As an educational travel blogger that works for a company that primarily offers internships to 20-some-odd year olds, you might think it’s weird that today I am going to be talking about Boomers or what basically amounts to my parent’s generation, 50 to 60 plus people that are Continue reading
Gaps Years for Everyone – Part 2
February 7, 2012My last blog post hopefully quelled some of your assumptions regarding who can take a gap year and what are some of the common motivators for mature professionals to make an adventure out of some extended time away from the office. This second part will address the logistics of taking a gap year, how to go about it and the affects Continue reading
Gaps Years for Everyone – Part 1
February 1, 2012Gap years are not just for students. Now before mature professionals and active boomers begin to scoff at this idea, call me crazy and have flashbacks to the Bill Cosby comedy series “Kids Say the Darndest Things”, hear me out. You obviously have some preconceived false notions of what a gap year is and who can participate. Therefore, Continue reading
Internationally Diverse Employees are Sexy
January 24, 2012You can stop dialling your lawyer to file a sexual harassment lawsuit. I am not about to encourage CEOs and HR managers to start hiring job candidates because the new employee is a curvy Brazilian supermodel or a well tanned Italian stallion. Excuse the controversial headline and start thinking “attractive” along the lines of Continue reading
Thailand is Calling… I Hope They Are Not Calling Collect
January 17, 2012Ok, so Thailand probably isn’t on the phone for you. But chances are they will send you an e-mail if you are interested in getting in touch with the Ministry of Education. In fact, they will probably jump at the chance to respond to Continue reading
