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About us

Who is USIT?

USIT is Ireland’s leading work abroad organisation. But who are the people behind the headsets? Why do they love travelling so much? And why do they keep wanting us to work on our holidays? It’s kind of a buzzkill, USIT.

Celebrating 65 years of exploring for longer by earning while we do it. Genius.

We believe that working abroad connects cultures and challenges perspectives

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Our story

It was 1959. Hair was long, collars were wide, and Beatles would no longer just be a type of insect (although people would still continue to scream and throw things at them). In Dublin, students at UCD and Trinity College wanted more from the world. They knew that crossing borders had the power to break down barriers and build cultural connections. So they chartered a plane to the USA, started running cultural exchanges, and with it – started USIT. Now, why the history lesson? Because 65+ years later, this mission has never been truer for our team.

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What we do

Ranging in duration from 3-24 months, USIT provides supported work, camp and intern abroad programs in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Whether you want to fund your summer at camp or on a J1 in the USA, bankroll your gap year or round the world with a working holiday visa, or advance your career with a professional internship or graduate visa – USIT has 65 years of experience making it happen.

How we help

The Swiss army knife of the work abroad world, we help take care of everything you need to work or intern overseas. Including processing or helping you apply for your work visa, supporting you with finding a job or internship placement, and arrival set-up when you land - including all the nerdy tax and bank account stuff. Together with our US partners, we also provide the visa sponsorship to work in America on a J1, camp, internship or grad visa.

Who we are

All our team have worked the world. In fact, before we became professional visa whisperers and job finders, most of us were USIT customers. And continue to be. We must have the only job in the world where we’re regularly encouraged to quit (… to go travelling). Many of us return to camp or to do a J1 each year – coming home with even greater intel and stories to tell on where you can go and what you can do.

What we stand for

What makes our world go around

Our impact

As a 65+ year old youth travel organisation, we understand the power of youth travellers and their positive impact on shaping our world. To help keep youth voices at the heart of what we do, we have a Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) of global 18-25 years olds who consult with us as a business – helping to influence everything from our values to our products. And putting our money where our mouth is on the impact of youth travel, 5% of profits go to our JENZA Travel Group Youth Access Scholarship Fund to help more young people have the career and confidence changing experience of working overseas.

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Our community

We’re on a five-year mission to build a more inclusive workforce, and with it, a global community where our customers feel represented and reflected. We’ve already started making hiring and cultural changes to attract global talent from underrepresented groups. This includes removing the requirement of a degree from all job specs to focus on potential over experience, becoming a remote first business to remove geographical and physical barriers to working for us, and moving to flexible working hours to support the life, cultural and religious commitments of our teams.

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Works for others

About our Youth Access Scholarship Fund

5% of profits go to our Youth Access Scholarship Fund to help support young people from lower-income or under-served backgrounds with the costs of doing one of our programs. Find out more on our JENZA Travel Group parent page.

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Why book with USIT

Flexible payments and conditions

Secure your place on our programs with a lifetime low deposit, giving you time to save. And if you change your mind, we can move your deposit over to a new program – no awkward questions asked. T&Cs apply.

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About the JENZA Travel Group

While USIT is proudly Irish born and raised with a Dublin HQ, we’re part of a wider group of like-minded youth travel brands. United in our belief that working abroad is one of the most transformative (and fun) things you can do with your twenties, we're on a mission to open up a world of opportunities for students and 18-30s everywhere. The JENZA Travel Group also includes: summer camp USA brand BUNAC, global work and intern experts JENZA, Canadian working holiday legends SWAP, and US visa sponsor and cultural exchange champions, IENA.

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