Use Your Vacations

• J1 Work and Travel Programme providers

	VACWORK vacancy folders contain more detailed information on jobs advertised in the online VACWORK Vacancies.
	'Work Experience & Time Out' Sector Guide from Gradireland.
	'Work Experience & Internships' Digital Magazine from Prospects
	Internships USA (Lawrenceville, NJ) Thomson & Peterson's.
	Summer Jobs USA (Lawrenceville, NJ) Thomson & Peterson's
	Work your Way around the World Susan Griffith. Oxford. Vacation Work
	The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures Michael Landes Berkeley. Ten Speed Press
	Free magazines on work experience opportunities in the UK (available in Careers Library).
	AIESEC (www.aiesec.org) International student society organising exchange programmes and traineeships
	Anywork Anywhere.com (www.anyworkanywhere.com) Site with casual, seasonal and short term job opportunities.
	BUNAC (www.bunac.org) offers programmes such as Summer Camp USA, KAMP USA and Work Canada.
	Career Insider (www.tcd.ie/Careers/vaultlibrary/index.php) information on career sectors, employers and internships
	Council on International Educational Exchange (www.ciee.org) provides information on working opportunities, visas, travel arrangements for a wide variety of countries especially the USA. Has links with USIT.
	Gapyear.com (www.gapyear.com) includes info on backpacking, working, and volunteering.
	Going Global (www.tcd.ie/Careers/goinglobal) career and employment resources include world-wide internship listings, job openings, industrial profiles and country-specific career information. For Trinity students and graduates only.
	Gradcracker: (www.gradcracker.com) (for Engineering students) careers website for engineering and technoogy with specific section on work placements.
	IAESTE (www.iaeste.ie)This programme facilitates students from faculties such as Engineering and Science to gain technical work experience abroad.
	Internships USA (www.internships-usa.com) The largest internship site on the web. Contains internship information from 3000 employers.
	Internweb (www.internweb.com). A searchable database of internships. There are also some useful articles including "Top 5 strategies for landing your dream internship".
	JustJobsforstudents.co.uk (www.justjobsforstudents.co.uk) temporary and part-time opportunities available.
	National Centre for Work Experience (www.workexperience.org) provides information on work experience opportunities in many large UK companies. It is particularly useful for opportunities in law firms.
	www.step.org.uk (www.step.org.uk) a UK-wide programme offering undergraduates project based work with small to medium sized businesses.
	USArts International Training and Internship Program (usartstraining.org/intlstep.php) places international and United States students and post-graduates with arts and culture-related organisations to complete on-the-job training and internship placements in the United States. Cost is upwards of USD950.
	USIT (www.usit.ie/52/index.html) Information on student/youth exchange programme e.g. J1 Visa for the USA.
	The Vault Online Library exclusive access for Trinity students. It contains - Guides on careers and employers in industry sectors e.g. consulting, biotech/pharma, banking to name but a few. - 2,500 profiles of worldwide companies with the "inside scope" - Career and job search advice on topics e.g. resumes and case interviews - 1000 articles and 5 general career guides on a range of career related topics. - Career topic and industry related message boards
	Worldwide Internships (www.internjobs.com) A national database of internships for students and recent graduates.
	Worldwide Summer Jobs (www.summerjobs.com) A website providing jobs - full and part-time - throughout the USA.
	See "Taking a Year Out" / "Working Abroad" section for more resources.

J1 Work and Travel Programme providers:

Below are a number of organisations which provide advice and assistance with obtaining a J1 visa. Students should ensure that they are fully aware of all of the terms and conditions associated with the provision of this assistance.

	Department of Foreign Affairs (www.dfa.ie) Advice for J1 students.
	Cara International (www.carainternational.net)
	Go4Less (www.go4less.ie/J1/intro.asp)
	Pan Atlantic SMS Group (www.panatlanticsmsgroup.com/j-1_visa_program/)
	SAYIT Travel (www.sayit.ie/j1home.asp)
	USIT (www.j1online.ie)