Whatever is the reason to go for an international job, once you've decided to translocate from your home town, Indiana, or India doesn't make much of a difference, because as a social animal, you are moving out from the comfort zone and physical proximity of your primary social circles. If you indeed decide to go for an international job hunt, which might not be a bad idea considering that the businesses are already going there – to emerging economies, this article would help you to gain some important insight in the process.
So here are our tips for landing that international job which might work the magic for you:
- Identifies markets and economies where you can easily communicate with locals – former colonies of the British Empire are ideal, because the biggest section of the elite there and employers already know and can communicate in English. They also have a better understanding and respect of cultures in the U.S.
- Directly contact internet agencies and employment bureaus in your target markets. For example, if you were trying for India, it's not Monster, or Indeed, or the names that are well-known to you, but Naukri.com, a little known job board that carries the punch
- Make your resume, application, and attitude ready for cultural translation and reducing cultural barriers. Many countries, especially former British colonies are heavily bureaucratic, and in spite of all the say to the contrary, actual workplaces frown upon bypassing protocol
- Understand that small employers can mean big for you in foreign countries. It's actually the demand and supply equation: A worker whose mother tongue is English is not going to raise eyebrows in U.S., but would be a prized possession in a land which needs to communicate in English, but does not have employees who have English as their mothertongue
- Learn about the cultures and laws of the country you want to trans-locate to. For example, in Dubai, you can get jailed for kissing your fiancée in public.
- Learn about food habits. Your rent and accommodation, as well as social acceptance might depend upon it. For example, though India is a very tolerant country, there are pockets where beef is supertaboo though chicken, and mutton is available aplenty. Try to find places where it would be easier for you to integrate than where you would need to make a culture fight.
- Remember, the job does not end with the job, but rent and accommodations are things that you would have to arrange by yourself, and you need to take all costs, financial and cultural into consideration
