Pro-active gap years – The talk of the town

Long gone the days where community service, the Duke of Edinburgh award and Combined Cadet Force were the biggest parts of any young person’s CV.

The lucky graduates of modern day Britain now have a chance to plump their résumés out with some of the most exotic travel places – Costa Rica, India and Borneo to name just a few.

For those not quite lucky enough to hit the 500 government paid Gap Year graduates out of 80,000 who are likely to be desperately looking for work this summer, why not take a shorter, cheaper and more productive course with GoLearnTo.com?

Combined learning courses at GoLearnTo.com will help you bring home a new CV which makes you stand out from the crowd when applying for a job on returning home. Widen your prospects by learning the lingo of the up and coming economic powers on a weeklong Chinese Immersion Course – a live in holiday learning course which fully immerses you in the Chinese culture and language. Or how about something a little more light hearted and closer to home? Ride the waves in Biarritz on a surfing course whilst learning French for 2 hours a day and come back soon with a new skill to shout about.

As stated in the Times Online ‘A surge in the number of applicants for university – up 10% on last year – means that the situation for this year’s graduates is likely to worsen’. So taking a whole year to travel abroad will not necessarily put you in a better position on returning home next year. Returning home at the same time as the class of 2010 finish their courses may put you straight into even harder competition.

Why take a full year out and follow the crowd? If you are ready to get into the job world but are finding it difficult in this time of economic crisis, taking a small break is an ideal way to go away, learn something new in a beautiful country and then return home before the flocks of Gap Year graduates come home to fight for the same jobs that you are applying for. GoLearnTo.com offer short breaks to over 30 different countries around the world and specialise in learning holidays where you can go learn to speak a new language, cook, paint, brush up on your photography and much more.

Grab the opportunity now and learn something new whilst having a brilliant holiday. Then come back to pursue the career you have always dreamed about.

To find out more visit golearnto.com.