USIT | Work abroad

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.

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.

Our impact

We believe that travel changes everything, but we get that the cost can be a barrier. That’s why we created the JENZA Travel Group Youth Access Scholarship Fund – where we divert 5% of profits to help support Irish young people with the costs of doing one of our programs. It’s our way of backing 18-30s from lower-income and under-represented groups to make big moves abroad.

Scholarship applications for 2027 are now open on our parent JENZA site until 18 Dec '26. So if you or someone you know could benefit, please pass it on!

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Our stakeholders

As a youth travel organisation 65+ years of experience, we understand the power of youth travellers and their positive impact on shaping our world: helping to promote tolerance, challenge perspectives and build intercultural understanding. 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 marketing campaigns to product development.

To find out more and apply for our panel, visit our parent JENZA site.

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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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