What Jobs Would Let you Travel a Lot?

Thargor

I work in a lab but the labwork is mostly being taken over by office/admin duties, been in the same place for 6 years now straight out of college. Im absolutely sick of what I do and would love to travel but I don't want to just drop work and blow through my savings and then have to go back into an office somewhere.

Id love a job that sent you around the world but not in sales as I wouldn't be good at that. Are there any companies that look for people with no commitments whatsoever so that they are willing to do a month here and a week there etc? Where do you even begin to look for jobs like that?

Doesn't have to even be nice tourist areas I just want to go somewhere, my travel history is a bit pathetic and 6 years in my current job has left me a bit depressed like Im wasting my life. I dont care if the wages are crap either as long as there's something coming in.

There must be companies or websites that let you sign up for stuff like this is there? Courier or agency stuff or something like that...

Nody

Travelling with work is highly overrated in general but excluding sales consultancy firms in some form would probably be your best bet.

testicle

A Traveller ? Work for yourself, go wherever you like, in your own time...

CatFromHue

Nody wrote: »

Travelling with work is highly overrated in general but excluding sales consultancy firms in some form would probably be your best bet.

This is really true.

Also 6 years in your first job out of college and I can imagine how you're feeling, it may be a good time to think about changing job anyway. Not just for a new challenge but try and keep your skills relevant etc.

Stheno

Nody wrote: »

Travelling with work is highly overrated in general but excluding sales consultancy firms in some form would probably be your best bet.

Agreed, anyone who thinks travelling with work is not, hasn't done enough of it.

OP there are jobs you can get that involve travel, such as delivering boats/yachts from one destination to another, cruise ships etc.

If it's working in an office with associated travel, believe me, it's not the same.

irish_goat

Might sound obvious, but a job working for an airline?

Adamocovic

A bus driver

Windorah

I dunno if ur male or female but Emirates airline take on a lot of Irish girls. As far as I know your base would be Dubai.

Pinch Flat

What about any NGOs like concern goal etc or TEFL?

Celly Smunt

Sometimes travelling for work is fun though 99% of the time it's horrible.

The majority of the time it will be travelling to Cardiff (insert any other boring destination here) with a lad who either never shuts up and thinks you have some fraternal bond and need to go out on the lash or somebody who just doesn't talk.

After getting the plane at 6am you land, straight into a taxi to somewhere work related, maybe into another taxi to somewhere else work related. Next a mediocre dinner in some chain restaurant with a beer in the evening. Then off to your 3 star hotel on the outskirts of the city at 8pm to prepare for the next days work related activity or to bed with BBC world news to see what's going on in Afghanistan on repeat for four hours. Back up at 6 the next day to the airport and back in work at 9. It's very over rated

However, sometimes the odd one will come up that's amazing if your job requires you to travel a lot. New York for a week etc etc

mrcheez

Thargor wrote: »

I work in a lab but the labwork is mostly being taken over by office/admin duties, been in the same place for 6 years now straight out of college. Im absolutely sick of what I do and would love to travel but I don't want to just drop work and blow through my savings and then have to go back into an office somewhere.

I'm guessing you are in your 20s?

When I was around 24 I went travelling for 18 months (after saving for a few years), living cheap, and came back fairly broke. I'm not saying you do the same, but it was the best time of my life and changed my outlook on life for the better. I'd recommend taking out at least 6 months, just live frugally if you are really worried about using up your savings... or perhaps even find short-term work in Australia/Canada for a spell.

It really is worth it, and I met countless people on my travels who were in their 70s, having spent their entire lives working, only to start travelling after retirement and they wished they had travelled in their youth as they really are the best years to explore the planet/partake in crazy activities like bungee jumping off Victoria Falls etc.


btw don't worry how a gap year appears on your CV, it's actually beneficial in my experience.

syklops

Stheno wrote: »

If it's working in an office with associated travel, believe me, it's not the same.

100%! Working in an office with lots of travel is a colossal pain in the ass.

You will be told at the start of the job there will be lots of travel and so won't be allowed complain when it gets too much. In some cases you will be told to travel at the drop of the hat, the employer won't care that you got home at midnight the night before, you will still be expected to show up at 9am the next day in a clean, pressed shirt.

Also, staying in a Premier Inn is maybe a novelty for the first time you stay in one. Spending a week in one on the edge of an industrial estate in Leeds starts to get old very fast. Even more so, when they don't have a bar and or a restaurant.

