Is it worth it to travel to Chile for 4 months for an unpaid job?

Question

Would you go? It's working for the British Council, but it'd be great on my CV!

Answer 1

If it would be in an other Latin American Country I wouldn't advise, but concerning Chile, I say go for it!

Santiago is a well organized capital that is far away different from any other country in Latin America, people are frienly and eventualy you are going to wish not going back home after two months,.

My advice is to take the job and once you are in Chile, get involved with the people you meet, the rest  . . . . . leave it to destiny!

Answer 2

Yes it a unpaid job, Yes it will look good on you CV, but I would not do that when it unpaid.

I would not work for nothing.

When I stared work, It was 6 weeks training unpaid and a guaranteed paid job after the 6 week.

You will  be working for 4 months and you need money for food and sleeping accommadition.

£10 sounds low.

Answer 3

Chile is a safe tranquil country although someone has been trying to stir up the indigenous Mapuche recently. It has longstanding links with the UK which you will see in the street names such as O'Higgins, Mac Iver and McKenna. The cost of living is still low despite the strength of the peso buoyed up by international copper prices. June is the start of the Austral winter so although you will see the glory of the snow capped Andes, it will be very cold and trips to the coast will be very bracing.

Answer 4

Go for it! As you said it'd be great experience for your CV, but also you'd get to see a different culture and get to visit amazing places!

Answer 5

go for it  if you dont as time goes by quickly you may regret not doing this and it may open other doors as well if i was single and had this opportunity i wouldn't be asking any one on here i would be on the plane on the way there    life's to short go for it

Answer 6

Yes it would be great on your CV; but I hope that isn't your main reason for thinking of going.

It is a big step.

I don't know how old you are, but I started working my way around the world when I was 24. I took a paid job every time; and despite that ended in up in financial trouble with my first job. But I learned and persisted and regret none of it!

My aim was to see as much of the world and get paid for it too.

I am thinking of the advice I got when I started off - my choices were Brazil, Japan and Eastern Turkey, and my family urged me to take the Turkish job because it was close enough to run home if things went wrong! Chile is very far away.

However, you should be perfectly safe with the British Council and they will take care of you if there is any trouble.

If you think you have enough funds to live for 4 months in a foreign country, I envy you! But I expect there will be off-record ways to support yourself, such as giving private English lessons etc.

So I think you need to consider how open and excited you are about experiencing Chile; what you want to find there, see there, do there etc.

If you haven't the slightest passion or interest in the country, or  just want to go there as an extended tourist, then I think you are making a mistake.

There will be other offers closer to home which could look equally good on your CV, and won't feel as alienating.

But if you have a passion to live with the Chileans and get to know them for real,  or explore their fauna and flora then  you can*t pass up this chance!

In a nutshell, if it is just the chance of working there so it will look good on your CV, no. If you go with interests other than your job and your CV, then a Big Yes!

Good Luck!