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Vacation Work - The best guides to working and living abroad.
Escape Artist.com - Valuable travel resources and information on finding work overseas.

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Anders Plus Ltd - An independant employment agency suppyling landscape and gardening staff to the major nurseries in London. They have been employing lots of travelling holiday makers, providing short term and full employment.
Anywork Anywhere  - Lists and provides information on casual and seasonal job opportunities around the World including jobs in farming, ski resorts, hospitality, activity centres, childcare and nursing.
AstraZeneca - Require healthy, non-smoking males aged 18 to 45 to help test new medicines. Frequent visits and overnight stays at a comfortable unit in Nottingham are required. You will be fully reimbursed for your time and inconvenience - works out at approximately £80 to £100 per 24 hour stay.
Backdoorjobs - Though primarily concerned with selling their book, Short Term Job Adventures, there is no obligation to buy to be able to use the abundent resources on offer. These include links to camps, ranches and other outdoor organisations. Particularly suited, but not restricted, to North Americans. 
Biotrax - Take an instant online eligibility test to discover if you can participate in paid research trials. Also cover mystery shopping, film and TV extra work.
Bodyguard Jobs - Includes information on jobs in the bodyguard industry including salaries, job suitability and much more.
Canuck Abroad - An excellent resource for Canadians travelling abroad, working or living overseas.
Career Classifieds - A free resource for jobseekers to search for jobs in South Africa and abroad.
Career Frames - US and international job search site by ex About.com editors Mary and Michael Schumacher. 
The Caretaker Gazette - Published since 1983, The Caretaker Gazette list hundreds of property caretaking opportunities across the USA and worldwide each year.
Charterhouse Clinical Research Unit - An independent clinical research company based at the Stamfort Hospital in west London. They seek healthy men and women aged 18 to 65 for trials that involve a residential stay. 
DialogueDirect Ltd - Fundraising agency, raising funds and awareness on behalf of worthy environmental and social issues.
Enterto - Free job ads service covering all the major cities in the world.
EnterTrials UK - Provides a searchable list of clinical and medical trials being run all over the UK. You must be based in the UK, and be able to get a reference from your GP or registered doctor from your home country.
Escape Artist.com - Though aimed at Americans richer and older than the average gapper or backpacker, this site never the less contains some valuable travel resources and information on finding work overseas. Their online magazine, Escape from America, is a good read to get the imagination going and may convince you that it's possible to still be travelling and working abroad in 10 years time.
Ethical Careers Services - Promoting socially and environmentally responsible careers.
EUJobzone.com - Pan European recruitment site.
4 International Careers & Jobs - An international
employment directory selecting and reviewing worldwide top job sites and include more than 1000 reviewed career resources in 190 countries.
Fu-me Artistic Consultants - A commissioning tool for both companies in need of talent and individuals seeking work in the entertainment Industry including professional singers, dancers.
Geoffrey Nathan International - Offers assistance to Brits and Europeans looking for work in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
Global Energy - Dutch recruitment organisation in the energy industry.
Global Network Connections - Human resources company founded in January 2001. They send over 300 people to work abroad in the fields of  industrial and civil constructions, medical, social, printing, hotelier, tourism, food, book shopping, etc.
GoAbroad.com - A family of sites offering great resources for studying abroad, language schools, overseas internships, international volunteer positions, teaching abroad and more.
Grafton Technologies - Permanent, temp and contract placements in the IT, telecommunications and engineering industries around the world.
hotrecruit - A recruitment website dedicated to students, travellers and young people.
Housecarers - House sitting is an affordable way to find free accommodation and experience different cultures. Secure matching with homeowners and housesitters worldwide.
How To Books -Publisher of many living and working abroad guides. Offers advice on a variety of different countries.
Inkorpa LLC - Assists South African professionals looking to work in the States.
International Living Magazine - For over 20 years, International Living Magazine has been informing readers of the world's best travel and property bargains.
JobMonkey - Summer and seasonal jobs in the USA and around the world.
Jobseekers Advice.com - A free and independent source of advice for jobseekers.
KEA Global - Find jobs while on your working holiday: job board, resume hosting, travel and employment information.
LiveWork&Play - A work abroad resource, they provide pertinent information through their website, travel guides and information sheets.
Manpower Online - Register online to use the services of one of the world's leading employment agencies or learn new skills via the Global Learning Centre. Links to national branches of Manpower, from Mexico to the Philippines, are available here too.
NES Overseas - The expatriate division of the NES Group meets the management and engineering resource demands of their world-wide clients within the oil and gas, power, water and construction market sectors in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe.
OE Registrations - UK teacher and accountant jobs and assistance. OE Registrations works with UK business partners to find jobs and provide services for bank accounts, mobile phones, airport pick up, foreign exchange, tax, homestays and advice.
