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Hello Get Me a Job members and visitors to this site, we wanted to write an article that has a certain “buzz” to it at the moment, and that is “gap year jobs” or “gap year work”.  What exactly does this mean?  Well, in short, it is the year after students graduate from high school and wait off a year, doing various things, before delving into college/university life.  There really is a buzz about these two phrases at the moment, and one of the reasons why is that in the US, more and more people are waiting a year before starting college or university, compared with people before.  So, let’s discuss gap year jobs a bit to familiarize yourself more as to the kinds of things people can do during this time.

Some gap year jobs can include, but are not limited to:

• work on an organic farm
• swim instructor
• aerobics teacher
• work with a family member or relative
• work in the film and television sector starting from the bottom of the list, which would be PA, personal assistant
• work on a horse farm
• start an online venture

These are just some of the things you can do for gap year work.  Gap year jobs are pretty much “temp” jobs that you do which fills the year long break you have from schooling, so the door is open to practically anything that doesn’t require you to “move up the corporate ladder”.  There are quite a bit of sites that are geared to gap year jobs, but if you can’t find something that suits you, you can simply Google “temp work”, and I am sure you can find some things in there.

The great thing about gap year work is that you can broaden your horizons if you so choose to do.  Usually with a job that asks you to again, “move up the corporate ladder”, people get into a certain “mode” where they just plug away until positive things happen, whereas with gap year jobs, the commitment is only for a year at most.  Some people prefer this kind of job because if they don’t like it, they can try something else.  So, whatever you choose, understand that it doesn’t have to be an “all in” decision.  If you don’t like something there, and can’t resolve it, just move on.  The time will be ticking during this gap year, so why waste your time doing something that doesn’t fill your void nicely?

Gap year jobs were not so popular a decade or so back in the US, so you might not be able to find many people who have had experience doing this sort of thing, amongst the older generation people in your family, but again, online, there is a lot of information about this, so just look around, get into some forum talk with other users, and see what works for you.  You of course can also use the list of ideas we gave, as that is at your disposal as well.

Good luck.