Latest Issue: Vol. 19 Issue 2

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Features

Finding Healthcare Jobs in the UK
A recent grad's tips for getting work with the world's fifth largest employer.

Hazardous Environment School
Things have gone badly wrong. Is it time to summon your inner warrior, or call up Mr. Nice Guy?

International Volunteering: The Challenge of Returning Home
Spoiler: Unpacking your overseas experience will be about as interesting to your friends as unpacking your backpack.

Happy Hour for Reef Reconstruction
In Southeast Asia, volunteers are working to rebuild coral reefs one beer at a time.

 

Departments

From the Field Blog: Editors’ Choice
A round-up of our favourite blog posts over the past couple of months: Dog-sitting in Switzerland; being an outsider in Spain; studying abroad is no holiday; seasoned travellers experience culture shock too.

International Work in Health and Medicine—An Overview
Worldwide inequalities in the availability and quality of health care means that international demand for medical and health professionals is enormous.

Are We Saying Goodbye to Madagasgar's Lemurs?
In an impoverished nation, wildlife conservation is not always top-of-mind.

Living Abroad Amidst Civil Unrest
How do you navigate the complexities of civil unrest without feeling like even more of a bumbling foreigner?

Postcards From the Centre of a Tourism Explosion
Armed only with selfie-sticks, masses of tourists jostle for their very own "authentic experience".

Lessons From Working "Abroad" in Canada
A prospective employer asks how you handle stressful work situations and your answer involves a tense meeting—with a grizzly bear. You know you have their full attention.

Culture Shock Canadian-style
Milk comes in bags, the Mounted Police drive cars and, for a Brit in Canada, nothing is what it seems.

 

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