Working abroad (and long term travelling)
Working abroad (and long term travelling)
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Hi everyone,
I am currently a student but will be graduating this summer. I hope to save up enough money to be able to go travelling in a couple of years. Whilst I would like to travel for a year or so I am also exploring the option of living abroad and potentially living and travelling long term.
I study mechanical engineering and as I'm sure everyone here knows engineers have a vast range of skills, however I would like to ask if anyone knows if there are specific niches or areas that are most sought after in the international job market? (I'm in the UK). I know some people freelance when travelling / living abroad but I don't know how realistic this is early in my career.
Or...any general advice or suggestions would be appreciated.
I am currently a student but will be graduating this summer. I hope to save up enough money to be able to go travelling in a couple of years. Whilst I would like to travel for a year or so I am also exploring the option of living abroad and potentially living and travelling long term.
I study mechanical engineering and as I'm sure everyone here knows engineers have a vast range of skills, however I would like to ask if anyone knows if there are specific niches or areas that are most sought after in the international job market? (I'm in the UK). I know some people freelance when travelling / living abroad but I don't know how realistic this is early in my career.
Or...any general advice or suggestions would be appreciated.





RE: Working abroad (and long term travelling)
RE: Working abroad (and long term travelling)
But wrt getting a job as en engineer i think thats very unlikely and you would also have to consider that outside of the EC you cant just get a job on a tourist visa. You may be able to e.g. go as a volunteer e.g. through a NGO or a church affiliated program - but again then its another way of travelling.
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Good luck,
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The thing you have going for you, as a mech. eng. student, is the flexibility of the very broad mechanical engineering discipline. There are a whole lot of career choices that'll let you travel /while working/ and will inevitably have time available for you to take brief personal adventures. Best of both worlds, other than the fact that while you're adventuring, you know you have to be back to the plant/shop/factory/refinery/whatever on Monday, instead of "whenever I feel like it".
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Also...you never know who you might meet on a trip around the world, a few new additions to linkedin could land you in a new job, an unlikely scenario but a possibility
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Now the freelance stuff, this would be difficult! I know experienced guys who have done this and it's hard work; constantly hunting down new jobs, fluctuations in the amount of work available, different levels of income each week. Needless to say they all lasted less than a year.
If you've got the cash I would put your career on the back burner and let your travels be more cultural and hedonistic. You could pick up the odd back packer job if you wanted or get into Oz/NZ through the 'back door' by finding an engineering job and after 6 month get your employer to sponsor you to stay. Alternatively get on a good grad scheme where they offer opportunities abroad. I'm only 27 and have worked in Thailand on my grad scheme and currently the Middle East as well as going all over Europe and the odd one to the US and Asia on small business trips.
Good luck anyway!
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Hopefully BigH here will chime in. He probably will have some good advice having been all over the globe.