Working abroad - America

sounds good mate. i went over to canada in 2010 for couple of months was absaloutle AMAZING i was teaching soccer tho. i was almost everywhere in canad and would say its by far the best place i have ever been. the people the culture is amazing just a very cool and relaxed place to be. and i heard the money is awesome over there fur something like a teacher or tutor. and the housing isnt very dear compared to scotland. would defo give it a look mate. good luck !

 

My brother was looking at it. A piece of advice is that if you have a business-oriented degree you might be able to get a lot of money freelancing as an English teacher for business types who need to learn the lingo of the trade in addition to just the language. So explore that option as well as the normal teaching in school route if that's a factor for you.

 

thailand_celtic went over to China give him a buzz!

 

yeah mate its Challenger Sports - Largest Soccer Camp Operator in the US, Canada, and Australia i signed up and basically got a interview i done a 10 min session on ariel control and i was in with a deposit of 100 quid and had time of my life , stayed with host familys who took me hunting, quading,skiing,flying,boozing haha and done plenty more and met a load of nice people i recommend it to everyone. the company do mostly america but i got canada and had a blast ! theres another 1 its calld ukinternation.com and yu can go for up to 11 monthss i think. thats suppose to be really good to.


EDIT : Ukinternational

 

no probz mate if you have any questions about it just ask because i had hundreds of questions before i went

 

I lived in the Chinese city of Kunming for 8 months working on drug prevention programs, one word of advice is too check to see if the city you are going to has a english website or forum where you can search for teaching jobs, It would be pretty simple to land a job as an english tudor but you might want to brush up on your chinese first

 

im from southern california- born and raised- and so of course i would tell you that this is the place to be. there are plenty of pubs or sports bars around anywhere that you could look at. also there is a pretty high demand for youth soccer coaches if thats what your looking for. maybe some other americans can correct me but i think a town like boston would be less of a transition from ireland, rather than the Los Angeles area. unless youre looking for a change.

id love to spend some time in ireland and other parts of britain so we should trade places haha

 

Your best bet would be the bigger cities Boston would be a great start or chicago, New York and LA or both great cities but it is harder to find a job here atm. Do you have any relatives over here? Also I would recomend trying to get an apartement sorted out before flying over.

 

moved to florida about 6 weeks ago and am bartending and being a waiter making about £100 a day in just tips so its pretty good

 

worked in America last summer in the kitchen of a camp in New Hampsire; hard work but brilliant work all the same!

hoping to go work in Canada for a year in 2012

 

Type BUNAC into google.

 

Apartments in New York and LA are very expensive, as for job seraches you can look up camp jobs or better yet go onthe internet and find some irish pubs in the city you are looking to go to and then email them a resume and such asking for a job

 

camp america is suppose to be really good to why dont you give that a bash ! lol

 

more of just on a whim but a have family over here that set me up with an apartent, florida is brilliant for bar work orlando is dying for bartenders at the moment so its amazing, the weather and the lassies are a big plus

 

Im from Scotland, but I attend university in Florida... love it!

 

thebhoymalone i want to do the same thing, just want to be over there & live the American dream ! haha, my mate is doing a football scholarship over there just now, left in august, came back in December for a month then is back in may for 3 months but he is living the drea. All i do over here is work in a supermarket & would like to start from scratch over there dont even care what job i would do

 

Im the exact same mate, just waiting on graduating from uni though. I reckon we should all move to the same city, set up a CSC, and live near/with each other to make the transition a lot easier! Im the type of guy who needs a big kick up the * to do something, so doing something like this would make me more likely to move!
Im also thinking about doing the camp america thing this summer

 

You should know that you need some sort of visa to reside in the USA. I would firstly look into what visa you might qualify for.

I moved to the states 3 years ago(my wife is from here). Been a struggle to find good work to be honest, not quite living the dream just yet. Fingers crossed though.

 

sorry if this has been posted didn't read through it all

should try this Work Abroad, Summer Camp, Volunteer Abroad and Working Holiday Visa - BUNAC and go to the work america part, they ll really help with the process of getting visas and finding jobs.

I used it the last two summers for the Kamp america part and its really good was in boston last year doing mantenace around a camp was brilliant, took me rock climbing, trips to canada etc should really look into it, well worth it