One last thing, Irish employers are very bad when it comes to expenses. Some re-imburse expenses, every 2 weeks. Many only re-imburse them once a month, and so you are left out of pocket for up to 3 weeks. Sometime ago my employer owed me 2000 euros for over a fortnight and then sent me somewhere else. I had to borrow money from my Dad to pay for my hotel.

In the past I was given a corporate credit card which makes things so much easier, but that was for an American software giant. No, Irish company has ever agreed to furnish me with one.

Fatswaldo

Far away hills are green! I travel extensively throughout Ireland and the rest of Europe for my job at present. I'm reasonably well paid and the work itself is fine. The travel is not!

Its the absolute worst part of what I do. Boredom is king. One hotel room turns into another and one big soul-less hotel is just like the next. (I stay in smaller B&Bs now when I can just so someone might talk to me for 5 mins!) Its not like being on holiday. Up early, work/meetings, motorways, back to/new hotel to catch up on emails etc., dinner, call home, bed.

If you want to try it, do so when you are young with no family etc.

Celly Smunt

syklops wrote: »

One last thing, Irish employers are very bad when it comes to expenses. Some re-imburse expenses, every 2 weeks. Many only re-imburse them once a month, and so you are left out of pocket for up to 3 weeks. Sometime ago my employer owed me 2000 euros for over a fortnight and then sent me somewhere else. I had to borrow money from my Dad to pay for my hotel.

In the past I was given a corporate credit card which makes things so much easier, but that was for an American software giant. No, Irish company has ever agreed to furnish me with one.

This is also a problem, I remember going for an interview years ago and was told that all expenses were paid in a lump sum along with bonuses at the end of the year. This was a company that would send you away every week out of your own pocket and expect to pay you back once a year, they even made it out as if they were doing you a favour as you would have a "very nice lump sum" before Christmas.

I'd imagine there's some poor sod out there who got burned for 20000+ who was happy to just get the job.

waraf

How about humanitarian work OP? I'm not talking about volunteering, I'm mean an actual paying position with a charity. My brother worked for in logistics a major Irish charity for about ten years and he travelled all over the globe with them.

Thargor

waraf wrote: »

How about humanitarian work OP? I'm not talking about volunteering, I'm mean an actual paying position with a charity. My brother worked for in logistics a major Irish charity for about ten years and he travelled all over the globe with them.

Id love to do something like that, Id do it for minimum wage, but the waiting list for jobs like that must be years long, fcuk knows what you'd even say in an interview for a job like that when they ask you what you bring to the table.

Hasmunch

Thargor, why not look for a move within the company you in? A change is better than a rest.

I used to do lab work many moons ago. I have changed jobs a few times since then and now i travel 50% of the time with my current job. Travel with work is very overrated. i could not agree with Fatswaldo's description above any better.
Give me a nice job close to where i live anyday.

waraf

Thargor wrote: »

Id love to do something like that, Id do it for minimum wage, but the waiting list for jobs like that must be years long, fcuk knows what you'd even say in an interview for a job like that when they ask you what you bring to the table.

There's no waiting list. When they have a full time paying position open (i.e. not a voluntary position) they advertise, interview and recruit in exactly the same way as any private company recruits.

thebiglad

I have had jobs which required significant European travel and occasional (bi annual) Australia and NZ with semi annual US

As other posters have said it is not all sightseeing - if hardly at all, airport-office-hotel-airport is typical - if you have a 3 day visit then 1st day will be airport to office then when back at hotel and you have finished any notes etc from the day plus catch up with email it's time for hotel dinner and then chill/bed. Day 2 evening will generally be out with whomever you're visiting for dinner and maybe a walk round the city you're visiting. Day 3 is office and back to airport.

If you do want to see the places sure the opportunity is there but you will eat into your holiday as non-working days still come from holiday and at the end of the day you are in work mode, not holiday mode so don't really enjoy places in the same way. Spending a lot of time on your own in a country where you don't speak the language and your location is not tourist friendly so the locals don't speak english is no fun but a necessary part of the role potentially. Significant time hanging round airports with delays and early starts - you do get used to it but it takes a bit of conditioning.

They are the downsides - plus sides - if you have a good travel budget then you get to stay in nice hotels, you can check out places which are worth going back to with the OH. Meet a wider range of people and cultures, I have formed some good friendships down the years. Last of all you accrue lots of airline and hotel loyalty points which you can use for your own trips.

