Using JAB
What is the Jobs Abroad Bulletin?
The Jobs Abroad Bulletin (JAB) is a monthly+ newsletter for travellers looking to work abroad. We sent the first issue of JAB out into the world as a monthly email bulletin in April 2000, reaching 70,000 readers and 100 issues before we changed to placing the job vacancies solely on our website. Realising this was a dumb idea, we brought the newsletter back in 2022.
We consider ourselves as much a travel as a recruitment website, and the jobs we carry are generally – though not exclusively – for the purpose of helping people see the world rather than moving up in it.
Applying for a vacancy in JAB
Applications, or requests for more information about a vacancy, should be directed to the employer via the contact details or link given in each post.
Work permits & visas
Our readers come from all parts of the world, but employers are obliged to follow local employment laws and can only offer employment to certain nationalities with the correct pieces of paper. Though anyone, no matter where they are from, is welcome to use our site, the reality is that nationals of some countries will find it much easier to find work abroad than others. Here’s some information on Working Holiday Visas.
Warnings
Though many organisations that feature in JAB may require a fee (ie gap year expeditions and voluntary organisations that ask for 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).
Other countries will have their own regulations, but as a rule of thumb, THINK TWICE IF YOU ARE ASKED TO SEND ANY MONEY when applying for a job abroad. The internet is a particularly rich area for con men, especially when we are looking to chase our dreams abroad. Unlike many other recruitment websites, we place a human being between the scammers and you, but we are simply a small website edited by travellers like yourself.
We try our best but certainly do not claim to be infallible. If any nasties have got past us and made it into the Jobs Abroad Bulletin, we’d like to hear about it. We have added a page of advice and warnings for people looking for work abroad, and some help with spotting job scams.
We would also like to remind our readers that even in genuine advertisements, the truth is not always told, less than desirable aspects of a job may be glossed over, and that there is no guarantee that your working abroad experience will be a good one.
The correspondence we receive suggests that the vast majority of you will enjoy your experience working abroad, but if and when things do go wrong, the distances involved mean that the consequences can be far more severe.
Please note
We are not an employment agency. Please do not send us your CV/resume. We cannot help with work permits or visas.
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.
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