I lived overseas for 8 years. In one country, I went there as a student and through an internship got a job in my industry (media). In another country, I went

I lived overseas for 8 years. In one country, I went there as a student and through an internship got a job in my industry (media). In another country, I went there to study language and ended up finding local companies (mostly media) who wanted to hire me and were able to set up temporary work visas. It was not hard to find work, lodging, and other resources, even though this was in the days before widespread Internet use. Networking and print classifieds could take you pretty far. I once found housing on an old fashioned public bulletin board. The Internet has made it much easier to find such opportunities. I know in some countries there are local expat bulletin boards with job and housing listings, plus advice on local work requirements. But I have also seen lots of international listings using LinkedIn job search and restricting to certain locales. Good luck!