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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Because there has been a serious downturn in the amount of construction being done in Ireland, it is estimated that by the end of next year around 65,400 construction workers could lose their jobs. As a result of this fact and due to rising unemployment in Ireland already, the Irish state training agency has begun suggesting that those in the construction industry actively think about going abroad to find work.
The likelihood is that a similar situation will arise in the UK, with many homebuilders already downscaling their plans for the near term. As fewer buyers come to the market and there is ultimately less demand for property in the UK – as is the case in Ireland already – it seems probable that greater numbers of construction workers will find themselves out of a job for at least the short-term.
If you’re in the building industry and you’re concerned about your financial and employment future, in this article we’ll look at how you can begin preparing for a construction job abroad if you do ultimately decide to expatriate – even temporarily – to find a job.
When most of us think of expatriating and working abroad we think of heading off to exotic destinations where the sun shines, the local language and culture will be as much of a learning experience as adapting to the new ways of working, and we see it all as something of an adventure. However, what about going to work abroad in America?
For professional and managerial level employees, the reality of an overseas assignment can indeed mean relocating State-side…so is such an adventure as exciting and challenging as a move abroad to somewhere like Dubai or Australia?
According to a new paper published by Human Resources Executive Online, the answer is a resounding ‘yes.’ In fact, according to their research and expert opinion, a relocation to America can be just as cross-culturally challenging as one to a nation where English is not the spoken language!
When one partner is offered a relocation abroad for work purposes it can have an incredibly dramatic effect on the entire family. The first thing to decide is whether the family should accompany the working partner, and if so, then the hard work really starts!
Until recently accompanying partners of overseas workers were unflatteringly dubbed ‘trailing spouses’ – fortunately that era has ended and in this article we offer up some expat survival tips for accompanying partners, because often their relocation abroad is far tougher than their working other half’s, and what’s more, the entire success of the relocation could hang on the happiness of the accompanying partner.
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If you’ve already been to Dubai and have thought about taking a job in the emirate, relocating and beginning a new life in Dubai but something is holding you back – something along the lines of inflation, cost of living, traffic, property prices, congestion, pollution or maybe the rather uninspiring natural scenery, we do understand.
However, before you discount the dream of living a tax-free lifestyle because you just can’t shake the idea that Dubai is not actually for you, here’s a suggestion for you: have you ever thought about living in Ras al-Khaimah and working in Dubai?
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A brand new survey by a firm which specialises in assisting companies to globally mobilise their workforce to live and work internationally has revealed that expats who want to go abroad to live and work need to think a bit longer and a bit harder about the nations and even the cities that they move to.
This is because expat pay levels differ depending on where they work abroad – in one country they could be on 40% more than a local citizen in the form of a relocation package, in another they could miss out on added remuneration for their perceived hardship of having undertaken a global relocation.
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