USA Jobs
Millions of people have travelled to the USA in search of work over the past couple of hundred years and the lure of the American dream and the American dollar is as strong as ever. But finding legal work in the USA can be daunting and laborious without some kind of sensible, no nonsense independent help. That's where the organisations in this section come in! Here you can find out more about your working holiday in the USA, and what options are available to you.
The most straightforward options for finding temporary jobs in America, if you fulfil the criteria, are summer camp positions and the 4 month J1 visa which enables you to find temporary work and travel around. Both of these are best sorted out using an organisation such as the ones listed on this site, who can help you with the visa application process and with finding temporary or summer jobs in the USA.
USA Jobs
EA Ski & Snowboard
Train, get certified and instruct all in one season. Australia, Canada, USA and Japan!
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BUNAC
Established work and travel organisation - Offering volunteer work & travel experience worldwide.
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AuPairCare
Meet host families online to live and work as an Au Pair
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What kind of work can I do in America?
On a J-1 visa, you can do any kind of work in America. But the nature of the programme means that as a student or gap year traveller, you are likely to be looking for the sort of temporary work that doesn't need you to be fully qualified or very experienced. American cities offer plenty of opportunities for paid work with temping agencies or major employers. If you have good office skills then use them to earn some cash while you are in a city. If you have worked in a bar before you can pick up bar work much more easily in cities than you can in the mountain resorts, where everyone is after the same job. Retail work is also easy to find, particularly in the run up to Christmas.
In short, you are not restricted in terms of the type of work that you do, it is just the length of time you have to do it which is limited on a J1 visa. The exception to this is the Au Pair programme that the US government offers, which means that you can work as an au pair in America for 12 months or longer.
