If your skills are good and you do healthy networking from very beginning then you shouldn't be in such situation. Fine, very first job hunt may need some major

If your skills are good and you do healthy networking from very beginning then you shouldn't be in such situation. Fine, very first job hunt may need some major effort. The author of the article has made cold move to other country and hunted for an ideal position (almost) without any network. Unless desperated I would firstly find a gig in a new place via my existing contacts or cold remotely, definitely before moving over. That could be anything which meets my minimal requirements and then would start to build local connections and learn the market. Interviewing with recommendation or even being poached by moving coworkers or managers is much better experience. You should realy start researching market now before graduation. Some freelance or part-time work should expose you to the market and add starter experience to CV. I did all the above in the past with success.