The Online Academic Advisor - Scientific jobs for PhD holders.
OSREC - A portal for jobs overseas.
OverseasJobs.com - Resources for international employment and work abroad.
Overseas Jobs Express - Details about subscribing to this fortnightly UK employment newspaper. The paper offers a lot of quality information, features and job ads in many sectors of the working abroad industry. Though mainly aimed at skilled professionals, OJE still has a lot to offer to unskilled travellers looking to find work abroad, though at a price.
Palancaonline.com - Dedicated to employment in Africa. This website brings together job candidates and employers into a single marketplace by placing candidates in customized employment markets for specific areas, markets, or projects. Functional features for job seekers allow candidates to search through hundreds of job openings, apply for the openings in real time, and upload their resume to a resume database after they have registered into the system. Candidates maintain control over their information and can choose to make their resumes or Curriculum Vitas available for search or just apply for the job opportunities available in the website.Job opportunities in Africa are in the oil, agribusiness and telecommunications sectors.
Parexel - Phase 2 clinical trials. When we visited them they were looking for men aged 18 to 50, in a good state of health and, preferably, non smokers.
Quay Appointments - Part time, casual, temp and full time work in offices, call centres, customer service, sales and banking / finance in Australia. A valid working visa, tax file number and a good work ethic is required to join their temporary team.
Richmond Pharmacology - Volunteer perks at their new unit in Wimbledon, London include a PC room with free internet access, TV, sataelite and DVD and a bistro style cafeteria.
Royal Recruitment - Overseas positions throughout Europe, Asia, Mexico and the Caribbean for EU nationals. Job Types include sales, marketing, promotions, administration, reception and more. Related to Timeshare Staff, below.
SearchJobsCareers.Com - A listing of useful Internet accessible jobsearch resources and services on the web.
Season Workers.com - Reunites old friends from independent and working travel, and helps people who are going travelling to find a job abroad in advance. The team behind Season Workers are all from a travel background and committed to providing the best information for independent and working travellers available.
South African Exiles.com - A service for anyone looking to get away from South Africa.
SummerJobs.com - An attractive American site featuring summer job opportunities for students and temporary workers. Good resources and a wide range of jobs on offer in America and worldwide. Part of the AboutJobs.com network of sites.
Teach 247 - Support staff and supply teachers for London schools 
Timeshare Staff - Worldwide recruitment of sales and marketing personnel for the holiday ownership / timeshare industry. Work available throughout Europe, Asia, Mexico and the Caribbean. Related to Royal Recruitment listed above.
TQ Education and Training Limited -A provider of education training equipment and educational services to companies worldwide. Vacancies which regularly exist with this company include technical instructors / lecturers in electronic engineering in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and TEFL teachers in Kuwait. Positions are salaried and include flights and accommodation.
Transitions Abroad - A quality item full of advice and links on working, travelling and studying around the planet, and informative articles from people who know what they're talking about. They've been producing their bi-monthly mag and publishing books for over 20 years in America. Transitions Abroad Magazine is published six times a year. Each issue of this full colour magazine contains feature stories, full listings of programs and information sources, websites and other ways you can live, travel, study or work overseas.
TVCameramen - Concerns itself with the good, bad and ugly events that can happen to TV crew and includes tips and tricks for those looking to take up the profession.
Utsikt.nu - One of Swedens most popular sites for students who wish to study or work abroad; helping to find the right courses or work programs they wish to take. Their service is free for visitors. The database is impressively large and unique since the search function is very advanced and accurate. In English and Swedish.
Vacation Work - A British organization that publishes the best guides to working and living abroad. They also have a list of jobs displayed at their site.
Wemploy Recruitment Specialists - Regular Jobs Abroad Bulletin advertiser Wemploy advertise for business and finance, bi lingual PA and admin jobs, software developers, online poker administrators and many other varied roles located mainly in Spain and Gibraltar.
WirelessMobile-jobsboard.com - Jobs in telecoms and vacancies in wireless communications.
Work Abroad - Dutch site full of links to other sites especially for those who want to take a gap year or just work in a foreign country during the summer.
WORKgateways - Work in the UK and Ireland for Aussies, Kiwis and South Africans skilled as engineers, architects, town planners, construction professionals and drafters. Also Information and Advice to plan your trip.
Worldwide Homestay - A network of family homestays across Australia.
WorldWideWorkers - An employment service for holders of an Australian Working Holiday Maker Visa. Jobs available to WWW members include office work, manual labour, jobs in telemarketing / sales, hospitality, nursing and accounting.
X-Border Connexions - A division of Manpower, they have a number of high profile customers who have global, European and regional business operations. These companies often need staff with multiple language skills. 
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