Working Abroad Living Guide

A hurdle that many of us face when dreaming of a new life abroad is finding a well-paying job overseas that will enable us to make the break that we so long to make.  After all, we’re not all ready to retire overseas - and even if we are, not all of us have the money in the bank to allow us to do so just yet!

Therefore, if you can identify with having a dream to relocate to sunnier climes and finding not only a job abroad to enable you to make the move, but finding a well paid position with the chance for professional training and career advancement with a large and respected international financial advisory, we may have just the opportunity you’re seeking.

We have been approached by the aforementioned large and respected international financial advisory to advise our readership that there are 9 well paying jobs available in Spain for English speaking financial advisers, and that the rates of pay and commission available are second to none.  The company will also offer superior ‘on the job training’ for the right candidates, as well as the chance for career development and progression.  Read on to discover if this is the opportunity you have been waiting for…

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Now that the Dubai bubble has burst and the gold rush in the United Arab Emirates is seemingly over, where in the world can you go and work, find a satisfying job - perhaps even an attractive career path - and still be well paid? 

The pressures on those seeking international assignments have perhaps never been so great.  There is intense demand for placements abroad for multiple reasons, yet there are limited vacancies available.  What’s more, employers are offering and promising less in an environment where they are doing business in an unstable marketplace, and where they know there is plenty of talent available in the employment pool.

At first glance it looks like an unpleasant situation all round – but as we will now show, you can cut through a lot of the negativity and position yourself very well for the job of your dreams if you just know how to go about it.  In other words, in this report we’re going to show you exactly how to find work abroad in a global recession, and not sell yourself short.

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We thought we’d have an end of the week open discussion forum at Shelter Offshore, and the following are the overall results and the general consensus of opinion held here – written up by our Africa expat correspondent.  The subject matter touched upon today is whether it’s worth taking the risk of working abroad illegally when it’s a fact that work permits are very hard to come by.

Obtaining a work permit in the country where I live is a mission.  It requires overcoming mountains of bureaucracy and red tape to get the necessary papers.  Most organisations think twice before employing foreigners as a result, which is of course the government’s intention.  They are trying to promote employment for their own people, and who can blame them in a country where at a conservative estimate those in formal employment constitute only 5% of the population.

I know quite a number of people who claim they are working “more or less legally”, not only here but in other countries abroad.  As any lawyer worth his or her degree will tell you, there are very few countries (if any!) where the employment law allows for the concept of “more or less legal”, you’re either legal or you are not.  Many expats are faced with the dilemma of how to work and earn some money in a new country.  Often the rules in the new place seem burdensome and irritating.  It seems easier to circumvent them for a while, earn a few bucks and then get your paperwork in order.  For young people travelling around the world, taking a year out to discover new places, working illegally is almost a rite of passage.  Most of us have done it, and then had the inevitable problems with being rushed out the door at work as the labour inspectors arrive, being informed on by a colleague or whatever…

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