Different Kind Of Jobs Available In Other Countries

In theory you need a working visa to get jobs in other countries, in practice most of the jobs we’ve listed can be paid cash in hand. As soon as you arrive start speaking to all of the locals and let it be known in every conversation that you’re looking for work. Get a mobile phone and get your number out there – leave it with prospective employers, give it out to people you meet, make fliers. Jobs won’t come to you by themselves.

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First, of course, you might want to think about what kind of jobs you want to do. Write out your skills on a bit of paper and get creative – check out the sections below for ideas.
To make things easier we’ve put all the job ideas into 6 sections.

Hospitality Jobs
For the backpacker who can put on a smile whilst serving the most tedious and difficult of all entities – the General Public. Truly, the hospitality workers will inherit the earth.

Business Jobs
For the traveler who can do sums in his head, preferably faster than the person he’s selling to. Can you wheel and deal? Can you fleece the naïve? Can you spot a good opportunity and milk it for all it’s worth? Welcome to the world of business.

Labour Jobs
For the grunts among you with the muscles, the stamina or just the love of plain hard work. The hours can be long but the money’s usually good and what is it that makes the world go round? It’s all the grunts pushing it, of course.

Intellectual Jobs
If you feel that the pen is mightier than the spade (or you’re just too weak to lift one anyway) then make the most of your brains on the road and prostitute your intellect to the highest bidder.

Skilled Jobs
Your abilities are the one thing you can take on the road without increasing your baggage allowance. There’s always money in selling your skills abroad, even if only to other travelers. If you don’t have any skills – learn something!

Artistic
Oh it’s such a hard life for the artist traveler. A rucksack full of inspiration and a world full of unappreciative barbarians. Learn how to make the philistines pay for the products of your Muse on the road.
Get out there and get working.

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Legal (Visa) Working and Illegal (Black) Working Abroad

The first question the working traveler should consider is whether it’s legal to work abroad. Then you should forget about it and go anyway. The rules exist to control the masses – economies are fluid, flexible creatures that provide plenty of niches for the traveler in search of a job.

Work Visas
Some countries operate a policy of granting one year work visas to travelers under the age of 26. The idea is to promote cultural exchange and all that jazz. Australia and Japan are examples of this program and you have to apply from your home country. They also expect to see bank statements with a few thousand in the account to prove that you won’t be living on the streets when you arrive. The obvious way aruond this is just to borrow some cash from an understanding parent or friend for a couple of weeks til the bank issues the statement – you could leave them your passport as deposit…

Otherwise to get a work visa you’ll usually have to demostrate that you offer some service or skill that a national of that country doesn’t have. Typically, a company in the destination country will give you a letter of invitation and with that you’ll head to the embassy and hope they approve. Language schools will often arrange all of this for the traveler without having to go through the endless bureaucracy.

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Black Work – Get the Cash in the Hand!
Most countries have a thriving black economy, however. The US, for example, couldn’t possibly function without millions of illegal Mexicans and Latinos working the crops. The hysteria about immigration is mostly political hypocrisy. Jobs which don’t require papers are often those in the hospitality industry or those involving hard labour. Freelance workers can also get away with working illegally and it’s only the professionals that need worry.

You can get in trouble in some countries and get deported. This is no fun at all but it happens pretty rarely. The main thing is to avoid it by always having a good story (say that you were born in the country concerned but grew up elsewhere) and never talking too much about your illegal status.

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