Ask HN: How do I get a job abroad? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: How do I get a job abroad?

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Post by drakonka » Sun, Jun 05, 2016, 1:15 PM UTC

I'm not sure what kind of relationship the US has with the country you are hoping to move to, but in my case it went like this:

- Ukrainian living in Australia on permanent residence Visa, eligible for citizenship but hadn't bothered to get it. I wanted to move to Europe.

- Went through the Australian citizenship application process. As an Australian citizen I would be eligible for a working holiday visa.

- (In the meantime) Saved up about a year's worth of living expenses from running a business in Australia.

- Also in the meantime spent a year locked away in my house building a small portfolio of games. Freelancing meant I could work largely from home and set my own hours.

- Applied for a working holiday visa to Sweden. Received approval via email in about 2 weeks.

- Moved and started applying for jobs. Started work about 2 months later.

I did try to apply for jobs remotely but that didn't work out - though I had prior experience in my chosen industry I was not senior or experienced enough to justify a company relocating me from the other side of the world. Physically being there and not scaring a company with the prospect moving expenses and arrangements helped.

Re: Ask HN: How do I get a job abroad?

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Post by ddorian43 » Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 7:45 AM UTC

FlopV wrote: post #5

ddorian43 wrote: post #3

I just, like, applied online. Went on the job-boards of the country that I wanted to go, created email-alerts on all of them, and applied to the one I wanted in my email-inbox.

You find a gig?

I got one job without needing to meet them. Another company invited for local interviews, and I used the 4 days I was there to also interview at 2 other companies that I was already interviewing on skype with and also got another offer.

Re: Ask HN: How do I get a job abroad?

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Post by jgaxn » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 4:57 PM UTC

msurocks wrote: post #9

jgaxn wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey thanks! That looks like an extremely useful site.

Useful ?

Yes. Looking at it, it has a listing of jobs in non-US countries looking specifically for foreign (including US) workers in my field. At a glance I saw multiple jobs that I would be interested in applying for.

Re: Ask HN: How do I get a job abroad?

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Post by jgaxn » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 4:59 PM UTC

wprapido wrote: post #6

do you at least have an idea where you'd like to move to?

Europe, generally. England and France more specifically. Other first-world countries (Australia, New Zealand) also considered.