IEP Participant Profiles
Want to see what participants of the IEP New Zealand program have been up too on there OE Adventures? Check out the participant?s profiles below to get an idea of what you can expect when overseas with IEP NZ!
Work Canada Job Fair
View profile PDF (96k) | Shaun Forrest Tauranga, New Zealand Quote:
" Vancouver has drawn me in as a city because of its proximity to the Mountains. It?s a strange concept to take asea ferry and a public bus to a work at a ski hill in the winter. It also makes the view atop the mountain quite unique, ie alarge cityscape. Yet in the summer the city transforms into a buzzing outdoor crazy city. Great golfing, hiking in the mountains, beaches, black bears roaming the streets, spotting deer in the trees, it is a very unique city!" |
View profile PDF (96k) | Sara Morgan Te Awamutu, New Zealand Quote:
" Having a job to go to through the job fair got rid of any stress. The cost of the fair is really only the same as not working for a week, which you would do while looking for a job anyway. The orientation is great once you get here. The tips on rent, cell phones and banks is all usefull because you need to know it right away and it all functions differently to New Zealand" |
Work Canada
View profile PDF (96k) | Ruan ChryssafisAuckland, New Zealand Quote:
" love the momentum I gained through 2 years of working in Canada. I learned how to survive, get new skills, make loads of money, travel Canada / USA and build lifelong friendships along the way. I still have working-travel experiences high on my agenda of things to do." |
Work USA Plus
View profile PDF (96k) | Mike Stevenson Te Anau , New Zealand Quote:
"I have learnt a lot working in the US. Purely through experience alone I have come across a lot of tools that I can use to help me in my future career. I have since got a job back in New Zealand which I attribute partly to my experience over here." |
View profile PDF (96k) | Charles GerardAuckland, New Zealand Quote:
"Working full-time and having to fend for myself financially was great. Plus travelling on my own put me in circumstances where I was out of my comfort zone, but it was great as I have made many great friends from America and around the world." |
Work USA
View profile PDF (96k) | Katie JacksonChristchurch, New Zealand Quote:
"Just do it! Don?t just sit around and wait, go for it! Pack up your bags and experience life! You won?t regret it!" |
Summer Camp USA
View profile PDF (96k) | Matthew McAtamneyFairlie, Christchurch, New Zealand Quote:
"Highlights, the lot!!! I can?t single out anything above the rest as I just enjoyed every part of camp so much. We went on some really fun day trips while at camp such as theme parks, zoos, water parks, indoor skate parks and ten pin bowling. But days at camp were equally as good." |
View profile PDF (96k) | Jerry McCarthyWellington (Lower Hutt), New Zealand Quote:
"The best thing about camp though was allthe people I met. Such an amazing group! I?m still incontact with a lot of them-friends for life!" |
View profile PDF (96k) | Claire AuchinvoleNelson, New Zealand Quote:
"I learned a lot about myself, my responses and my habits. It helped give me perspective to my life and work out who I want to become." |
Volunteer Peru
View profile PDF (96k) | Donnella De SilvaAuckland, New Zealand Quote:
"I lived in Cusco, a city in the far west of Peru, near Machu Picchu. I worked in an orphanage and a kindergarten there each day for three months. I was lucky enough to be put in a home-stay accommodation near both of my jobs, so I was able to walk to work each day." |
