{"id":4060,"date":"2014-09-30T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/?p=350"},"modified":"2017-04-28T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T11:20:38","slug":"michael-overton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/michael-overton\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Overton \u2013 working abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Overton is studying for a BSc. in Geography at Sheffield Hallam University<\/h2>\n
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“There is no doubt that any experience working towards a goal in a foreign country will benefit me in this career choice.<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

I am a final year Geography student at Sheffield Hallam, director of my start-up company Sealsafe Ltd., a qualified pilot, parachutist & diver, an Army Reservist, experienced traveller and writer.<\/p>\n

I have worked on yachts in the Middle East, trained and managed sales teams in Australia, climbed remote peaks in Central Africa, Borneo, Nepal & New Zealand, picked up duck eggs & fixed tractors in Lincolnshire, video recorded shelling on Syrian towns, worked in a casino in Sheffield, collected lobsters in the South Pacific and explored ancient burial caves in Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n

During my semester abroad at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, I studied modules with an Australian twist and got a feel for the country within a global context including economics, environments and politics. I also worked a few hours a week making crepes. The cost of living is high in Australia. I was there for 6 months but the hardest thing was staying focussed on assignments with great surf beaches just down the coast!<\/p>\n

The best experiences on a personal development level were gaining an insight into areas of the world I might never have otherwise e.g. a fascinating module on the broad history and current threat\/opportunity posed by China to countries across Asia and Oceania.<\/p>\n

It gave me the fantastic opportunity to travel to wild places across the continent e.g. Papua New Guinea \u2013 exploring ancient burial caves!<\/p>\n

Each experience builds on the last in life to make you a more interesting, resilient and ambitious person with the right attitude. There is no doubt that these experiences multiply 10 fold when you throw yourself at life in a foreign country. The worst thing I had to manage was a crazy land-lady<\/p>\n

I am keen to work as a research executive for a global branding agency so ability to work in totally unique environments and analyse the cultural dynamics that play into both conversations and reports is important.<\/p>\n

Recently a student came to me for advice on studying abroad, I was happy to help but the detailed questions on everything from phone network recommendations to options on washing facilities just went on and on until I stopped replying. My advice is don\u2019t panic, you are not flying to Mars \u2013 a little mystery and open planning can enhance your overall experience.”<\/p>\n

Mike has been a Regional Ambassador for Virgin Media Pioneers for the past year.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Overton is studying for a BSc. in Geography at Sheffield Hallam University “There is no doubt that any experience working towards a goal in a foreign country will benefit me in this career choice. I am a final year Geography student at Sheffield Hallam, director of my start-up company Sealsafe Ltd., a qualified pilot, … Continue reading Michael Overton \u2013 working abroad<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[186,167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-stories","category-projects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4RiUv-13u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4060"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4195,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4060\/revisions\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}