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.
Work when you want, travel when you want!
Working holidays minus the work stress
Like a bad tribal tattoo. Or surviving freshers' week three times. A working holiday in Australia, New Zealand or Canada is a rite of passage for many Irish 18-30 somethings. It’s the chance to live abroad for an extended period, get overseas job experience and fund your travels with either casual work or career work. Or both. It’s your working holiday, work it your way.
Job access
All our working holidays have the option of an Essential or Ultimate package, which includes access to the USIT Job Hub. From server jobs in Sydney to construction jobs in Canada, you can apply for jobs with vetted employers - before you go, when you arrive and for the whole of your visa. For J1, select Guaranteed Jobs for the best pick of J1 jobs this side of summer.
Visa assistance
It’s rude to ask our age (we were founded in 1959, so *counts on fingers*...), but needless to say, we’ve galloped our way around this rodeo a few times. Our team are visa pros. Where the country allows it, we’ll apply and process the working holiday visa for you. And when it doesn’t, we’ll guide you through it with the correct forms, handbooks and step-by-step help.
Work essentials
All our working holiday packages include the essentials you need to work abroad. This typically includes medical or travel insurance, bank account and tax number set-up and a SIM card. Plus, if you select Essential or Ultimate - hostel nights, socials and in-person job and travel sessions to make friends, find a job, find a place (all of the above).
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Often taken as part of a gap year or round the world, working holidays are extended trips where you’re permitted to stay longer than a tourist visa and undertake paid work. You’ll typically need to be 18-30 or 35, with no need to be a student. Depending on the country, you can usually stay for 1-2 years. Most working holidays are a one and done, where you’re only allowed one in your lifetime. The exception being Australia, where you can apply for a second working holiday visa by doing three months of specified regional work on your first visa.
Working holiday visas are a one-time window in your twenties to work abroad without the financial restrictions and employment red tape of sponsorship or emigration visas. It’s the chance to live in a new country and do casual, career or seasonal work such as ski seasons or fruitpicking to help fund your time there. Far from being seen as a stop gap between the academic world and the real world, employers love to see working holidays on a CV. It shows you have the confidence, maturity and motivation to work and travel abroad.
Get Down Under
Need to get the heck out of dodge?
We can usually get your Australia working holiday visa issued in a week! Plus, set you up with the bank account and tax stuff you need to start working ASAP. Beachy.
We can usually get your Australia working holiday visa issued in a week! Plus, set you up with the bank account and tax stuff you need to start working ASAP. Beachy. FIND OUT MORE
Keep it in the family
€400 loyalty off Grad USA for J1 and Camp USA alumni
If you've travelled with us on a J1 USA or Camp USA, get €400 loyalty discount off our 1-year Grad USA program. (T&Cs apply + can't be used with another offer)
If you've travelled with us on a J1 USA or Camp USA, get €400 loyalty discount off our 1-year Grad USA program. (T&Cs apply + can't be used with another offer)ABOUT GRAD USA
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Fast track your career working in the USA
If you’re a student, grad or professional – we have three program options to help you advance your career with international work experience in the States.
