Tim Leffel’s Cheapest Destinations

Want to Work Abroad? Put Down Some Roots

If you read many travel message boards, or talk to many traveler types who are sick of their job, the fantasy of working overseas somewhere is high on the wish list. It doesn’t have to be a fantasy, of course. Millions of people manage to make it work as corporate expats, English as a second language (ESL) teachers, diving instructors, rafting guides, or hotel workers. For a start.

But it’s not a matter of looking up an ad on Monster.com, snagging a sweet job, then packing up the suitcases. It takes some initiative and a willingness to make a big leap into the unknown.

Here’s an article of mine that just came out in Transitions Abroad: To Work Abroad Successfully, Put Down Roots. Read it while you daydream in the cubicle…