I work in Financial Services, Outsource but Procurement would be another good one for travel

Issue is OP that you tend to move into the travel side when you are established in your role, when you're on the road there is no one to train you or assist so take the time to develop the basic skills before throwing the travel in.

Best of luck with it, there are lots of companies in IFSC which would provide a future conduit to a role with travel but need some foundation work 1st.

thegreatgonzo

waraf wrote: »

How about humanitarian work OP? I'm not talking about volunteering, I'm mean an actual paying position with a charity. My brother worked for in logistics a major Irish charity for about ten years and he travelled all over the globe with them.

I had a lecturer in college who was an accountant and during the summers he often went to places in Africa doing accounting for some sort of charity or NGO or something. I wish I could remember more but it was definately paid work for shortish periods.

Jobsites have international sections.
Development charities do advertise for experienced people to go abroad - just remember that you would probably be going to Chad or Haiti or the like.

You say that you are in a lab doing admin - could you lever that and move internally?
If it is a multinational moving into an auditing / quality role might give a chance to travel.

My second daughter had been sent to London for a few weeks, by week 3 she was fed of living in a hotel and fed up of eating out and that's being in London where there are things to do in the evening, she txted me one evening and said she was in a pub on her own because she was so fed up of the hotel room, she does have a cooperate credit card but as other have said its not a holiday you are often on your own or with work colleges not with your friends or partner and you are not there at the weekend.

helimachoptor

Travelling with work is overrated believe me OP.

The first time in you're in NYC or SF or Seattle is great, second time is good, then the buzz wears off and you're left with Jet lag.

Even shorter trips to europe are fine but if you are doing it in one day, its get old very quickly, even trips away for a night or 2 lose their novelty very quickly.

syklops

Another point worth making, is in 95% of companies your travel time is taken out of your time, not your billable time. Its not like you fly to New York on Monday morning, start work tuesday morning and fly home Friday morning.

One trip I did to Atlanta, I left Sunday morning, checked into the hotel Sunday Evening and went to bed early, started work with a meeting at 9am Monday morning which is 4am Monday Irish time. Left Atalnta lunchtime on Friday(ATL time), got home around 4pm on Saturday. Which gave me about 36 hours to get over my jetlag, catch up on sleep, wash and iron a weeks worth of shirts and underwear, and be in the office for Monday morning 9am.

Runaway OP! Runaway!

Stheno

syklops wrote: »

Another point worth making, is in 95% of companies your travel time is taken out of your time, not your billable time. Its not like you fly to New York on Monday morning, start work tuesday morning and fly home Friday morning.

One trip I did to Atlanta, I left Sunday morning, checked into the hotel Sunday Evening and went to bed early, started work with a meeting at 9am Monday morning which is 4am Monday Irish time. Left Atalnta lunchtime on Friday(ATL time), got home around 4pm on Saturday. Which gave me about 36 hours to get over my jetlag, catch up on sleep, wash and iron a weeks worth of shirts and underwear, and be in the office for Monday morning 9am.

Runaway OP! Runaway!

Ah yes I've a few such horror stories myself

One multinational that I worked for were so tight at quarter end that if you had to travel they picked the cheapest regardless of how much it inconvenienced the staff.

It took me 36 hours to get from Florida to Dublin as they chose four flights which were a couple of hundred cheaper than a more direct option

Myself and my colleagues were like the walking dead when we got home.

hidinginthebush

You say you work in a lab at the moment op? Maybe try getting a job as a field service engineer for one of the scientific instrument companies. The likes of agilent, mettler toledo, and any other company that has machines in your lab will have people working for them that spend their time going from company to company servicing and fixing equipment. Having the lab experience you could be able to get in to one of these companies having worked on their equipment already. You could even try talking to the lads that come in to your place and see how they like it, how would you go about getting that type of job etc.

syklops

Stheno wrote: »

Ah yes I've a few such horror stories myself

One multinational that I worked for were so tight at quarter end that if you had to travel they picked the cheapest regardless of how much it inconvenienced the staff.

It took me 36 hours to get from Florida to Dublin as they chose four flights which were a couple of hundred cheaper than a more direct option

Myself and my colleagues were like the walking dead when we got home.

