[ARCHIVED] What jobs / careers require or involve travel? (pre-2014)
Jan 13, 2011, 7:46 pm
#241
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My field is software so that's what I know.
There's lots of smaller companies that offer either uncommon talents or provide niche products with large geographic reach.
Out of necessity, we're all over the place since there's little work anywhere near HQ. (Totally awesome, I know!)
Port operations, mining, specialty manufacturing, construction management & aviation/maritime support for example have global demand but aren't concentrated enough anywhere to support a purely local presence.
You definitely have to be good at the job, enough to warrant the expense of getting flung thousands of miles away for a transient period. Otherwise, your first gig will be your last.
You also have to like what you do and where you're doing. I'm primarily a developer, one of the uncommon talents, and I love writing and shipping software. I also love being underway so I have the perfect job right now.
A technical track isn't the only way though. A buddy of mine traveled the world with a show company. Another was purser on a cruise ship. Another is an accountant.
You can make almost any career a traveling career if you're worth it.
There's lots of smaller companies that offer either uncommon talents or provide niche products with large geographic reach.
Out of necessity, we're all over the place since there's little work anywhere near HQ. (Totally awesome, I know!)
Port operations, mining, specialty manufacturing, construction management & aviation/maritime support for example have global demand but aren't concentrated enough anywhere to support a purely local presence.
You definitely have to be good at the job, enough to warrant the expense of getting flung thousands of miles away for a transient period. Otherwise, your first gig will be your last.
You also have to like what you do and where you're doing. I'm primarily a developer, one of the uncommon talents, and I love writing and shipping software. I also love being underway so I have the perfect job right now.
A technical track isn't the only way though. A buddy of mine traveled the world with a show company. Another was purser on a cruise ship. Another is an accountant.
You can make almost any career a traveling career if you're worth it.
Mar 28, 2011, 5:36 pm
#242
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Jobs Requiring Extensive Travel
Hi All!
I am hoping someone (or a few) would be kind enough to help with this one...
I am a young, single guy who loves/lives to travel (especially internationally) and am really interested in finding a job that requires extensive travelling. I honestly feel like I could live on the road for months at a time if needed to.
Whenever I search online for this top, all I find are the obvious...
pilot, flight attendant, military, travel writer, etc.
I have no interest in the pilot/FA/military route. Travel Writer interests me, but I don't know how hungry one would have to be between jobs.
Can you all suggest jobs that fall into the category? Or maybe could you tell me what industry you're in and give me some clues about where to look?
Any help would be much appreciated!
I am hoping someone (or a few) would be kind enough to help with this one...
I am a young, single guy who loves/lives to travel (especially internationally) and am really interested in finding a job that requires extensive travelling. I honestly feel like I could live on the road for months at a time if needed to.
Whenever I search online for this top, all I find are the obvious...
pilot, flight attendant, military, travel writer, etc.
I have no interest in the pilot/FA/military route. Travel Writer interests me, but I don't know how hungry one would have to be between jobs.
Can you all suggest jobs that fall into the category? Or maybe could you tell me what industry you're in and give me some clues about where to look?
Any help would be much appreciated!
Mar 28, 2011, 5:47 pm
#243
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Sports Agent?
International businessman?
International businessman?
Mar 28, 2011, 5:54 pm
#244
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All kinds of sales jobs.
If you like beer, there are some fantastic
small breweries that are expanding at explosive rates and are looking for regional reps. Take a look at Stone, Dogfish, etc. Get in pretty much on the ground floor in a vibrant business, not something to sneer at in this economy.
Probably not much plane travel until you move up in the organization. I bet you could earn a zillion hotel and credit card points, though.
If I were young and single, I'd look at that, but then I am a beer geek.
If you like beer, there are some fantastic
small breweries that are expanding at explosive rates and are looking for regional reps. Take a look at Stone, Dogfish, etc. Get in pretty much on the ground floor in a vibrant business, not something to sneer at in this economy.
Probably not much plane travel until you move up in the organization. I bet you could earn a zillion hotel and credit card points, though.
If I were young and single, I'd look at that, but then I am a beer geek.
