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If you have taken the plunge and decided to take a career break the first thing you will need to do is come up with some career break ideas. It may be that you already have plenty of career break ideas and just need to get started on making them a reality. It could be, however, that you only have a vague idea that you want to ‘see the world' - in which case you may be in need of some career break ideas for inspiration. If you fit in to this category our ‘Career break ideas' page should give you plenty to think about.
Career break ideas - Career break travel
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Some of the best career break ideas are often the most simple! Why not spend your career break backpacking your way around the world? If you have always dreamed about travelling the world then you will never have a better chance to do so - so go for it! If you are looking for career break ideas on where to travel the Gap Year For Grown Ups website is an excellent starting point. All of Real Gap's travel advisers have travelled extensively themselves so if you would like to chat to someone in person give them a call to discuss your career break ideas with them!
If you have got absolutely loads of different career break ideas on where to travel, you will be amazed at how many of them you can squeeze in to just one gap year. The best way of fitting in numerous career break ideas for travel is by investing in a round the world ticket. Round the world tickets enable you to literally circle the globe, making use of ‘free' stopovers along the way - and the great thing is that they often cost little or no more than the average price of a return flight to Australia. |
Career break ideas - Learn a new skill
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Many people taking a career break decide they would like to do something more constructive with their time away and learn a new skill. Some of the career break ideas you could consider, if you want to learn a new skill, are learning a new language, learning more about wildlife, learning how to scuba dive, learning how to sail and learning all about yoga and meditation.
More often than not these types of career break ideas tie in nicely with many of our programmes anyway. For example if you travel to Latin America with Gap Year For Grown Ups, all of our programmes include Spanish tuition (Portuguese in Brazil), so you won't need to sign up for a separate course or programme. |
Career break ideas - Volunteer
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One of the most popular career break options is to combine travel with some voluntary work abroad on one of our rewarding volunteer projects. Volunteering is a fantastic career break idea as it gives you the opportunity to ‘give something back' to the country you are visiting whilst at the same time immersing yourself in the local culture on a far more intimate level than the average passing tourist. There are all kinds of career break ideas to consider if you would like to volunteer on a year out. For example if you are passionate about wildlife, there are some amazing volunteer projects with animals all over the world to choose from - from lions in Africa to orang-utans in Borneo. |
Other career break ideas for volunteer work include getting involved on a people-based project or helping to care for the environment in some way. For example if you are looking for career break ideas that involve caring for impoverished communities you could do anything from working with street kids in Africa to teaching English in India. Career break ideas you could consider if you want to do some environmental volunteer work could be anything from helping to preserve the wild coast of South Africa to helping to raise environmental awareness in the Galapagos Islands.
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After redundancy, Sally decided to see the world. She enjoyed our South Africa Wildlife Course so much that within 48 hours of arriving back in the UK she booked onto the Malaysia Orangutan Experience and the Thai Adventure!
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