What kind of Jobs

In a working situation, students become familiar with aspects of American society from unique and valuable vantage points.

The jobs usually involve unskilled labour in hotels, restaurants, service stations, offices and on farms although students have found jobs in many other situations.

Jackie Sargent and Debbie Riley, participants in the STB 1976-77 Exchange Visitors Programme to the United States

"After a couple of days in Salt Lake City we both found jobs, as a waitress in one case, and working in a department store in the other. We stayed three weeks in Salt Lake City.

We then spent four weeks travelling along the East Coast of the United States before returning on a Greyhound bus to the West coast. We stayed in Los Angeles for 10 days purchasing clothes etc, before returning to San Francisco and our return flight to New Zealand.

Whilst in the United States we earned enough during the three weeks we worked to live on during our stay and spent the money we took with us from New Zealand to purchase clothes etc.