Last edited by toomanybooks; Mar 28, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Mar 28, 2011, 6:00 pm
#245
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Electronics Field Service. The skills can easily be obtained through a second means of travel(military). I know people in this line of work that wouldn't even need to keep a primary residence if they didn't want to.
Mar 28, 2011, 7:04 pm
#246
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if you are a good looking guy, then go for sales.. esp pharma sales rep.
consultant also comes to mind.. but if that was your route, you would've gone that direction by now.
entry level doesn't translate into extensive work travel unless there is a significant amount of grunt work involved.
consultant also comes to mind.. but if that was your route, you would've gone that direction by now.
entry level doesn't translate into extensive work travel unless there is a significant amount of grunt work involved.
Mar 28, 2011, 8:43 pm
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Mar 29, 2011, 12:09 am
#248
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I was an auditor for a national retail chain, and started out travelling all over the country (US). Not all glamour...unless you think a Comfort Inn in Tulsa is glamorous, but it beat the hell out of a cubicle and daily office bs.
Now I do something similar for a multinational corporation, and spend time all over the world. Slightly better than the comfort inn at Tulsa, but I still end up in such places. I can be in Berlin one week and Des Moines the next. I will leave an alpine hotel in Innsbruck Austria, get on a plane and be at the Days Inn by the freeway in Denver the next morning. It's interesting.
What you want to pursue is a career in some sort of "district" capacity and move it into "regional" and then to "national" etc. Retail, accounting, auditing, project management, shipping, or some transnational industry. I would try to get in with an international company to start.
Now I do something similar for a multinational corporation, and spend time all over the world. Slightly better than the comfort inn at Tulsa, but I still end up in such places. I can be in Berlin one week and Des Moines the next. I will leave an alpine hotel in Innsbruck Austria, get on a plane and be at the Days Inn by the freeway in Denver the next morning. It's interesting.
What you want to pursue is a career in some sort of "district" capacity and move it into "regional" and then to "national" etc. Retail, accounting, auditing, project management, shipping, or some transnational industry. I would try to get in with an international company to start.
Mar 29, 2011, 7:24 am
#249
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All kinds of sales jobs.
If you like beer, there are some fantastic
small breweries that are expanding at explosive rates and are looking for regional reps. Take a look at Stone, Dogfish, etc. Get in pretty much on the ground floor in a vibrant business, not something to sneer at in this economy.
Probably not much plane travel until you move up in the organization. I bet you could earn a zillion hotel and credit card points, though.
If I were young and single, I'd look at that, but then I am a beer geek.
If you like beer, there are some fantastic
small breweries that are expanding at explosive rates and are looking for regional reps. Take a look at Stone, Dogfish, etc. Get in pretty much on the ground floor in a vibrant business, not something to sneer at in this economy.
Probably not much plane travel until you move up in the organization. I bet you could earn a zillion hotel and credit card points, though.
If I were young and single, I'd look at that, but then I am a beer geek.
Mar 29, 2011, 7:39 am
#250
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The easiest way to travel internationally if you live in the US is definitely to start by moving to another country. Like Luxembourg 
OK, that was partly in jest, but you get a lot more jobs with international angles if you're not living on a subcontinent like the US.
OK, that was partly in jest, but you get a lot more jobs with international angles if you're not living on a subcontinent like the US.
Mar 29, 2011, 10:00 am
#251
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there are mutiple threads on this in miles buzz....iirc...
state dept courier?....
what are your qualifications, experience, education, etc...
good luck...
state dept courier?....
what are your qualifications, experience, education, etc...
good luck...
Mar 29, 2011, 11:20 am
#252
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There are plenty here in TravelBuzz too:
A career that involves tons of travel?!
What career involves a lot of international travel?
@OP: If you search FlyerTalk using job/career/travel as search terms you will find many more threads with lots of ideas
A career that involves tons of travel?!
What career involves a lot of international travel?
@OP: If you search FlyerTalk using job/career/travel as search terms you will find many more threads with lots of ideas
Mar 29, 2011, 2:28 pm
#254
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cabin crew???
Mar 29, 2011, 9:49 pm
#255
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My butler, though you'd need to speak at least 8 languages, and you'd be traveling in Y.
Dude, are you serious?
Dude, are you serious?