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Ask HN: How do I get a job abroad?

• mthomasb 10y ago
  Check out https://jobbatical.com/ https://jobbatical.com/. They help you find ~12 month contracts with startups abroad, mostly Western Europe.
  • jgaxn 10y ago
    Hey thanks! That looks like an extremely useful site.
    • msurocks 10y ago
      Useful ?
      • jgaxn 10y ago
        Yes. Looking at it, it has a listing of jobs in non-US countries looking specifically for foreign (including US) workers in my field. At a glance I saw multiple jobs that I would be interested in applying for.
• ddorian43 10y ago
  I just, like, applied online. Went on the job-boards of the country that I wanted to go, created email-alerts on all of them, and applied to the one I wanted in my email-inbox.
  • FlopV 10y ago
    You find a gig?
    • ddorian43 10y ago
      I got one job without needing to meet them. Another company invited for local interviews, and I used the 4 days I was there to also interview at 2 other companies that I was already interviewing on skype with and also got another offer.
• wprapido 10y ago
  do you at least have an idea where you'd like to move to?
  • jgaxn 10y ago
    Europe, generally. England and France more specifically. Other first-world countries (Australia, New Zealand) also considered.
• BjoernKW 10y ago
  Pretty much depends on the country you'd like to work in. That said, highly skilled workers such as software engineers usually don't face a lot of immigration issues.
• dalerus 10y ago
  I work in international development. If you're looking for a career abroad and interested in working on solving interesting problems, the development sector is a good place to be. Pretty good pay, decent benefits, home leave, no issues with immigration. Devex.com has a decent listing of jobs and companies to work for.
• msurocks 10y ago
  It's pretty tough .. I applied to more than 200 Plus companies in different countries none of them even replied even though I had all the required skills. Best option: Select where you want to go, save some money, find some companies from that location and personal contacts there, Get a tourist VISA, go there and talk personally. Your success will depend on getting appointment while visiting and ability to pursue your future employer for an Employee VISA. Good luck..
• drakonka 10y ago
  I'm not sure what kind of relationship the US has with the country you are hoping to move to, but in my case it went like this: - Ukrainian living in Australia on permanent residence Visa, eligible for citizenship but hadn't bothered to get it. I wanted to move to Europe. - Went through the Australian citizenship application process. As an Australian citizen I would be eligible for a working holiday visa. - (In the meantime) Saved up about a year's worth of living expenses from running a business in Australia. - Also in the meantime spent a year locked away in my house building a small portfolio of games. Freelancing meant I could work largely from home and set my own hours. - Applied for a working holiday visa to Sweden. Received approval via email in about 2 weeks. - Moved and started applying for jobs. Started work about 2 months later. I did try to apply for jobs remotely but that didn't work out - though I had prior experience in my chosen industry I was not senior or experienced enough to justify a company relocating me from the other side of the world. Physically being there and not scaring a company with the prospect moving expenses and arrangements helped.