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What to say about travelling in an interview / CV?! |
 Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:35 pm |
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| I've recently just arrived back home and looking for a job. Can anyone give me advice on what to say about my travels in my CV and interviews. Can I use it to my advantage and how to I talk about it without people thinking I'm lazy and without them worrying I'll want to take off & do it again!!
Thanks! x |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:16 pm |
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| the 1st time i got back from travelling, it was seen as a good thing and the people interviewing me were really interested in hearing about my travels.
but last time, in job interviews it was seen as a bad thing and i did get asked if i was going to be going off for a year again. i just told them that traveling was something i had to get out of my system before i settled down into a career (i lied, they dont know that) blah blah blah. it worked, i got the job! |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:54 pm |
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but last time, in job interviews it was seen as a bad thing and i did get asked if i was going to be going off for a year again. i just told them that traveling was something i had to get out of my system before i settled down into a career (i lied, they dont know that) blah blah blah. it worked, i got the job! exactly... just talk about how it's made you a better all round person with better social skills blah blah... and emphasise you won't be doing it again as you're through that phase. even if it's bullshit it works  |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:09 am |
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| Did you learn anything whilst you were away? Even if you just discovered how to say "hello" in a new language, tell them that sort of thing - saying "I went and lay on loads of different beaches" makes them think you just enjoy bumming around, focussing on anything - and I mean ANYTHING - you have learned, and any skills you have gained, makes them thing that even if you are likely to up off and travel again, it's because you want to learn stuff. That comes off quite well, at least it does for me!
As much as I hate to disagree with Lunny, I'd avoid telling them it was a "phase," as it can make you look like the fickle type, and suggests you might be hit by another "phase" at any time. Just reassure them that as much as you love to travel, you wouldn't be applying for the job unless you had every intention of putting your all into it (back this up with telling them what you learned on your gapyear and you're laughing!) X |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:53 pm |
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good tips :d i never really thought about this before  kind of worried now, because im planning to go travelling next year, then come back and go back to studying before travelling again, so it will look like i just take off every couple of years! but hey, got to do what u wana do right, if it makes it a little harder to get a job then so be it! |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:33 pm |
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| Shouldn't be a problem niknoo, just emphasise that you'll be studying in between, and also how structured your plan is - travel, study, travel. As long as you come off looking like someone who plans and saves for trips instead of just taking off whenever they get bored of life as it is, you should be able to use it to prove to any employer that you've got great organisational skills, if nothing else! xx | |
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