May 12, 1084
Pago 2
Daily Nebraskan Graduation Supplement
Travel abroad, -at home can be
adventurous pre-work diversion
Considering the recent tight Job market, new
graduates may be looking for temporary work cr
diversion while waiting for full-time, long-term
employment. Or perhaps now la the best time for
graduates to take advantage of international ad
venture opportunities.
Whatever the reasons, graduates looking for cjob
endor adventure abroad should invest in Working
Holidays an overseas job guide that defies the
traditional format for similar catalog.
. . Book Review
Often advertisements for exotic overseas Job
catalogs make being hired seem inevitable.
"WORK ON A LUXURY LINER IN THE MEDITER
RANEAN!" one ad screams.
Many of the ads almost command you to work
overseas. Some of the Daily Nebraskan ads for work
abroad, similar to the ad above, will have you call a
toll-free number. After dialing, the job seeker gets an
operator who says: "Would you like to look over our
job listing?" "Of course!" the ignorant one replies.
"Then send us a check for $ 1 7.95," the operator says.
Working Holidays sidesteps the advertising gim
micks, the trickery and sensationalism of most
guides to overseas jobs.
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Working Holidays was compiled by Hilary Sewcll
of the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and
Exchanges, based in London.
The handy paperback details the pratfalls of
seeking work abroad and of working abroad. ,
Most of the Job listings in the book deal with
temporary jobs students can take during tha sum
mer months. ' "
The book b composed of about 20 pages of
practical Information and about 200 pagca of job
listings in countries like France, the countries of
Africa and Asia. West Germany, China, Great Britain,
India and Belgium to name a few. The Jobs include
farm work, conservation work, digging canals, work
ing at archeological diss, grape picking, hotel work,
counseling, chauffeuring and teaching.
Listings for each country are divided into categor
ies like "farm work," "community service," etc'
Under each heading are listed addresses and a blurb
of information about the jobs available at the farm,
hospital or wherever.
The book is impressive because it is honest. It tells
you there is no guarantee that you will get a job
abroad.'
It recommends a good deal of planning six
months to a year in advance. That is because of the
difficulty involved in getting a job by mail and
because of the long time it takes to obtain the visas
and work permits that are necessary to work
overseas. "
To get a job overseas, SeweU recommends two
things: planning and perseverence. She says you
probably will write quite a few letters before you
receive a job offer. She says your chances will be
improved if you enclose International Reply Cou
pons, available at post offices, with your applica
tions. Choosing countries that favor your nationality is
wise, SeweU writes. A U.S. citizen would stand a
better chance of being employed in West Germany
than in Nicarauga.
Another important warning issued by SeweU:
Don't plan on paying for your trip with the money
you earn abroad. The type of jobs you are likely to be
doing pay low wages and they may pay less than a
similar job in the United States or Canada would.
You probably won't be able to save any money, and
you should expect to pay your round-trip expenses
out of your own funds, she writes. Foreign work in
reality is a good way to extend a stay in a country,
but is not a good way to make a profit, or a living.
The CBIE, which compiles the book each year, is a
non-profit organization with headquaters in Ottawa,
Canada. Working Holidays is available only by mail.
Write to:
CBIE
141 Laurier Ave. West
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP 5J3
. Prices are $8.95 for regular delivery and $10.35 for
first-class mail. Payment must accompany orders.
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I guess all you graduates think you're pretty
cool. You've zipped ri;;ht through thb college
scam, you're getting your tz'izz. Youl! stand
there, cap-lidded and gown-cbd, diploma In
hand, thinking Thb w&sn't co bad after all
You m'";ht even mho the old U a UUb bit.
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Well, lemme tell ya something you're as
good as forgotten. You reached your goal too
easily. Even if you've been in college for 10
years, you've reached your goal too easily. No
one will follow in your footsteps, no one will
carry on your work. If there's a lesson to learn
from history, it's to not finish a task.
Observe, if you will, the case of the alchemists
of the Middle Ages. "Hey, Sir Joe, I've got an
idea. Let's make gold out of that chicken soup."
An impossible task, one never completed, but
one never abandoned.
And what about that crazy Icarus guy and
his old pop? "I think we can fly, son. But don't
get too close to the sun, son." Well, Icarus did
get too close to the sun and whose name did
we remember? Not the guy who succeeded,
that's for sure.
Sissyfuss, you know that one guy who pushed
a rock up a hill, not quite all the way, it rolled
down again and he's still grying to push it over.
Hell have none of forced retirement.
Sure, it'd be different if you were the first
people ever to graduate. We remember those
people. But you're doing something hundreds
of thousands have already done! Big deal'
No, the way I see it, it's better to make
something seem impossible, to create a sense
of peril about your chosen task; aye, there lies
the road to immortality. That's what I'm doing.
You might call me Sissyfuss Icaru3the alchem
ist. I'm never going to graduate. Ill die first,
maybe naturally, but probably violently, at the
hands of a vengeful librarian or an overzealous
to the source, then succumb to gravity. Ill try
ledge up that hill of academia, then fail beneath
it. Ill wax the wings of lore and soar too close
to their source, then succumb to gravity. Ill try
to turn my incompletes into grades and hours.
But I won't succeed. Therein lies glory.
So take your diplomas and walk, fools. In
succeeding, you have failed.
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