Coming back

So you've been round the world, made more friends than you've had hot dinners, and hopefully made a positive impact on someone's life. Now what?

Coming back from your career break can be challenging, especially if you've been away a long time, or have been travelling in far-flung places. You might feel you've changed loads. You might find that the world you're coming back to has changed. Even worse, it might not have changed at all and you feel like you've never been away.

Here's some tips on easing the transition:

• See your friends and family. As well as a chance for you to recount all your experiences, they can fill you in on what you've missed.
• Get your photos developed, and show them to people along with your souvenirs/tan/mosquito bites.
• Remember that some people might be jealous or embarrassed that they didn't do a career break too. While talking about your career break is great, dropping it into every single conversation is not.
• Sort out your practicalities as soon as you can. If you've got free room and board somewhere, it's easy to put it off.
• Start looking for a job as soon as you can - it might take a while to find one.

We'll be adding more things to this section soon - like getting another job and other practicalities. If there's anything you want to see here, email us.

Now what?

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