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Career Breaks 15:28 - Jun 13 with 1596 views

Have you ever taken one?
If so what did you do with your time?
Did you find it easy to get another job?
Did you change careers?

Career Breaks on 22:52 - Jun 13 with 142 views

Churchman

Career Breaks on 22:08 - Jun 13 by Hugoagogo_Reborn
I've never had the financial circumstances to take a career break, but I did take an amazing opportunity to live and work in Paris when I was in my early twenties. A brilliant learning experience working abroad and I would recommend it to anyone. It kinda felt like a working holiday. Lots of fun. [Post edited 13 Jun 22:28]

Wow. What an opportunity! A good friend of mine spent a few years in Saudi and loved the experience. Personally, I’d have chosen Paris! Which I love.

I don’t think I’ve met anyone who has worked abroad who didn’t get a lot from it. I’d have loved the opportunity. The nearest I got to exotic was Cheltenham and flippin Cardiff😃!

Edit: did you get to learn the language?

[Post edited 13 Jun 22:53]

Career Breaks on 10:11 - Jun 14 with 74 views

Hugoagogo_Reborn

Career Breaks on 22:52 - Jun 13 by Churchman

[Post edited 13 Jun 22:53]

I got to a passable level of speaking and comprehension. I'm incredibly rusty these days, but I generally understand the gist of most conversations if I watch French TV.

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Career Breaks on 11:21 - Jun 14 with 37 views

Churchman

Career Breaks on 10:11 - Jun 14 by Hugoagogo_Reborn
I got to a passable level of speaking and comprehension. I'm incredibly rusty these days, but I generally understand the gist of most conversations if I watch French TV.

Learning the language as you have done is something I’d really have embraced. It’s a great skill. But I was not not interested in languages at school so didn’t bother - more fool me.

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