada garage sales to big-city Asian markets: getting the most bang for your buck (or baht). Growing up in a tight-knit neighbourhood in Kitchener, Ontario, our street would always get together to hold a collective annual garage sale....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Shanna Sunley
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
After two months volunteering overseas, Shanna reflects on her top five experiences in Tanzania. Somehow, two months has seemed to pass in the blink of an eye and my experience with YCI in Zanzibar has come to an end. Although short, the experience was...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Leigh Matassa
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Leigh faces a difficult decision; respect another country's culture or fight for what she believes is right. I have always considered myself to be somewhat of a feminist. My blood boils when learning of the unjust acts many girls and women are put...
