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Summary: Comprehensive and Well-Organized Book
Review: Almost 1,000 descriptions of internships. Entries describe the type of position, how many people apply, and information about the job. A section titled "Ideal Candidate" specifies whether jobs are open to college students, career changers, retired people, and/or foreigners. Types of short-term jobs include adventures, camps and resorts, outdoors, environmental, artistic, socially responsible, and international. A section tells you how to motivate yourself to try one of these adventures and how to apply. Inspiring, interesting, and practical.This review was originally in Learning A Living, A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia
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Summary: Comprehensive and Well-Organized Book
Review: Almost 1,000 descriptions of internships. Entries describe the type of position, how many people apply, and information about the job. A section titled "Ideal Candidate" specifies whether jobs are open to college students, career changers, retired people, and/or foreigners. Types of short-term jobs include adventures, camps and resorts, outdoors, environmental, artistic, socially responsible, and international. A section tells you how to motivate yourself to try one of these adventures and how to apply. Inspiring, interesting, and practical. This review was originally in Learning A Living, A Guide to Planning Your Career and Finding A Job for People with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia
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Summary: Nothing else like it - a veritable cornucopia of adventure !
Review: Ever wanted to dream of what your next career adventure might be ? Ever wanted to start making that dream a reality ? Then Mike's book is for you !! Imagine yourself in a shopping mall offering exciting places to go, fun people to work with, and important tasks to be undertaken. Some stores don't appeal to you, and you walk on by. But, other shops entice your interest and you peek inside. You wander around the mall, considering your options, weighing where to spend your time and effort, and then figuring out how many products and services to indulge in. Isn't life like that ? So much to do, and so little time ? The Back Door Guide to Short Term Job Adventures is certainly like that - I just want to get up and go - I just can't wait to start on so many of these fun opportunities !! After your little 'shopping' experience, the real strength of this book is the details provided about all the wonderful organizations - there's brief information on what you might be working on, how much you could get paid, what sorts of people they are looking for, and when and how to apply. Most importantly, there's contact details to follow up - a person's name, their phone number, title, and email. And that's for hundreds of opportunities !! OK, now ... about next summer ...
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Summary: Nothing else like it - a veritable cornucopia of adventure !
Review: Ever wanted to dream of what your next career adventure might be ? Ever wanted to start making that dream a reality ? Then Mike's book is for you !! Imagine yourself in a shopping mall offering exciting places to go, fun people to work with, and important tasks to be undertaken. Some stores don't appeal to you, and you walk on by. But, other shops entice your interest and you peek inside. You wander around the mall, considering your options, weighing where to spend your time and effort, and then figuring out how many products and services to indulge in. Isn't life like that ? So much to do, and so little time ? The Back Door Guide to Short Term Job Adventures is certainly like that - I just want to get up and go - I just can't wait to start on so many of these fun opportunities !! After your little 'shopping' experience, the real strength of this book is the details provided about all the wonderful organizations - there's brief information on what you might be working on, how much you could get paid, what sorts of people they are looking for, and when and how to apply. Most importantly, there's contact details to follow up - a person's name, their phone number, title, and email. And that's for hundreds of opportunities !! OK, now ... about next summer ...
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Summary: How to work cheaply in the States -- NOT volunteer overseas!
Review: I am sure that this book is a fantastic resource for American citizens. However, for a Canadian who wants to work in a foreign country, this book is absolutely useless. Canadians can almost never be hired in the U.S.A., and as well, most of the jobs in the book are not only American but not really service project jobs. If you are interested in working in a national park, working with youth, etc. and you are an American citizen, hey, go for it. If you are looking for alternatives to Canada World Youth, the Peace Corps, etc., this book will do you NO good.
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Summary: Lots of Addresses, Not Enough Info
Review: I got this book to find practicle advice for working overseas. I didn't need to get long lists of addresses for places and people I wasn't interested in. Finding a job or volunteer positions isn't that hard, just hit the job boards and look. What I needed was practicle advice on what to do once you have the position, what are the pitfalls, what are the rewards, what is it like. I didn't need tons of addresses that every person who buys this book is going to send inquiries to for a position that may or may not exist. A hour online would do that quicker, offer more variety, have up to date offers for positions and give more immediate results. Unless you just need the addresses and the limited information it does offer, pass this one by, especially if your interested in being overseas.
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Summary: INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATING!!!
Review: I have to agree with most of the other people who gave this book a brilliant 5 STAR rating!! The Back Door Guide is an inspiration to anyone and everyone who wants to live a full and enriching life, including students, job changers and professionals. I was immediately hooked by Landes' genuine, down-to-earth and humorous writing style and equally impressed with the plethora of insider tips and resources. As an avid traveler and adventurer, I found the "Abroad Adventures" section to be particularly helpful for finding the right kind of short-term overseas opportunities - from teaching English, to arranging an internship in Germany, to volunteering in Latin America. Instead of spending endless hours on the internet clicking through site after site to find the right program, Landes' book has all the best programs and resources at my fingertips so I don't even have to turn on my computer. I will be referring to this book repeatedly everytime I need a motivational boost, words of encouragement, tips on an adventure career, like with Club Med or a cruise ship, or if I'm planning my next overseas adventure! Great job!
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Summary: Life's too short for a book this comprehensive!
Review: I've seen dozens of volunteer books, adventure-job books, online databases, etc., but this is still my favorite. While some other places may contain more addresses, and yet others more information on each contact, this achieves the perfect balance. Hundreds of exciting jobs await, many well-paying and many volunteer. I've spent countless hours browsing this book dreaming and have used it for one job so far (at an out-of-the-way resort in Olympic National Park). The chapters are divided usefully into sections on artistic pursuits, overseas jobs, environmental jobs, adventure jobs, farming jobs, etc., and are peppered with helpful anecdotes from people who've been there. The only drawback, as others have noted, is that the vast majority of listings are US-based. So if you wish to find more non-American jobs, try somewhere else, otherwise this is the best place to start dreaming AND doing!
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Summary: BUY THIS BOOK
Review: IF you are looking for something different to do, the name says it all: Adventure will follow! I got a bunch of great ideas for personal volunteer experiences through this book, there are things for everyone of ANY interest. ALSO there is a particularlly helpful chapter about finding your place. An awesome book!
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Summary: BUY THIS BOOK
Review: IF you are looking for something different to do, the name says it all: Adventure will follow! I got a bunch of great ideas for personal volunteer experiences through this book, there are things for everyone of ANY interest. ALSO there is a particularlly helpful chapter about finding your place. An awesome book!
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