BORED with bartending, over temping or tired of being a tour guide?
Luckily, there are some other ways to earn a bit of cash while you're travelling overseas.
An analysis of travel-related job listings by comparison site finder.com.au has unearthed some new job opportunities perfectly suited to those of us with eternal wanderlust, and they're not all the ones you'd think.
"About one million Australians live and work overseas according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade," finder.com.au spokeswoman Michelle Hutchison said.
"Taking a break to wander the world sounds pretty appealing but it can be expensive and many Australians will need to find work overseas to finance their globetrotting adventures.
"But what many expats may not realise is the variety of work available overseas ... Some of the jobs pay better than others and some demand specific qualifications or experience, but there are some fantastic jobs for people who are sick of the 9 to 5 grind and want to explore the world," Mrs Hutchison said.
According to their findings, the top 10 travel jobs are:
1. Digital nomad
Be it web development, graphic design or programming, if you've got a little technical or artistic flair and access to a computer and the internet, the world is now your workplace.
2. Importer/exporter
2. Importer/exporter
It sounds like the sort of vague job description proffered by the shifty or the essentially unemployed, but work as an importer/exporter is well suited to entrepreneurs and those who want to go into business for themselves. Travel to exotic destinations, buy up all their best merchandise and bring them home to sell for way more than you paid.
3. English language teacher
A perennial favourite, both among travellers with expertise in the English language and those who can count themselves as barely proficient. Opportunities to teach English as a second language exist in many parts of the world, with demand greatest in Asian countries where an emerging middle class is hungry to acquire knowledge of the world's lingua franca.
4. Oil and gas industry jobs
Finance your travels from the whiff of fossil fuels, rather than the smell of an oily rag. If you possess qualifications and experience in oil and gas, you could find yourself hopping from Norway to Texas and Nigeria to the sands of Saudi Arabia while getting paid handsomely for the privilege.
5. Crewing on yachts
If you have a set of sea legs and an eye for adventure, why not travel the world on-board a luxury yacht? Private yachts engage everyone from deckhands to mechanics, dive instructors, masseuses and even hairdressers. While the majority might be owned and financed by Russian oligarchs or Arab sheikhs, a yachting agency should be your first port of call if you're looking to suss out opportunities.
6. Travelling nurse
Cure the sick and heal the lame as you hop your way around the world. This option is particularly good for those who want to travel across the US, with several-month contracts available at hospitals with shortages of nurses.
7. Blogger
Yes, they're opinionated and everybody seems to have one (a blog), but if you can build a decent reputation as a blogger and attract sufficient revenue from advertising, then you can do it from virtually anywhere in the world. Work a little on your wordsmithery and you can also score free trips, hotel stays, attraction passes and other perks as a travel blogger.
8. Charity worker
It is a sad by-product of entrenched global poverty that opportunities for charity workers are so broad and so numerous. Workers are needed virtually everywhere for long and short-term positions. Check boards like Aidboard.com and reliefweb.int to find job listings.
9. Seasonal jobs in national parks or resorts
Become a park ranger and work surrounded by trees or man the lifts in a ski resort and work surrounded by a forest of people and skipoles. Many different types of jobs are available during peak season at holiday destinations. Job ads for snowboard instructors, promotional staff, cooks and cleaners can be found on job sites like www.coolworks.com.
10. Fruit picking
Popular with backpackers and students and anyone who enjoys working outside in the fresh air, there are plenty of interesting and exotic locations to pick and pack fruit and vegetables. Be it a Queensland plantation or an Israeli kibbutz, hours can be long and earnings can be lucrative. Some farmers pay by the hour, but for harvest work many pay for what you pick, so you need to be reasonably fit and hard working.
Students Flights national marketing manager Phil Hancox said working as an English teacher or crewing on a yacht are perennial favourites, while the amount of people doing some charity work is also growing.
Other popular jobs include working as a camp counsellor in the US and helping out at festivals and events.
"These days there are so many more options than just working in a pub," he said.
"The days where there was the desire to do just that have slipped away."
The number of people undertaking an overseas internship during university holidays is also growing, with the added benefit that travellers can get career experience while having a good time overseas
"It allows the travellers to see different ways of life overseas but also offers the opportunity to progress their career," he said.
He said while a number of popular working holiday markets, such as the UK, have suffered economic downturns in recent years, much of this has affected the full-time job market, creating new opportunities for travellers looking to do short-term contracts.
However, with working holiday visa regulations differing between countries, Mr Hancox recommended travellers plan as far ahead as possible for their overseas work experience.
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