If you have an interest in developing global skills, do it in your 20s or 30s as opportunities diminish as you pass by age 35:
Overseas jobs for seniors can be limited in some countries due to visa regulations. Countries like Australia, New Zealand, and Canada offer working holiday visa options to promote working abroad, but these have age limitations of 30 to 35 years old. Unfortunately, there are no working holidays abroad for over 50’s, but no one said it was impossible to get a work visa for travel jobs for seniors.
Source: Find Paid Work Abroad for Over 50s | GoAbroad.com
After those ages, consider working for a U.S. multi-national firm and aim for an intra-company transfer to another country. Developing a degree of international skills is essential for anyone intending to move up in management, or to retain an existing position in a globalized world, and valuable for those who may manage diverse, multi-cultural teams at U.S. sites.
If you postpone until you are older, options diminish or vanish. I did not travel to Europe for the first time until my sixties (this year). Options for studying abroad or working abroad are non-existent. Everything I am doing now is self-study but cannot substitute for deeper and broader global experiences made possible through study and work abroad programs.
Don’t’ be stupid like me – seek out global learning opportunities as soon as you are able, when young.
Caution – many of the “adult” global experience options you find online are “volunteer” positions, where you must pay about US $700 to $1,000 per week to participate.
