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If we told you that your job options were limitless you might be wondering: how the hell am I going to get paid to look for lions on an African Safari while simultaneously smoking dope? For those smart asses who are wondering something along these lines and still consider yourselves remotely intelligent: shut the F#@% up! We mean, it could be time to look outside the fantasy box and start checking in with the sad reality of the working world. If you are lucky enough to have the rest of the travelling world jealous of you by not having money as an issue, this article is not for you. But luckily, for the rest of us who got 99 problems, even if a bitch ain’t one, Gullivearth has spent countless hours pouring over strenuous research in the form of Google searches to help narrow down jobs that work for everybody, namely travelling students with little professional experience. No, we won’t hook you up with a job you can do while simultaneously skydiving the Grand Canyon, unless of course, your Blackberry Storm gets service 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) above the ground or you do the obvious and instruct skydiving courses. But until phone services stop falsely promising us and letting us down with their slogans of getting service “everywhere in the world” we thought you might enjoy some of the more popular options along the road well travelled, emphasis on the word well.

Now before we start rattling off a list of Jobs you could do, which is at the end of the article, we would like to first give you some sound, time tested advice.

First, work where the currency is strong (anywhere where they use the Pound, the Euro, or the Yen will do). There is no use in attempting to work for pesos or rupees while trying to fund your travels on Sunset Strip. On the other hand, if you work out of a country with a strong currency for a short time you could effectively fund long stays of travel in those exotic foreign adventures you love to take. Working minimum wage for 1 day in Japan can get you a half a month stay in a cheap hostel in India. Second, don’t let illegality necessarily stop you from searching for a job. Okay, so the foreign government officials might not wholeheartedly agree and it will be far from relevant to site this article as an excuse. “But your honor, Gullivearth made me do it!” just won’t cut it once you’ve been caught. We realize illegal activity will remain what it is, illegal. That said, thousands of travellers have been getting paid under the table for years without the notice of the authorities. If that scares you, get a working visa! You may also be able to find little law loopholes with just a little bit of research. For example, if the job is categorized as a paid internship, you may be able to get paid without the earnings being deemed as wages, technically, and is therefore perfectly legal without the visa. Third, use any skill you have, your own intuition, and be creative. This is what we meant by saying the possibilities are endless. You’ll see what we mean when we start listing jobs. For every service there is a customer, you just have to learn how to market yourself correctly, (simply standing in a busy intersection is often enough!). Things to keep in mind: always dress presentably and respectably to the local culture, wake up early and search all the local job listings, message boards are great place for you to find a job as well as market your own services via flyers. Fourth, Working with the locals will give you a more authentic experience. Not as if this even needs to be said but it’s easy to forget if you find a job while you are stuck at a computer all day typing and/or being lonely. You will have a much better time at work if you interact with the locals on a day to day basis, unless of course you’re the Unabomber.

Or one of the three little pigs

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You’ll also be able to pick up on all kinds of cultural quirks you just can’t read about in a guidebook, including the ever useful ability to speak a new language. Sadly, most jobs catering to travellers only offer work with other travellers, minus the local culture. It only makes sense when you can’t take people’s orders in their native tongue. But with some extra research you can be interacting with and learning from the locals daily and be getting paid in the process. Fifth, Work in Australia, seriously. They offer easy to find and well paid work for foreigners with the most easily obtainable working visa out there. How’s that sound?

That’s the end of part 1. In the next installment we will provide you with the full list of job ideas, some more helpful tips, and the best websites to help find a job abroad.

In the last installment we helped give you some inside tips on the best ways to find and keep a job in a foriegn country. This installment will further elaborate with a list of jobs that we created to get you started. The end of the article contains some extremely useful websites to help stimulate your search for cash. Whether looking for a new career or simply to a way to fund your trip around the world as you go, obligation free, we’ve created the guide for you. Without further delays, here is our complete list of ideas for all you future money makers:

Entrepreneur: No CV is necessary when you work for yourself. Just make sure you aren’t interfering with the local law too much if you don’t have a permit. If you get caught just be polite and prompt, leave, and go somewhere else. Some popular suggestions: Masseuse (preferably at the top of long steps or at the end of a long hike). Sell ice cold bottles of water on a hot day, sell umbrellas when it rains, teach language lessons or music lessons or whatever lessons, DJ, open a kissing booth, independently clean houses or garden, sell art, design t shirts, distribute flyers for a bar, babysit (or au pair), dog watch, etc.

Street Performer: Bring a guitar, sing out loud, walk a tight rope, juggle, balloon art, do whatever you do and as long as there are people walking around with money (festivals or tourist hotspots are a big plus) they will throw you some too. The pros: some performers can make 80 Euros daily doing whatever they love. No working visas required and only one rule applies: don’t suck (unless that’s your profession, in that case we have no judgements over your hard earned labor).

Seasonal Worker: Some places can never have enough extra helping hands, primarily when seasonal tourism increases so does the opportunity for work. Just make sure to apply a couple of months ahead of time, that way you can guarantee a job. Options include ski instructor, ski resort anythinger, diving instructor, surf instructor, harvesting, farm staying, camp councillor, camp supervisor, life guard, tour guide, hotel employee, bouncer and more.

Teaching English: Many of these pre arranged programs can actually work out against your advantage. They will charge you for using their grounds and pay you little in return. By the time you’ve paid for board and meals you may have little spending money to actually use and see the place you’ve come to travel in. Some deals can be better than others though. Make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into before you sign up with a program. Getting a TEFL or TESOL can help but is not necessary. We recommend you find the companies that hire English teachers and go to them directly as if you were applying for any other job. That way you can negotiate your working terms before you’re stuck with no free time and just enough spending money to maybe go out to the bars once a week.

There are many websites that can hook you up with jobs around the world. Some of the best include:

anyworkanywhere.com- Pretty self explanatory

iagora.com- Jobs in Europe

jobmonkey.com- Many Job listings in every field

workfortravelclub.co.uk- Paid membership for short term work

pickingjobs.com- worldwide harvesting jobs by picking fruit

wwoof.org- work on organic farms across the world

One final tip: Don’t be discouraged if you can’t find a job immediately. It can often be very difficult to find something right away, especially if you are illegal. Just be patient with your searches and good things will come to you eventually. Every place has work to be done in some form or another.