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Questions about Au Pairing
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How do you pick yourself up after a bad experience abroad?
Self confidence
Hiya,We have some fantastic articles on ThirdYearAbroad.com about dealing with challenges on a year abroad and turning the experience into something positive.This article about overcoming a job loss i...
Q
Au Pairing experience?
Au Pairing
Hi,We have a great au pairing section on our site. This article on au pairing in Italy should be a good start!The TYA Team
Q
Is there a particularly good website to find au pairing work in Italy?
Year Abroad
Hi Beniamino,There is a great article on ThirdYearAbroad.com about au pairing in Italy, which recommends aupairworld.net. Hope that it's useful!The TYA Team
Q
Any advice on how to find a short time summer job in Germany?
Language learning
My solution was au-pairing - you effectively don't have to pay for accommodation or food and you get a (admittedly small) wage too in return for looking after children for a specified number of hours...
Q
What to do for the French part of my Year Abroad?
Work placement
I don't know if it's too short for what you were thinking of, but to get a bit of time in France during the summer after my year abroad I did a volunteering work camp/chantier with APARE. They're mos...
Q
What are people's experiences of au pairing?
Au Pairing
I au paired in Italy and it was a wonderful experience! I highly recommend it if you find a really nice family and you're planning to do it during the summer. I think the reason why there are horrible...
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