Gaining Employment Overseas

Hi All,

We were discussing this last night and thought i would tap into the experience here. We would love to eventually (in a few years from now) move and work somewhere in Asia or South America but dont really know how to go about it.

To those who have worked overseas, how did you go about getting work over there?Friends, current employers, agencies or just packing up and hoping?

Does anyone have any experience gaining work in a country outside of Europe, where English isn't the main language?

prawn_86 said:

somewhere in Asia or South America

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Take a look at Brazil if you can. For some banking roles, pay is better there than Western Europe.

The easiest way to get one of these positions is to move internally if your company supports it. I wouldn't recommend just packing up and moving, even to an english speaking country as 'in country' experience is always highly valued and finding a job will be a lot easier once you already have one.

Yeh i have been looking around online and it seems pretty ahrd to get a job if your not moving there because of your currnet work.

Brazil would be nice

Interal transfers are by far the easiest. They sort everything out for you, pay your airfares, relocation costs etc. Time to change job to a multi-national?

And make sure you understand the taxation (or double-taxation) implications of your transfer.

skc said:

Time to change job to a multi-national?

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Already work for one, but a small one.

Its nothing set in stone at the moment just an interest more than anything

prawn_86 said:

Hi All,

We were discussing this last night and thought i would tap into the experience here. We would love to eventually (in a few years from now) move and work somewhere in Asia or South America but dont really know how to go about it.

To those who have worked overseas, how did you go about getting work over there?Friends, current employers, agencies or just packing up and hoping?

Does anyone have any experience gaining work in a country outside of Europe, where English isn't the main language?

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Hi.
Check out the site ExFin. It helps with a lot of info.
You can also ask them questions.

I have two sons who work overseas. One flyin-flyout, and the other works for Woodside
at the moment in South Korea.
One is a process control engineer and the other is an electrical supervisor at Goro at the moment.
The engineer has worked in numerous places, London, Russia, South Africa on oil gas etc. He travels in his time off and has been to 30 odd countries. The other guy was at Freeport in Indonesia before Goro, and is going to South Korea soon.

If you intend to work overseas to save money, you should be aware of new tax laws implemented by Rudd. i.e. you pay the specific country tax, then pay gillard the extra to your tax bracket. The Engineer is Snowboarding in Japan at the moment, but will be back at work next week, if you want to know anything.
I could give you his email once I check with him. He may be able to advise you.
Basically that all I can say. oh yeah, they make good money.
Cheers