Overseas Careers Guide

PLAN YOUR ROUTE

Travel used to be something you would get out of your system before you started getting serious about your work life. After all, that's what gap years were invented for. But nowadays, it is fairly commonplace - especially in accountancy - to take in a spot of globetrotting in the name of work.

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This practice doesn't just satisfy the wanderlust of young professionals looking to broaden their horizons, it also dramatically improves their worth as an asset to whichever business they are working for, or plan to move to in the future.

No longer is it a question of if you should go abroad to gain some experience, but of where you should buy your plane ticket to. Different destinations will provide you with diverse life experiences and could well determine your future career path.

If you're looking to specialise and work with some major international companies, then you probably won't want to stray too far from the big international financial centres. How does New York sound? If you're looking to pick up a more rounded experience, working in smaller teams but with a lot more responsibility in areas, then try somewhere a little smaller.

There are good jobs out there in Australia that may fit the bill. Looking for superfast advancement? A fast growing economy could be the place to go - there are a wealth of opportunities out in Russia for instance.

All this has to be balanced against your choice of lifestyle. Do you take quick promotion while enduring long and very cold winters, or take another route that finds you on a tropical beach come half past five every evening?

Finding your path is a crucial step in your development, this career guide will help you figure out just what that is and give you examples of people already our there.

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Overseas careers: Where in the world?

Overseas careers: Foreign offices