How to find jobs in other countries?
How to find jobs in other countries?
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I'm an engineer in Canada, with 6 years of experience. I'm not unemployed but I'm getting bored of living here. I've travelled for work extensively, spent some time with my company in Asia and the States so I have some experience with working else where. I want to know how I can look for and be considered for jobs in other parts of the world (mainly places with a better climate, lower cost of living --- thinking the caribbean, south america or south east asia) ... I am not sure where to begin when looking for opportunities outside of Canada. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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By degree, an Electrical Engineer.
Work experience has been mainly in designing control systems for industrial automation.
Currently, a Probabilistic Risk Analyst in the nuke industry. Hate it.
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It's a start, but honestly I never see good positions on it unless you're up for moving to the Middle East.
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I just need to know where to start. When I see a lot of jobs posted online, even for the States, they mention either being a citizen or a permanent resident and it's even more stringent with security requirements for nuke jobs. Can I still apply for these jobs even though I am not?
I mean, I am coming from Canada. It's not like I'm from Mexico or Pakistan or something. It shouldn't be this difficult to find work elsewhere should it?
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Sorry, I hope you realize that these are already mutually exclusive, i.e., "weather is better" is not just a prerequisite for you alone. Admittedly, not all of those other people are necessarily nuclear engineers.
In some cases, those citizen/resident job openings might allow for bringing in foreign workers if they can't get a response in-country, in which case, the company might sponsor you for a residency. Not horrifically likely, but no stone unturned, eh?
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They're not mutually exclusive.
They're plenty of countries in the world that are not attractive to foreigners for work and living but have warmer weather than Canada ...
Like say Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Columbia, Suriname, Cambodia, many parts of Africa...
I'm not a nuclear engineer. I just work in the industry for now.
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Do you think you will be able to work effectively with the locals if you can't communicate effectively with them? Or do you just expect them to all learn Canadian?
By the way, the weather sucks in many of those places too. 45C and 100% RH is not exactly pleasant, nor are monsoons.
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Peter Stockhausen
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I prefer hot weather and more opportunities. Canada is very stagnant and the cold winters do not suit me.
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I'm from the UK originally and may as well have been from Cuba or something when it came to applying for jobs requiring clearances.
Also, while they usually don't make it clear, you often have to be just a US citizen, they don't like dual.
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However...
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But the pay is not all that great, crime may be an issue for some, and there is no public transport.
I would contact a large South African company like Eskom (electricity/coal and nuclear power stations) or Sasol (oil/coal processing/power stations etc...), or perhaps one of the mining companies to ask for a position if you are interested
Adriaan.
I am an Engineer/part time student (Mechatronics) from South Africa.
Advice from lecturer: "Be warned - when you go into industry your boss will give you a thousand things to do and he wants them done yesterday!" So far he is right...
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Now I'm curious, I had looked into western Australia for jobs in new aquaculture projects going on there. What is the However?
My vote is for pacific islands over Caribbean ones.
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I'm told there's a huge demand for wat/san in Haiti right now. Lots of donation money funneling its way down there with few engineers to make sure it gets spent on meaningful infrastructure improvements.
My cousin was a photographer for the Red Cross, was in Banda Aceh after the tsunami, in Haiti after their quake, and is doing solo work now. She sent me these two links:
http://www.devex.com/jobs
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@beej67:
I took french immersion in school so with a refresher I think I could come up to speed in the language but I'm not sure if the needs of Haiti fit my skill sets, although that does sound interesting to work there. What is wat/san?
I am getting really depressed here, and need a change of pace and scenery. It's either find another job in a distant place or go back to school.
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Despite all of the news, Colombia is a safe place. Been there many times over the last 8 years. Beautiful country, very friendly and happy people, spring time year around in some areas (with a rainy season), other areas can be downright HOT.
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Some have already mentioned this, but unless you have a very interesting background, what increases your chances will be your language skills. I work in a foreign country now - although it's not fair for me to call Spain, my new home, a foreign country. I had a very interesting bacground for my current job, but if it wasn't for my Spanish I wouldn't be here. This could change from country to country, of course, because these are the little things that distinguish the working culture in each country.
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Otherwise, I recommend a company like GE and ask for those sort of assignments after getting hired. I was just speaking with a rep there that had spent 8 months in Columbia (where he was mugged btw), sometime in Peru, and most of this year in Houston.
Point is, you can travel.
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Leaving a good paying gig to teach english? Wouldn't that set me back career wise when I'm done?
>Otherwise, I recommend a company like GE and ask for those ?>sort of assignments after getting hired. I was just >speaking with a rep there that had spent 8 months in ?Columbia (where he was mugged btw), sometime in Peru, and >most of this year in Houston.
I've done extended assignments out of country but traveling to work like that and settling somewhere are entirely different things. The living out of a hotel, and the coming and going out of airports got to me. I'd prefer something more long-term than short month at a time trips.
I kick myself saying that though, because I had an opportunity to take an extended tour of duty somewhere but turned it down in favor of these temporary assignments. One of the biggest regrets of my career so far.
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Possibly, but you didn't mention anything in your OP about maintaining your current standard of living etc.
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