Gain your Dream Job Overseas

As a Chief Instructor I receive loads of CV's from potential new candidates the tips below will ensure your get noticed and not filed in the bin.

1. Most overseas operations employ staff without ever meeting candidates so your CV is your only chance to shine, so make sure it is well laid out and does not contain mistakes. Is it in a file format that as many people as possible can open? PDF is ideal or a link to cloud storage such as Google documents.
2. Always include a colour photograph of yourself so the employer can put a name to a face. It should show you in your best light, being well groomed and ideally taking part in the activity you teach. Nobody wants to see a picture of you drunk with your mates, this is not Facebook.
3. Keep it brief, generally people are short on time, two pages is plenty, keep the information relevant to your chosen career. 
4. Qualifications are really important, it is worth sending colour scans so the employer can verify were you did courses and that they are still in date. 
5. Employers are taking a gamble flying you overseas, they are looking for people who complete contracts and do not change jobs every three months. Make sure that your references and their contact details are up to date.  
6. Send a covering letter that is specific to the job you are applying for, explain why you think you are the best candidate and what your future career plans are. If you are currently working it is worth noting when you will be available to start. 
7. Do your research, if you are lucky the employer may arrange to call you, make sure you have studied the website or spoken to people who can give you information about the job. 
8. Jump the Queue, a couple of days after sending your CV try and phone up the organization and ask to talk to the person in charge of recruitment. This shows you are keen, confident and proactive
9. Send lots of CV's and if you get rejected for an application try and find out why and learn from the experience, it's often just luck and persistence.

Good luck and happy hunting

Blue Water- a film about crossing ocean part II

If you would like to watch part two of Blue Water please click the link as we do not have permission to embed this section. For more information about the making of this video check out the website. If you enjoyed it please change someone's life by donating to the Ellen MacArthur Trust.

Blue Water- a film about crossing ocean

This documentary style film by Richard Gooderick looks at what it is like to cross oceans and interviews normal people about their adventure. Crossing the Atlantic these days may not be the ultimate adventure.For those of us that have had the experience it satisfies a desire we have carried for many years. It is a great character builder and forces you to be totally self sufficient, which is increasingly rare in our modern urban environment.

For more information about the making of this video check out the website. If you enjoyed it please change someone's life by donating to the Ellen MacArthur Trust. I will post part two tomorrow.

Blue Water (part one) from Richard Gooderick on Vimeo.