The same company from the atlanta trip, a colleague told me about a trip from hell where he got booked on a five hop trip which was 12 hours longer than a 2 hop trip which would have been over the sake of 200 euro.

Any chance it was the same company? Unfortunately, I suspect not.

my teapot is orange

They don't send you on a holiday. They are paying for it so they put you there for the minimum time you need to get the job done normally.

I don't know what you do, OP, but lab work and college gives me the impression you're a valuable employee, maybe more so in that field then you would be if you made a random change of direction. This makes me think that an idea for you might be to go abroad for six months or a year or whatever if you want a change of scene, in a science capacity. Consider your lifestyle. You don't want to a foreign country to just exist, you want to live and experience.

helimachoptor

Skylops makes a very valid point.. i dont know anyone who travels on company time...

I also used to leave frequently on sunday and back at midnight on Thursday or friday, even if i travelled midweek i would be leaving the office at 5 or a 7pm or later flight and expect to be at the desk where i was going @ 9am the next day.

I'm lucky enough now where i am we book our own flights and im a bit more senior now (with a baby) so im more militant went it comes to who's time i use and frankly you can stay in touch with an iphone and work on presentations etc in the airport/on the plane

hytrogen

Thargor wrote: »

I work in a lab but the labwork is mostly being taken over by office/admin duties, been in the same place for 6 years now straight out of college. Im absolutely sick of what I do and would love to travel but I don't want to just drop work and blow through my savings and then have to go back into an office somewhere.

Id love a job that sent you around the world but not in sales as I wouldn't be good at that. Are there any companies that look for people with no commitments whatsoever so that they are willing to do a month here and a week there etc? Where do you even begin to look for jobs like that?

Doesn't have to even be nice tourist areas I just want to go somewhere, my travel history is a bit pathetic and 6 years in my current job has left me a bit depressed like Im wasting my life. I dont care if the wages are crap either as long as there's something coming in.

There must be companies or websites that let you sign up for stuff like this is there? Courier or agency stuff or something like that...

What kind of lab work were you doing?

Jawgap

It's not so much what you do as who you work for that determines how much you travel.

I travel quite a bit for work, and even as someone who enjoys travel, enjoys flying and is geeky about airports and planes, I find it tedious most of the time.

It sounds great to say I'm nipping to X city for a meeting or to work, but what that means is you see the city from a series of taxis ( or car service, if you're lucky), hotel rooms and offices or sites - you're employer will not be paying for an endless series of city breaks.

Consultancies are a good bet (I work for one), finance houses or pharma or food companies would also offere decent prospects for travel.

Mrs OBumble

Sales representative.

Tour guide.

Missionary.

Lorry driver.

Geologist.

Some engineering jobs (ones where you're on a big building project for a year or two, then go elsewhere when it ends).

Bicycle courier.

Taxi-driver.

Diplomat.

Circus performer.

Politician (some would argue it's the same as the last entry!)

Travel writer.

Photographer.

And some will hate me for saying it but some teachers I know get a lot of use out of their holidays.



It all depends on how much and what sort of travel you want to do (how far, how long, do you just pine to be out of the office) - and what you can bring to the table.

Stheno

syklops wrote: »

The same company from the atlanta trip, a colleague told me about a trip from hell where he got booked on a five hop trip which was 12 hours longer than a 2 hop trip which would have been over the sake of 200 euro.

Any chance it was the same company? Unfortunately, I suspect not.

Large multinational tech company with multiple offices here, the biggest in West Dublin

helimachoptor wrote: »

Skylops makes a very valid point.. i dont know anyone who travels on company time...

I also used to leave frequently on sunday and back at midnight on Thursday or friday, even if i travelled midweek i would be leaving the office at 5 or a 7pm or later flight and expect to be at the desk where i was going @ 9am the next day.

I'm lucky enough now where i am we book our own flights and im a bit more senior now (with a baby) so im more militant went it comes to who's time i use and frankly you can stay in touch with an iphone and work on presentations etc in the airport/on the plane

I used have to travel on a Saturday as there were no Sunday flights to a location, and was stuck there for up to three weeks on my own, used get back at 1am on a Saturday morning, in fairness I got time in lieu for the travel

It still sucked.

It went on for a good six months, I literally had no life being away from home two to three weeks out of four or five.

