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| How to find job in Abroad |
Coming directly to the point on
how anyone can find a suitable job anywhere in the world! Here in this article
you will find a systematic and easy approaches to find jobs in countries like USA,
Australia, Canada, Dubai, GCC, Denmark, Netherlands and so on, there are lots of
countries where people searching jobs. Below are the easy yet most effective
ways one can find their dream job anywhere in abroad. Also, there is a lot of
things to taken care off while searching jobs in abroad. So let’s begin the
detail discussion:
1.
Create Action plan & Strategies:
Firstly, make a
strategic plan to get desired outcome and how you make this plan take below
points into consideration:
a.
Decide for how long you want to go to any
country (Short term or Long term).
b.
Do Research about countries where you are
planning to move.
c.
Make list of your skill sets which you think you
are good at.
d.
Find out any friends, relatives or acquaintance you
have in any country and talk to them.
e.
Gather more information about job scenario in
foreign through internet.
2.
Have
valid Passport:
You need to have
a valid passport. If you don’t have so you can apply online as it is very easy
to get your passport. Many people depend on the employers for passport as well
but you need to know that nominal charges are there for applying for passport. How
you can apply for passport online https://portal2.passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/online/procFormSubOnl
3.
Choose
Countries:
People get stuck on how to find a suitable country so here is the answer:
a.
Make list of as many countries where you are
planning to move.
b.
Do research on job market in those countries.
c.
Check Environmental, political, social economic conditions
and their immigration policies. You can gather all information through
internet.
d.
Compare all these factors with your home
country.
e.
You will find the best suitable country option
in this process.
For example If
you like cold places you can plan for Canada, if you like climate like India so
you can opt for Australia. Apart from this two countries if you think you have
good technical skills so you may go for Dubai, Saudi Arabia, GCC countries. For
IT, Engineers and Top Management executives USA is an option, Denmark, Netherlands
and Ireland are the countries where people from medical background do have good
opportunities and so on. This is how you can do your own detail research about
your options and decide the best one to go ahead.
4.
CV &
Cover letter as per country and company’s requirement:
CV and Cover
letter is an entry ticket for the interview, there are different types of CV
formats for fresher’s, professional and for C level executives. Click here to
get various types of CV format https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/cv-format-guide
While writing CV keeps in mind give/mention
full details of your job responsibilities the reason for this is in every country
designation and roles are different it’s not similar to Indian companies. It’s better
to describe your roles and responsibilities point wise.
An interesting CV needs an interesting cover
letter. Cover letter is nothing but the summary of your professional and personal life. Be selective as keywords play a very important role in your
cover letter and CV. Here are few sample
cover letter https://resumegenius.com/cover-letter-examples
5.
Register
your profile on various Government job Banks:
Every country
has their job banks where people from other countries have to register their
profile and if they have any vacancies the employer’s give preference to the
profile which is register with their job banks. Countries like Canada,
Australia, and Dubai etc have their job banks.
6.
Create
your profile on various job portals of particular country:
Like in India we
do get register our profile on various job portals likewise if you are looking
opportunities in a particular country then you have to register your profile
along with your updated resume on those countries job portals. Now, the first
question comes in mind is how to find job portals of any particular country! So
below is the process:
Example if
we look for Canada then you have to go to Google Canada ( www.google.ca)
likewise for every country Google have their own extension Ex: Australia (.au),
United Arab Emirates (.ae), Denmark (.dk), Ireland (.ie) , Netherlands (.nl)
etc.
Just open Google
of that particular country and register your profile with updated resume on
various local job portals.
7.
Use
Social Media:
We are living in
the era of social media where everything is available on our figure tip. Be active
on various professional web portals like LinkedIn and get connected with various professionals. Here you have two ways to
do that one you can get connects with your specific industry professionals and
seniors and second you can connect with any professional and increase you
network. Both ways are important and again to make most of this networking
sites you have to do it keeping in mind your aim which you want to meet through
those connection building.
8. Know about Recruitment Process:
As we all know
every company have their own unique recruitment process in a same way different
countries do have their own defined guidelines to their companies while hiring
any human resource from outside their country. In many countries companies have
to prove to their government on why they want to hire any human resource
outside their country. Now here you roles and responsibilities plays a crucial
role that’s why we have to explain it in details in our resume or CV.
Many
English-speaking countries IELTS/TOEFL/PTE/GRE/GMAT is mandatory to clear. Check
in which country which examination in required then appear and clear it
accordingly. These exams are pretty costly and hence it’s suggested to
prepare oneself before appearing for the same. There are lots of tutorials and
information available on internet for this exam preparation.
9.
Do
your own Research about Sectors & Companies of your Interest:
As we do
research and collect information of our industry or sector while planning to
switch a job, in same way we have to look macro picture of the country economy
not only on job perspective but also check on health, security etc. Don’t
just relay on the information provided by your consultant do your own research
and then take an informed decision.
10.
Find
and use References (if any):
References plays
a very vital role, try to find any connection and references in those countries
where you are planning to settle down and don’t feel shy for asking help from
them.
11.
Maintain
Sufficient Fund in Bank Account:
This is
important for people who are applying for PR visa and even if you are looking
for work visa or any other visa try to keep up adequate amount for your backup.
Be a good negotiator when it is of work visa.
For Work Visa negotiate:
i.
On your Tickets and Accommodation
ii.
On to
take your family along with you
iii.
On
leaves & Travelling policy
iv.
On Visa
process ( ask employer to do it)
v.
On
contact and terms and conditions
NOTE: No Employer will ask for
money to give you job, never ask to surrender you Passport for contractual
period, never give you job offer without interview. If someone asks you to do
so then consider them a fraud and don’t get into their trap.
Important points to remember:
1.
Never
Ever surrender your Passport to any employer, consultancies or anyone.
2.
Never
use paid services of recruitment consultancies.
3.
Check
genuineness of employers.
4.
Don’t
share your Credit or Debit card details with any employers.
5.
Don’t
fall into traps of shortcuts: Getting job is a time-consuming process.
6.
Take
everything in writing don’t trust on verbal commitments.
7.
Never
surrender any of your original documents.
8.
Don’t
fall into greed stay calm and focused.
9.
Negotiate
with full swing on salary, visa process, accommodation etc.
10.
Believe
on your gut instinct.
Hope these points will help you in
making decision if you plan to find a job in abroad to start new life.
