International jobs

how to find a job abroad?

Working abroad can be a very exciting but equally difficult and expensive experience. Nevertheless, living and working abroad will broaden your horizons, give you confidence, possibly you will develop knowledge of another language.

You've basically got two possibilities. Either you try and look from home before you travel abroad, or you go to the country where you wish to work and start looking. Unless you have very specific and attractive qualifications, the first possibility is very difficult. The difficulty is of course the distances involved - you do not have the same access to information on vacancies as you would have at home. Consequently, you must be prepared to work harder and wait longer for results.

The first step to take in the process is to define exactly where you wish to work. You should consider:

Once you have answered this, you may start identifying concrete employers to contact and commence writing applications. If the employer is interested in you, he or she would probably want to see you at an interview first. It is not unlikely that it will take 3, 4 (or more) interviews before you get a job. Consider the costs incurred by this.

Think Small or Nonprofit
Many observers say that the key to finding an expatriate job today is to avoid focusing on the big global employers. Most new jobs are created by small businesses. And also, smaller, developing countries may be a better bet than major nations with mature economies. Within Europe, people are going to be better off looking at Central European countries. As always, the nonprofit sector is promising for would-be expatriates.

Personal Contacts
Personal contact in your intended host country is of immeasurable value when it comes to finding a job. By far the majority of all jobs are organised 'through the grapevine' i.e. through personal contacts. Therefore, think hard if you know somebody in the country who might help you in your search for a job. Family, friends, friends of friends, the family of friends of friends, business contacts, etc. In fact, anybody who has now or has had dealings in the past with your chosen country may have contacts that can be turned into valuable assets for you.

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