Live Like a Local in NYC!
Having spent last summer working in BUNAC's New York office on Work America, Steph gives us the low-down on how to live like a local in the city that never sleeps: New York!There’s nothing quite like living and working in the Big Apple, so if you find...
Top 10 Things to do on your First Night in NYC!
Taking a Group Flight to kick off your Summer Camp USA or Work America adventure? Welcome to the bright lights of New York City! It’s late, you’re hungry and tired, but you’re also in the City that Never Sleeps, so fend off that jet lag and see what NYC has to offer you before you head off to your next desti...
Arriba Catalina!
A short boat ride off the coast of California sits the beautiful Catalina Island. With stunning scenery and beautiful beaches, it happens to be the home of our brand new volunteer project Eco USA! Fancy that! To get you more acquainted with our new favourite island we asked Scott...
Summer Opportunities with BUNAC
With the summer quickly approaching, it’s time to quit lollygagging and get your travel plans in order! With so many great destinations the toughest part will be deciding where to go! Work AmericaHead to the land of the free and the home of the brave this summer with
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BUNAQ&A - Is it too late to work in America?
Here at BUNAC we strive to give the best possible advice to all of our fellow BUNACers out there. With our BUNAQ&A posts, you can find the answers to many of our most popular questions.Q: Is it too late to apply to work in America this summer?
A: While the official deadline for our
Top 10 Travelling Tips for your Journey in the States!
Want to take advantage of your time in America? Desperate to visit all the sights? Don’t want to leave the friends you have made all summer? Then grab them and go! Here are 10 tips to help you plan your journey after work in America. 10. Organise yourself! Want to be prepared and feel at ease with your plans before you hit the unkno...
Top 5 Resume Tips to Land Your Work America Job!
Think you can apply for American jobs with a British CV for Work America? Think again! Here we give you our top 5 tips to ensure your shiny new US-style resume make it onto the right list.
1. Less is moreUS Employers will not look at a resume if it is over a page in length. You will need to keep all your qualifications, ...
BUNAQ&A - Seasonal Job on a CV
Here at BUNAC we strive to give the best possible advice to all of our fellow BUNACers out there. With our BUNAQ&A posts, you can find the answers to many of our most popular questions.Q: How will a seasonal job abroad look on my CV?
A: Great ques...
Top 10 Best Cities for Street Food in the USA
With such an abundance of choices for where you can work and travel in the USA on our Work America programme, we want to make sure you're not going hungry when running around from place to place. In order to keep you fed well (but not necessarily well fed) we've established a list of the top 10 cities for street food in the good ol' US of A!
BUNAQ&A - An American Visa
Here at BUNAC we strive to give the best possible advice to all of our fellow BUNACers out there. With our BUNAQ&A posts, you can find the answers to many of our most popular questions.Q: I hear it's difficult to get a visa for the USA. How can you help?
A: You're right on the money- the American visa is a tricky little devil to get your hands on...once you've graduated....
Top 10 Reasons to Choose BUNAC for the Best Work America Experience
A summer working in the States gets particularly tricky after you've graduated. We've come up with 10 excellent reasons why your trip will be out of this world by choosing our Work America programme.1. Help with obtaining your
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I want to 'work' like they do in the movies!
Have you ever watched a Hollywood film and seen a job that you wanted to do? Work America gives you the chance to do exactly this! Make cocktails like Tom Cruise, in Cocktail, work in an amusement Park like Jesse Eisenberg, in Adventureland, or if you’re lucky enough, land a job ...
I Left the UK…To Have the Summer of a Lifetime!
To celebrate the opening of our Work America 2012 programme, we’ve teamed up with Emma Kennedy to give you a chance to get your hands on one of 50 signed copies of her new book “I Left My Tent in San Francisco” which gives you an insight to her own BUNAdventure in 1989.
As BUNAC roll towards our big 5-0, the experience of working ...
SAY WHAT? Top 10 English to North American Translations
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This is the essential run down of common language errors Brits make on their trips across The Pond! Check it out to make sure you don’t sound like a ‘jerk!’
1. Route and Route
Although both spelt the same, when using this word in the States or Canada be sure to pronounce it ‘r – out’ rather than the English sounding ...
New Work America job opportunity in BUNAC's New York office!
Want to start your summer working in the most exciting city in the world?
Ever dreamed of living and working in New York?
Want to help make the BUNAC Work America experience even better for other participants?
An exciting new job opportunity has come up in the BUNAC office in New York, perfect for a Work America participant! If you haven’t found a job ...
5 Amazing American cities that you’ve never explored before
So you’ve seen San Francisco, know all about New York and walked around Washington DC until you’ve seen every museum, shop, skyscraper and significant cultural landmark there is to see. If you’ve ticked off the big cities, then BUNAC has five smaller yet just as incredible American cities for you to get your teeth stuck into whether you’re on
Exams or Work America?
That IS the question! Work America’s official deadline is 1st May, which we all know to be the most hated time of the year, also known as....dum dum duuuuum...exam time. So why not get your Work America application in before the exam stress gets you first! See it as a light at the end of the tunnel of exam doom and gloom, and what bette...
Independence Day and Labor Day - 2 Work America holidays to get excited about!
If the prospect of working in America for the summer doesn't get you excited, how about the prospect of working in America and being part of two of the countries biggest holidays? Work America gives students the ticket to live and work like a local for up to 4 months during their summer break from Universit...
The best things in life are FREE: The USA on a budget
You can take the student out of the student ghetto, but you can’t take the student ghetto out of the student. Participants on Work America might be making hard-earned dollars, but having lived the student lifestyle, many have developed an appreciation for a particular way of life: doing as much as possible while spending as little as possible. There’s plenty to get up to i...
Your Top Five Work America questions answered!
Work America not only gives you the opportunity to experience the bright lights of the USA, but also offers the chance for you to supersize your CV and boost your bank account. So if you’re looking to escape the Great British summer’s annual dose of post-uni blues, overpriced festival beer and rainclouds calling off yet another barbeque, the USA may just be ...
Want to work in the USA? Don’t know how? Get with the programme!
Work America participants have exclusive access to BUNAC’s Job Directory, making it much easier to find a job in the U.S. It advertises hundreds of seasonal jobs all over the USA, and you can apply to as many as you like! Fancy a glimpse? This is a quick taster of the kinds of jobs on offer:
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Workin’ USA: A taste of the States you could work in this summer!
With hundreds of jobs advertised over 13 states, BUNAC’s Job Directory makes the task of job-hunting a lot easier for Work America participants; and as it’s regularly updated you’ll never be short of jobs to apply for. Maryland, Connecticut and Massachusetts are just three of the states that you could find work in this summer - but...
How to find a job in America!
For many students, spending a summer working in the USA is a dream - with some of the world’s most exciting places beckoning, many can’t book a flight soon enough! However, a working holiday abroad is not without its challenges. So, to take the hassle out of hunting for jobs and accommodation, BUNAC provides all Work America participants with our Jo...
A Tale of 4 Cities: BUNAC's top cities in the USA!
New York, as the song says, is a hell of a town; which is why tens of thousands of people, including BUNACers, flock there each year. But as the third largest country in the world, the USA boasts plenty of vibrant cities aside from the Big Apple that are just perfect for a working holiday abroad. Here are just a few of our favourites:
San Francisco
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