The answer to this question is entirely about personal preference and the right answer will be the one that works for you. But do make sure that you close no doors on your future career.
Travel experience certainly adds to the diversity of knowledge and interests and doesn’t seem to detract from employability unless of course you are a serial traveller, which may set off some alarm bells – but this is rare!
According to UCAS, somewhere between 5.5% to 6.5% of students (nearly 30,000 students a year) take a gap year.
19.9% of our Geo-Sector Candidate survey respondents travelled between graduating and starting to work in their chosen profession.
And 89% of that group recommended taking a gap year as the right thing to do. ie very few of those that take a gap year have any regrets about doing so!
And 89% of that group recommended taking a gap year as the right thing to do. ie very few of those that take a gap year have any regrets about doing so!
