Comments on: Traveling The World After Your College Graduation http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/traveling-the-world-after-your-college-graduation/ Tue, 22 May 2012 12:21:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alexandra Alden http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/traveling-the-world-after-your-college-graduation/#comment-91655 Alexandra Alden Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:00:19 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=1885#comment-91655 Hey I read your article and remember well the confusion of getting out of college and what to do next (even though it was only 3 years ago!). I chose travelling and do not regret it at all, however I do regret leaving gaps in my resume which made the job search in these tough economic times really hard. However, now I work for the volunteer travel company Humanitravels. We send people on volunteer trips to Peru and Guatemala. It's a great way to enhance your resume while traveling abroad and it looks impressive to potential employers. I highly suggest it because not only do you get a deeper cultural understanding but you have an unforgettable experience! Hey I read your article and remember well the confusion of getting out of college and what to do next (even though it was only 3 years ago!). I chose travelling and do not regret it at all, however I do regret leaving gaps in my resume which made the job search in these tough economic times really hard.

However, now I work for the volunteer travel company Humanitravels. We send people on volunteer trips to Peru and Guatemala. It’s a great way to enhance your resume while traveling abroad and it looks impressive to potential employers.

I highly suggest it because not only do you get a deeper cultural understanding but you have an unforgettable experience!

]]> By: Chris http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/traveling-the-world-after-your-college-graduation/#comment-82876 Chris Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:16:58 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=1885#comment-82876 It's especially beneficial if you can figure out how to travel on a budget. You mentioned Couchsurfing already which is already one of my favourite ways of travelling, but a friend told me about his travel plans for Asia, which included working for 3 weeks as an English teacher in Japan, then using the money he earned from this to travel in India. The discrepancy between living costs in Japan and India mean that his 3 weeks pay will stretch a LOT further over there. It’s especially beneficial if you can figure out how to travel on a budget. You mentioned Couchsurfing already which is already one of my favourite ways of travelling, but a friend told me about his travel plans for Asia, which included working for 3 weeks as an English teacher in Japan, then using the money he earned from this to travel in India. The discrepancy between living costs in Japan and India mean that his 3 weeks pay will stretch a LOT further over there.

]]> By: MD http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/traveling-the-world-after-your-college-graduation/#comment-82762 MD Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:25:07 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=1885#comment-82762 Yea that's for sure. Travel allows me to prioritize my spending. I find myself cutting back on certain expenses so that I have more more to spend on traveling to a new part of the world. Yea that’s for sure. Travel allows me to prioritize my spending. I find myself cutting back on certain expenses so that I have more more to spend on traveling to a new part of the world.

]]> By: Chris http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/traveling-the-world-after-your-college-graduation/#comment-82711 Chris Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:57:56 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=1885#comment-82711 @Craig - a friend of mine is due to marry his fiancée in October, they met on Couchsurfing! MD: this is great advice. a lot of people I've spoken to about travelling (whether before / during / after uni) discourage it, citing financial reasons mainly but also a surprisingly large range of arbitrary objections. I'm about to start my final year of uni and have travelled to Canada, Japan and two separate trips to Europe whilst at uni and they've been hugely formative and valuable experiences. Obviously my finances have suffered a bit, but the money would have probably been spent on some unnecessary piece of technology otherwise :p @Craig – a friend of mine is due to marry his fiancée in October, they met on Couchsurfing!

MD: this is great advice. a lot of people I’ve spoken to about travelling (whether before / during / after uni) discourage it, citing financial reasons mainly but also a surprisingly large range of arbitrary objections. I’m about to start my final year of uni and have travelled to Canada, Japan and two separate trips to Europe whilst at uni and they’ve been hugely formative and valuable experiences. Obviously my finances have suffered a bit, but the money would have probably been spent on some unnecessary piece of technology otherwise :p

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