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Figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council have shown that since 2012-13, 1609 nurses who qualified in Scotland have filled out verification requests to work in other countries – and these numbers have been rising in recent years.
There are, of course, many economic and social reasons for this growing trend but it also reflects a yearly cycle – a time of year when many of us would gladly swap Largs and Dunbar for more tropical shores.
So, if you yearn to see the world but can’t afford a fancy summer holiday, why not get a job that lets you experience new environments while you work?
Not only will you get to tick off all the best tourist sites, you’ll experience the country in a way you can only do by working and living there.
These are just a few of the career sectors where travel is often a big part of the job.
Executive & Management
One of the lures of working for a large corporation is the tantalising thought of being able to swap your Glasgow or Edinburgh workplace for the Shanghai office or the company headquarters in San Francisco.
While different cultures have their own office norms, in larger companies the structure and ethos tend to be universal, which makes moving between offices fairly straightforward.
Where there are differences, this can really help broaden your experience of working with different cultures and kinds of people and therefore boost your future employability.
Teaching
The opportunity to teach English as a second-language has allowed thousands of Scots to travel the globe and get a feel for living in far-flung destinations.
The best known companies that offer this are TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language) and JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme) but there are plenty of others.
There can be no greater joy than knowing you have taught a class of Vietnamese children to speak perfect English with a Fife accent.
Aside from teaching English, there are other opportunities to teach a wide variety of subjects overseas. If you land a job in academia as lecturer or professor, there is always the chance of getting a sabbatical to an overseas university to teach your speciality and expand your own expertise.
Nursing
Skilled nurses are always in demand in pretty much every country and this makes nursing a great skill to travel with.
Following formal training, and after clocking up experience in a Scottish hospital setting, nurses can use their skills as a passport to travel the globe.
The use of agency or “bank” nurses, who offer vacancies via s1jobs, means applying to work overseas is a far more straightforward process than many other jobs.
Driving
Have you ever seen Ice Road Truckers? If it’s adventure that you seek, a driving job abroad will certainly tick that box.
Driving jobs can include a whole host of roles, including working in a tourist area as a coach driver or delivering cars to buyers living in different countries.
Driving is obviously a great way to see the world, so long as you are mindful of the different rules of the road.
For example, if driving in the US you’ll realise in addition to driving on the right, they are not big fans of roundabouts and undertaking is perfectly acceptable.
Goodbye M8, hello Route 66!
You can expand your horizons with far reaching career choices from s1jobs.