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- Type: Article
- Author: Hayley Duszynski
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
It was a crazy day on the other side of the world. After two trains, two planes, and many hours I have finally landed in Beijing! After what felt like a luxurious sleep, I had to attend a welcoming day to prepare for my internship. Here's what I...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Maya Lach-Aidelbaum
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Returning to Montreal from my exchange in Germany has meant excitement, anxiety and readjustment. Let’s start with the good part about coming back (AKA the “honeymoon” phase). My first week back was a blast. I got to see my long-missed friends and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ashley Madden
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Nomadic life makes traditional goal-setting difficult. Here's my five-step method for staying on track Travelling full-time has been great; however, it also lead to me drop most of my other goals. In case I’m not alone, I thought sharing my solution...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Spencer Kalan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
It's difficult to find the words to sum up my time in Dumfries. It’s been nearly a month since I flew back home from my Master’s year in Dumfries, and I’m only now starting to find the words for it. I'm finding trying to summarize an entire year of ups...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Spencer Kalan
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Three reasons not to turn your nose up at the path well trodden. I am not a fan of buses. They cost too much just for the privilege of being caught up in traffic and having some total stranger sneeze on you all while you’re trying not to think about...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Shrita Pathak
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
What I hope to gain teaching English in Spain. In Spain, they drink cafe con leche (“caliente leche, por favor!”) before lunch and cafe cordato post-lunch. The part of Spain I am in—Asturias—is affectionately called the paraiso natural. I live in a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Shrita Pathak
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Faced with too many options, I've decided to run towards myself instead. We live in a world where opportunities are endless. Whether this infinite range feels like a challenge to fulfil one’s wildest dreams or the beginning of a fall into a bottomless...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Hayley Duszynski
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
From my previous experiences living abroad, here's what I expect. Moving abroad to not only live but to work can be one of the most challenging things you can do. As this is my second time moving to a new country, I thought I would give some advice to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Hayley Duszynski
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Here's why I decided to move to China—and what scares me most. China. Just the word itself brings excitement and fear to my mind. Why you ask? Because I am about start a design internship in the capital city of Beijing. Even though this is not my first...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Daniel B. Sarvestani
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Shortly after my return to Copán, one of my dear local friends and colleagues was murdered in cold blood. Hopeless. That was my state of mind as I sat in the ceremonial centre of Copán Ruinas in Honduras, after spending almost a year at the University...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ashley Madden
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
We planned to spend two years abroad. Now, we have a new plan and we’re better off for it. Recently, I took a long break from working on hobbies and side projects, including writing for Verge Magazine. I could barely keep up with my day job. I was...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Zoe Bell
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
What to consider before accepting a United States-based internship. I have officially completed my internship in Charleston, South Carolina; my first-ever work abroad experience. While I am pleased I took a leap and found a job outside my home country,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Maya Lach-Aidelbaum
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
What I regret and what I appreciate most about studying abroad. My problem with the concept of regret is that it’s always easy to say you would have done something differently afterwards, but I think that how you feel and what you do in the moment is...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lorraine Chai
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Is Japanese work culture as intense as the media portrays? In my time of almost three years in Japan, I have had three different jobs all from different industries. You could say that I have had a stronger work experience in Japan compared to my home...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lucy Ferguson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Two years into living in Switzerland, I'm still out of sync with everyone else. Getting into the typical Swiss routine hasn’t been that hard. I start work before 8 a.m. and eat lunch at noon with the rest of the country. I’m even getting better at...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alana Jenkins
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How to communicate your volunteer abroad experience to employers. When I returned home after a year of volunteering and travelling abroad, my bank account began to look frighteningly like a Minnesotan temperature gauge in December as it steadily...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Emily Wright
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After a year abroad, I'm ready to share my advice for working and studying overseas. If you study languages (or any other course which either requires or allows for placements abroad) you have a wonderful opportunity to become a full-blown "gap yah"...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mark Dickinson
- Category: Travel Health
Crocodiles and hippos are dangerous, but these guys can really get under your skin. In Africa, there are plenty of things that can get you: crocodiles, hippos, lions. But even if you never step foot outside a city, you still must beware of a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Tyler Michalek
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
And how to make it right. I’d volunteered in France and Japan, because their cultures had always interested me. I’d gone to Taiwan because working with that adventure centre sounded like such an interesting opportunity. I had no idea what that’d...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Daniel B. Sarvestani
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How spending a year in the United States' current socio-political climate has affected my human rights work in Central America. I had only stopped travelling and working as an human rights advocate for a year, but I realized what an eternity that had...
