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Navigating Italy's convoluted work visa process can be a headache—but also worth the effort. Here's how. After years of studying Italian and many trips to the country, I finally decided to move to Italy. I was ready for my own personal slice of the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Gina Mussio
- Category: Work Abroad
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English teaching opportunities abound in the land of la dolce vita. When I first moved to Italy, I didn’t plan to teach. But like most English-speaking expats, it was the quickest way to find a job. It only took an ad placed online before I found...
- Type: Article
- Author: Gina Mussio
- Category: Work Abroad
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Finding bathrooms and making small talk—all part of picking up Survival Chinese (or, in my case, making a fool of myself). The Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook & Dictionary sticks out of my back pocket. Pin Yin has been decoded during a few language...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jordan Reed
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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What I once thought was necessary—and why I'm questioning if I'll need them when I return home. If you’re heading to a new country, be aware that even the most common creature comforts you’re used to could well be absent when you arrive. In dealing...
- Type: Article
- Author: Chris Davis
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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As Nicole packs her bags for Taiwan, she reflects on what she's learned in the last year. A year ago, I hopped on a plane to Phetchabun, a small town in the heart of Thailand that neither I nor Google near anything about. When I arrived, I was...
- Type: Article
- Author: Nicole Segura
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Nicole finds "purpose" in her latest journey. The word "purpose" brings a lot to mind and really gets me thinking, especially on late Sunday nights when I should be sleeping but can’t seem to send that message up to my brain. I believe our purpose in...
- Type: Article
- Author: Nicole Segura
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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What can a group of women running a restaurant in Myanmar teach a veteran Toronto cooking school instructor and Cuso International volunteer? Plenty. For International Women’s Day, Cuso International celebrates and recognizes its volunteers and partner...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mikaila Ross (sponsor content)
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
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The challenges and rewards of a life abroad. Any former or current expat will tell you that life in abroad can be both incredibly exciting and incredibly challenging. You're living in a foreign country, where you don't know anyone. If that doesn't...
- Type: Article
- Author: Sydney Vogl
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Three ways to prepare before setting off. From barely making it on time to hop on the scheduled buses, trains and flights; to not bringing enough cash and having none of your cards work; to being yelled at by locals and almost receiving a penalty for...
- Type: Article
- Author: Tina Chow
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Struggling with individuality in a collective society. Selfish: concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others. I have never felt more selfish than I...
- Type: Article
- Author: Emma McDowell
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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How I was unconsciously hindering my adaptation to life abroad. One of the biggest surprises I have experienced in my time in Ireland has to do with the topic of gender, which I am tentative bringing up because it is such a sensitive subject—not just...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ahnika White
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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10 tips to make your transition abroad easier. It’s that time of year again. International school teachers all over the world are anxiously awaiting contact from potential employers, having already attended a recruitment fair. They've conducted...
- Type: Article
- Author: Laura Winberg
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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"Normalcy" and "routine" may be hard to come by in Shanghai. When I moved to Shanghai at the end of my three-year stint in the UK, I honestly thought I was prepared. As someone with low-key anxiety and obsessive tendencies, research keeps me level—and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Laura Winberg
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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How will living in England with a Dutch passport affect my future? The announcement that Britain was holding a referendum to vote whether to stay in or leave the European Union (EU) came to me as a shock. Not only did I never expect a country wanting...
- Type: Article
- Author: Nele van Hout
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Getting used to a Spanish schedule was a struggle, until I decided to let go. A few weeks ago, I was giving a class to my advanced English students when I said something that rendered them speechless. The looks they gave me were of disgust and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Chris Davis
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Each year in Tanzania, an area of natural forest nearly the size of Rhode Island is cleared. Local communities and international volunteers are working together to change that. A group of about 30 people sits scattered on the muddy, freshly dug bank of...
- Type: Article
- Author: Raleigh International (sponsor content)
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
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An average commute home, complete with perfumed sausage and potato pocket warmers. I’ve just gotten off work. I’m squeezed in next to a mix of humanity on the Qing Gui, the Light Rail Train, all of us on our way home from a day’s work. From where I’m...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jordan Reed
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Jordan left to teach abroad for a season. . .over five years ago. How he's thrived overseas. I’m not sure when the zombie dreams stopped. It used to be that at least twice a month I fought off assaults from the undead as soon as I closed my eyes....
- Type: Article
- Author: Jordan Reed
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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A breakdown of the perceived differences between the two systems. Guess who’s back, by popular demand? You may be thinking, “Oh huh, I figured she gave up on that blog thing by now.” Well, fortunately for my readership (aka my mother and my boyfriend),...
- Type: Article
- Author: Kelli Kennedy
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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These misconceptions about teaching abroad deserve to be busted. 1. "Teaching EFL abroad isn’t a job job." If you read my article about the skills you acquire teaching abroad, you may have realized that this job is pretty far from a vacation. I am at...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jennalyn Christopherson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
