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Who says you can’t mix business with pleasure? Earn money, grow your skills and fund your adventures with a working holiday in the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

Working holidays abroad

Working holidays

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Working holiday visa, travel insurance and Vitamin D all included. Plus, your choice of bed nights and job support. Too easy. 

Working holiday visa Australia

USIT Work Australia

18-35 | 1-year | Depart year-round

Work Australia 

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What’s big, white and full of seasonal jobs? Your USIT working holiday in Canada. Complete with visa support, travel insurance, bank account set-up and the option to pre-arrange a summer or ski season job. 

Canada working holiday visa guide

Work Canada

18-35 | 2-years | Depart year-round

Work Canada 

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Live and work in New Zealand for up to one year with visa advice, arrival nights, travel insurance, and your future best friends/housemates/life partner (maybe). 

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Work New Zealand

18-30 | 1-year | Depart year-round

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The ultimate summer job abroad – spend your summer living, working and travelling in the US on a USIT J1. Job hunting minus the hustle – access 1,000+ jobs in Chicago, NYC, San Diego, Boston + more. Start your summer now with a €99 deposit!

J1 job, insurance + visa sponsorship included

J1 visa guide 

Student only | Jun-Sep | Job included 

J1 USA

Working holidays abroad with visa support and job packages. Work and travel in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and more.

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We had a camp glow-up! Our Summer Camp USA program now lives over on our BUNAC site. Same team, same awesome program – new name! Plus, book now for summer camp ‘26 at our new low price of €339 for first-timers. Waiting for your call...  

Summer camps

Spend your summer making a difference. Work as a camp counsellor at a summer camp. Save with meals and accommodation included.


Summer Camps | Become A Camp Counsellor | USIT

8-30 | Jun-Sep | Camp job included

Summer Camp USA

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An internship or professional traineeship in the US can take your CV to the next level. Whether you’re a student, grad or working professional – we can help put your career on the map.

Professional internships

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Just graduated? Hats off! Put what’s on paper into practice with a year working in your academic field in America – with the flexibility to find your position when you arrive.

USA Graduate program

18-30 | 1-year | Final year or grad

Grad USA

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Need academic credit as part of your degree or want to spend the summer or a semester abroad getting ahead? USIT provides the visa sponsorship and placement tools to intern anywhere in the USA for 1-12 months – with 30 days either side to travel.

Internship USA 

18-30 | 2-14 months | Student or grad

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Live and work in America for up to 20 months on our professional trainee program – without the need for a college degree.

Trainee USA

18+ | 1-18 months | Non grads can apply

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Want to spend your college summer holidays getting ahead in your career - but don’t want to miss out on an Irish J1? Introducing J1 Career. Stand out and see the world with a 5-month summer USA internship. 

5 months' visa sponsorship + placement advice

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Student | May-Oct | Summer internship

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Internships abroad are becoming an invaluable route to gaining practical and hands-on experience at an international company while still having  fun. Find out more!


Internships Abroad | Intern Abroad Programme Opportunities

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Spend the summer working for this award-winning San Diego entertainment company - helping with festivals, events, team building, camps and more. 

San Diego, California

Activities Coordinator

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Located on Chicago's iconic Navy Pier on the shores of Lake Michigan, spend your summer J1 working at this renowned chef's restaurant.

Chicago, Illinois

Server 

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Spend your summer in the yacht-filled paradise of Newport working for this legen-dairy (sorry not sorry) international chain of ice cream stores.

Newport, Rhode Island 

Ice Cream Scooper 

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So cool our teeth hurt. Spend your summer working for this legen-dairy (sorry not sorry) international chain of ice cream stores in historic Boston.

Boston, Massachusetts

Owning popular bars and restaurants across the city, spend your summer working for this iconic hospitality group in the J1 hotspot of Chicago.

Server Assistant

Summer on the lake. Work on Chicago's famous Navy Pier at this all-American burger, chicken and hot dog jaunt. Did we mention the free meals? 

Cook/Cashier

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You'll be happy as a clam on your summer J1 working for this legendary seafood restaurant in the stunning playground of Cape Cod. 

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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Spend your J1 amongst the surf beaches and seafood restaurants of Long Island, working for Montauk's primary health food store and café. 

Montauk, Long Island

Cashier 

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Best of both! Under two hours from Manhattan (pictured) for your days off, work at this country club on Long Island with free staff accommodation. 

Matinecock, New York

Server Assistant 

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Life's a beach on your summer J1 working as a lifeguard in the oceanfront playground of Myrtle Beach. Awesome beach hair also included. 

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Ocean Lifeguard

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Earn and explore in America on your J1, make a difference working at summer camp, fund your adventures with a working holiday or advance your career with a professional internship. However you want to work it, USIT makes it happen. 

Work abroad experiences 

Earn and explore with USIT. Working holidays, J1, summer camp and professional internships in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Explore more with USIT.