If you’re a student, grad or professional – we have three program options to help you advance your career with international work experience in the States.READ MORE
J1 summer jobs / San Francisco
Hiring: Retail and Sales, San Francisco
Jobs available: Retail and Sales positions (15 openings). Pay USD $18.07/hour. Spend your summer J1 working near the waterfront in sunny San Francisco. Book J1 to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
Jobs available: Retail and Sales positions (15 openings). Pay USD $18.07/hour. Spend your summer J1 working near the waterfront in sunny San Francisco. Book J1 to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
J1 summer jobs / Florida
Hiring: Food & Beverage, Boca Raton, Florida
Jobs available: Food & Beverage (28 openings). Pay USD $15/hour. Perks include $500 bonus for completion of contract, time and a half for overtime, and staff housing is available. 28 positions - so great if travelling with friends. Book J1 to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
Jobs available: Food & Beverage (28 openings). Pay USD $15/hour. Perks include $500 bonus for completion of contract, time and a half for overtime, and staff housing is available. 28 positions - so great if travelling with friends. Book J1 to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
J1 summer jobs / Hamptons
Hiring: Bartenders, East Hampton, NY
Jobs available: Bartenders & restaurant staff (9 openings). Pay USD $20/hour. Spend the summer in the party and millionaire's playground of the Hamptons! Perks include tips, meals on shift and potential for end of contract bonus. Book J1 to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
Jobs available: Bartenders & restaurant staff (9 openings). Pay USD $20/hour. Spend the summer in the party and millionaire's playground of the Hamptons! Perks include tips, meals on shift and potential for end of contract bonus. Book J1 to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
J1 summer jobs / Ohio
Hiring: Food & Beverage, Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Jobs available: Food & Beverage (7 openings). Pay USD $12-13/hour + tips, plus staff housing is only $125/week! Known as the 'Key West of the North' spend your summer J1 amongst the lakeside beaches and resort life of Put-in-Bay. Perfect for hikers, outdoor lovers and alt J1-ers. Book J1 now to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
Jobs available: Food & Beverage (7 openings). Pay USD $12-13/hour + tips, plus staff housing is only $125/week! Known as the 'Key West of the North' spend your summer J1 amongst the lakeside beaches and resort life of Put-in-Bay. Perfect for hikers, outdoor lovers and alt J1-ers. Book J1 now to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
J1 summer jobs / Chicago
Hiring: 80 positions, various, Chicago
Jobs available: Front of House, Bar staff, Cooks (80 positions). Pay USD $9.48-$15.80/hour + tips. Free meals on shift, fun environment, work in the heart of Chicago on your summer J1. Book J1 now to apply and interview on the USIT Job Hub.
Jobs available: Front of House, Bar staff, Cooks (80 positions). Pay USD $9.48-$15.80/hour + tips. Free meals on shift, fun environment, work in the heart of Chicago on your summer J1. Book J1 now to apply and interview on the USIT Job Hub.
J1 summer jobs / California
Hiring: Hosts and Servers, Monterey, California
Jobs available: Hosts, Servers (30 openings). Pay USD $15.50/hour, plus tips. J1 California dreamin' with 50% of shift meals and an all-American summer working by the beach. Book J1 now to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
Jobs available: Hosts, Servers (30 openings). Pay USD $15.50/hour, plus tips. J1 California dreamin' with 50% of shift meals and an all-American summer working by the beach. Book J1 now to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
J1 summer jobs / New York
Hiring: 50 openings, various, New York City
Jobs available: Hosts, Runners, Bussers, Servers, Line Cooks and Retail Associates (50 openings). Pay USD $10-20/hour + tips for servers, hosts and runners. Spend your summer J1 working in Manhattan! Book J1 now to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
Jobs available: Hosts, Runners, Bussers, Servers, Line Cooks and Retail Associates (50 openings). Pay USD $10-20/hour + tips for servers, hosts and runners. Spend your summer J1 working in Manhattan! Book J1 now to apply on the USIT Job Hub.
Get hired or get the intel
Virtual travel talk | 12 Feb @ 17:30 GMT
Your J1 USA ride or die, in this virtual travel talk our J1 team will give you all the intel on living and working in the States this summer - including where you can go, what jobs you can do, and when to apply.
12 Feb | UCD Student Centre, Dublin
Hook an epic J1 job in Cape Cod at our Dublin hiring event! One of Cape Cod's top resorts & golf clubs is flying over to interview IRL for 30 summer positions. To secure an interview, sign up to USIT Job and apply for a slot on our Job Hub. Once they're gone, they're gone...
Limited J1 spots remaining
Video interviews for J1 jobs in Chicago, Cape Cod, NYC, Myrtle Beach + more are happening now via our Job Hub. But those prize J1 hotspot jobs are going fast, so it's time to hustle! Book USIT Job now to book your spot and secure an interview before our program closes.
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