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Applying for a Vacancy in JAB
Applications, or requests for more information about a vacancy, should be directed to the employer via the given contact details.

Work Permits & Visas
Our readers come from all parts of the world but employers, in most cases, have to follow local employment laws and can only offer employment to certain nationalities with the correct pieces of paper.

Warnings
1/ Remember, we’re on the internet and that recruitment is a particularly rich area for con men, especially when we are looking to chase our dreams abroad. This site, unlike some others, places a human being between them and you but we do not claim to infallible. If any nasties have got past us and made it into the Jobs Abroad Bulletin, we’d like to hear about it

2/ We would also like to remind our readers that even in genuine advertisements the truth is not always told, that less than desirable aspects of a job may be glossed over, and that there is no guarantee that your working abroad experience may be a good one.

Recently we received an email from someone who found a job through this website and didn’t have the best time of it. She didn’t blame us for the unfortunate situation that she found herself in but wanted to inform eager travellers like herself, that as nice as people may make the situation or themselves out to be, that they can con you.

Though I believe we are very good at keeping scams from appearing on this website, we want to make it clear what our limitations are (and those of all recruitment websites). We are not an agency that interviews either employers or employees, we are simply a small website edited by travellers like yourself that allows employers to place free advertisements in good faith.

The correspondence we receive suggests that the vast majority of you will enjoy your job abroad but if and when things do go wrong the distances involved mean that the consequences can be far more severe.

3/ In response to ever increasing attempts to scam money from international job hunters posted to us, and to other job or classified websites, we have added some advice on Spotting Job Scams

4/ Though many organisations that advertise in JAB may require a fee (ie gap year expeditions and voluntary organisations requiring a contribution towards food and accommodation), please be careful if you are asked to send money in advance to an employer or an agency. It is not legal for UK employment agencies to charge employees for job placing services (au pair agencies are one of the few exceptions – though most tend to charge employers and do not request fees from au pairs). If you believe an advertiser in this bulletin is not playing the game fairly, please report them to us

Safety & Alerts
For travel alerts see the following sites.

Foreign & Commonwealth Office
http://www.fco.gov.uk

US State Department
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
http://www.dfat.gov.au

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.nzembassy.com

Write for us
We are always looking for stories or tips about living, working and travelling overseas for our sister website, the Overseas Job Centre. Proposals or completed articles can be sent to us here

Privacy
We don’t sell, trade or lend your email address to anyone.

Please Note
We are not an employment agency.

Disclaimer
JAB is thrown together quickly on a shoestring and contains ads that we believe are authentic and currently available. However, readers should check out things for themselves and not blame us if things go wrong. Readers with any questions, comments or complaints about an advertisement should contact the advertiser directly and/or get in touch with us.

Editor: Shane Donovan
Assistant Editor: Deirdre Higgins