This has turned into the "I hate the fact I have to travel with my job" thread

I never realised how many others who travel often also hate it

testaccount123

Im really surprised nobody has suggested Working Holiday travel OP. I lived in England, Australia, Canada and New Zealand for a year plus each picking up contract work in IT and used the time between contracts for travel. I typically worked 7-8 months of the year and travelled the rest. Ive been all over the Americas, the South Pacific and Europe doing this, as well as getting to live in really nice places while working too. All of these countries and more (US, Hong Kong etc.) offer working holiday visas. Dont let your job define your life.

Jawgap

Thargor wrote: »

I work in a lab but the labwork is mostly being taken over by office/admin duties, been in the same place for 6 years now straight out of college. .......

Having re-read your post, a thought occurred to me......how much lab auditing and accreditation work do you do?

If you took things in that direction and sought a position with one of the international accreditation bodies you'd get tons of travelling to some pretty out of the way places.

Put it this way, a good few years ago (two jobs ago) the firm I was working for won a contract to evaluate a certain EU research programme, some spending of which involved French partners who carried out the work in one of the French overseas Departments......

.......Kergeulen

Not the type of trip I'd be anxious to do if I'd had kids at the time.

hytrogen

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Sales representative.

Tour guide.

Missionary.

Lorry driver.

Geologist.

Some engineering jobs (ones where you're on a big building project for a year or two, then go elsewhere when it ends).

Bicycle courier.

Taxi-driver.

Diplomat.

Circus performer.

Politician (some would argue it's the same as the last entry!)

Travel writer.

Photographer.

And some will hate me for saying it but some teachers I know get a lot of use out of their holidays.



It all depends on how much and what sort of travel you want to do (how far, how long, do you just pine to be out of the office) - and what you can bring to the table.

I must say it's amazing how everyone overlooks being a mariner these days in Ireland. It's not just fishermen & defense forces out there on the big blue wet thing

mrcheez

I spent a year travelling around Canada, armed with a pair of laptops, doing IT work for a client back in Ireland.

A self-employed/contracting position like that might suit the OP, rather than relying on work for a multi-national.

triggermortis

I've seen most of Europe with my job, but mostly with one eye as I tried to catch up sleep in a taxi!
I used to travel every 5 days between Ireland and Switzerland for my job, but got so hacked off with it the whole family moved here as I couldn't get a suitable job in Ireland. I work for an airline and my previous job was ideal in that I could travel on the company aircraft (for free and in their time!) and missed out all the airport hassles at both ends. This job now doesn't allow me that, so the travelling every 5 days was a major hassle and I don't miss the travel part one bit

Ursus Horribilis

Is your problem not two separate issues that have become intertwined?

1. You're sick of the job you have.
2. You've not done as much travelling as you would like.

I've travelled with work and to be honest, it sounds a lot more glamorous than it is. Unless you're lucky enough to be in a job where they're generous enough to give you time off to do your own thing, you're looking at a few snatched hours here and there. If it's 7pm and you're in a hotel in Barcelona you're laughing. 7pm on a November evening in a hotel overlooking a motorway in Milton Keynes?....

So why haven't you travelled more? You've got savings, you've got annual leave? What has stopped you until now? Travelling doesn't have to be a 12 month backpacking tour of Asia. Unless that is what you want of course. On the other hand one of my friends is careful about how she uses her annual leave during the year. Then she takes 3-4 weeks off and goes to Asia or South America. Or you could just keep an eye on Ryanair's website and book yourself some cheap flights.

You seem to be looking at your job as as way of solving your lack of travelling when in fact it should be the other way around. Why can't you see your job as a way of giving you the money that'll help you enjoy yourself?

You sound like you're pretty burned out in your existing job though. I think before you make any big decisions it would be good for you to look for another job in the same line of work. You might find that a change of scenery and going back to doing more lab work will be a positive thing. There is nothing to stop you researching other courses you could do if you want to change careers. The choice doesn't have to be one of staying in your existing job until you find your dream job. Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs.

Wanderer78

took a year out of my boring factory job years ago and went traveling. didnt work for the year, luckily had enough to survive on for the year. blew through my savings. no regrets op. best thing ive ever done in my life. can understand your hesitation not to spend your savings but its worth it. best of luck with whatever you decide.

hardCopy

hytrogen wrote: »

I must say it's amazing how everyone overlooks being a mariner these days in Ireland. It's not just fishermen & defense forces out there on the big blue wet thing

AFAIK the only jobs open to westerners these days are as officers and officer training takes several years in Haulbowline.

