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👏 I had the privilege of working on the BEST scholarship this season, and it has been amazing to watch seven scholars have successful semesters excelling in the USA! 💰 The BEST scholarship fund (BUNAC Educational Scholarship Trust) has been running for over 35 years as a registered charity. Created to support UK students with additional top-up funding to have the career-changing experience of undertaking post-grad study in the USA or Canada. 👩💼 In my role, I have the privilege of supporting the BEST trustees by administering the fund. Most importantly, I witness the profound impact that studying abroad can have on a young person's personal development as they experience life in a new country. 📩 We are excited to announce that our scholarship season is now open! 📣 We invite UK degree-level students, who are enrolled in or have completed a full-time tertiary course at a UK university, to APPLY. Applications close on the 14th March '25. Find out more https://lnkd.in/ebxAeAPD BUNAC JENZA

I would love to know whether seeing work abroad on a young person’s CV would have any impact on your interest in recruiting them. The working holiday I did in my gap year was literally life-changing. Being immersed in a completely different culture, with people who spoke a different language, and having to work alongside them, was disorienting but had a profound effect on my world view, and resilience. I learnt to adapt quickly, discovered a different work culture mindset, and had to solve a lot of tricky problems alone. My teens are now 16 and 18 and have been through lockdown during a crucial part of building life-skills. As a result, I’m even more keen on them having the chance to work abroad. So when JENZA offered to sponsor this episode I was very keen to hear their tips on how to go about arranging work. My 18 year old wanted to hear what it might do for her career, and has decided she will work in Japan, but my 16 year old wanted to know how much fun she could have and is going to apply to work in a summer camp next year. I’ve been getting so many enquires about teen travel and work abroad that I’m hoping this interview is genuinely helpful to you all. https://lnkd.in/d9ndNpEW

Not another Global [insert food, plant, animal or hobby] Day? 🗓️ Yup. Here's why we're launching and advocating for the first Global Work Abroad Day. Today – and on the 8th February every year. While on a Teams call on National Hot Dog Day – heatedly debating how to eat a hot dog (Butter? Absolutely not. Length ways? Fired) – we realised there wasn't a Work Abroad Day. As a company of work abroad addicts, who've built a business (and our careers) on the positive impact of working overseas for 18-30s, we were instantly offended by this and sought to remedy it. Here's why. For young people who have the opportunity to work and travel (minor plug to our Youth Access Scholarship Fund if you need extra financial support next year...), the benefits are huge: - Cultural exposure - Professional development - CV enhancement - Financial independence - Confidence building - Fighting intolerance ... we could go on. And did. Check out some of our staff stories on how working and travelling has impacted us. ⬇️ And if travelling and working overseas has helped to shape your career and confidence and you want to inspire young people to do the same, please pop a little post on your preferred channel and use #workabroadday 🌍 😊 Thank you!

Just back from our JENZA all hands meet up at Center Parcs Woburn. What an amazing week of collaboration, real life connection, wholesome fresh air and most importantly fun (I never underestimate the positive power of proper belly laughs!) I know everyone always says they work with a great team but I know for sure I work with one of the worlds best! There are too many people to call out who helped make the week such a success but THANK YOU. And thanks team JENZA for a truly inspiring week - excited for 2025. #youthtravel #workandtravel #jenza

As the CMO of two heritage brands, I've definitely felt the pressure as the current gatekeeper of USIT & BUNAC. Firstly, to continue the challenger spirit that these brands were established with over 60 years ago by their student founders. And secondly, to protect the nostalgia that comes with having sent close to 2 million people overseas over the last seven decades! Over the last 18 months, the JENZA Travel Group has been on a journey that has resulted in some big changes to our brand architecture. With a brand re-fresh in late 2023, USIT remains our much-loved work and travel brand in Ireland. As of October this year, I'm excited to announce that BUNAC is now our global Summer Camp USA provider! This allows us to do what we do best – living for camp, talking about camp, and making sure BUNAC is always pushing the boundaries for our customers. And JENZA has become our global working holidays and internship abroad brand - backed by the experience and program expertise of our heritage brands, but designed for today's travellers with a strong focus on community content, roadtested reviews, job security and giving back. With a clear focus for 2025, we are super excited to push these brands closer to our vision. To never hear the words, 'working abroad wasn’t affordable or accessible to me.’ Ps a few old brochures from the archives #bunac #usit #jenza #workingholidays #rebrand #heritage #travel

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I’m thrilled to announce our new partnership with Contiki, the travel experts who make exploring the world a breeze for young adventurers! 🌍✈️ This collaboration is all part of our mission to open up a world of work and travel opportunities for our travellers - with partners who think like we do. Whether they're ending their UK internship with a Euro Summer to remember or getting in their Southeast Asia travel fix before starting work in Oz - they'll find a Contiki trip that works for them. 🏖️💼 A huge thanks to Dominic Barrow, Anna Vine & Dean Vowles at Contiki for collaborating with Hannah Jeffery and me on this project. JENZA BUNAC USIT

That’s a wrap on our in-person Canada winter hiring fair! Three days of London interviews, three amazing Canada employers Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and Panorama Mountain Resort and lots of working holidaymakers now off to Canada this winter with the security of a pre-arranged ski season job! Post-Covid we’ve done a lot of virtual hiring with video interviews (and we’ll continue to do this for people who can’t or don’t wish to travel) but this hiring event has shown us the desire for many of our travellers to have face-to-face interactions and connect with us IRL. It’s a big investment for businesses but it’s a trend our industry can’t ignore. Huge thanks to our employers, JENZA BUNAC and USIT teams for making it happen, and congratulations to every person that got hired over the weekend. We were honestly blown away by the professionalism and commitment of these young people. A generation that continues to impress.