Thargor

Im not really looking for a new destination every week, that would get annoying, Im just wondering if theres jobs that need people to maybe spend a year in one country then a month in another then maybe a week here and there kind of thing, jobs for people with absolutely zero commitments in one place. Anything interesting basically.

sebcity

Internal Auditors for multinationals do a lot of travelling. They basically travel to the office of the company in each country and audit whatever they're auditing. The down side is that you'd need to be an accountant

chatperche

Yep, you can work as an Internal Auditor (you would need an accountancy qualification though), most auditing roles require travelling, some as much as 70%, but as it was said many times before it's not all what it's cracked up to be. You'll see airports, cabs and offices, mostly.

Wanderer78

chatperche wrote: »

Yep, you can work as an Internal Auditor (you would need an accountancy qualification though), most auditing roles require travelling, some as much as 70%, but as it was said many times before it's not all what it's cracked up to be. You'll see airports, cabs and offices, mostly.

mate does some traveling with work. his experiences sounds very similar to what you're saying. not exactly sure what hes doing but has a background in sales but currently works in IT sector

witchgirl26

Thargor wrote: »

Im not really looking for a new destination every week, that would get annoying, Im just wondering if theres jobs that need people to maybe spend a year in one country then a month in another then maybe a week here and there kind of thing, jobs for people with absolutely zero commitments in one place. Anything interesting basically.

I'm in Internal audit so like a few have said there is a fair bit of travel. While it can be great at times, for the most part you don't get to see much, your time is not your own & you don't get to decide where you go (or sometimes when).

In terms of what you say above, I don't know many places that offer secondments like that so maybe your best bet is to actually look at getting a sponsored visa from a company to work abroad for a year, then come back potentially & look for somewhere else.

mrcheez

Thargor wrote: »

Im not really looking for a new destination every week, that would get annoying, Im just wondering if theres jobs that need people to maybe spend a year in one country then a month in another then maybe a week here and there kind of thing, jobs for people with absolutely zero commitments in one place. Anything interesting basically.

Work for Google or Accenture perhaps? They take on people who have good skills/abilities, not necessarily requiring IT, and often allow placements abroad.

Nody

Thargor wrote: »

Im not really looking for a new destination every week, that would get annoying, Im just wondering if theres jobs that need people to maybe spend a year in one country then a month in another then maybe a week here and there kind of thing, jobs for people with absolutely zero commitments in one place. Anything interesting basically.

Lets put it like this; why would a company bother to hire a unskilled Irish worker and ship them around the world when they can get someone local to do it or hire someone cheap (i.e. think Philippines, India etc.) for the job (see for example merchant marine flotilla AMA)?

The simple fact is what you are looking for does not exist and even if it somehow did, you would somehow get it you'd still spend the whole time working and not going around as a tourist before you're directly flown out. So if you want to travel then go travel but don't confuse work travel with normal travel because two those are two completely different types of travelling. What you can do is something like teaching English in Japan but once again don't confuse that with you going around the world every two weeks or something like that. It's something to enable you to stay around for a while in a country or three at best.

Hasmunch

Have you thought about relocating countries and staying in the same industry?

I know plenty of people who have moved to Canada and Australia and stayed working there career jobs. They then traveled in their spare time.

I'd imagine there are very few jobs that require you to move abroad for a year. I had to go to India for a month this year and the experience is how most people have described it, hotels, airports etc. On the other had, my sister is employed in Galway but has been working in California for the last 2-3 years. She is very qualified and specialized though.

Thargor

Thargor wrote: »

Im not really looking for a new destination every week, that would get annoying, Im just wondering if theres jobs that need people to maybe spend a year in one country then a month in another then maybe a week here and there kind of thing, jobs for people with absolutely zero commitments in one place. Anything interesting basically.

Yes - these jobs exist - in IT, finance/auditing, consultancy or sometimes within multinationals.
I did it myself while training to become an accountant.
They recruit for the role though - eg for a sap implementation specialist, not particularly for someone who wants to travel.

Take some time off and go interrailing first before jacking in the day job. See if Ryanair have cheap flights to somewhere odd.

spurious

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

And some will hate me for saying it but some teachers I know get a lot of use out of their holidays.

Those that got full time jobs could afford to travel. Sadly, it's mostly short hour contracts now. Many teachers have to stay around in the summer to sign on.
All changed for the worse in the past ten years or so.