Should you move to India for a job?
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Should you move to India for a job?
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Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#2Can a US-ian consider moving to India in search of work? Can they enter and work if they already have a position lined up? This was easy coming to Canada, but there's all sorts of treaty arrangements between the US and Canada. If the Indians are protective of their job market, US-ians just won't be able to go unless they're entrepreneurs who'll create Indian jobs for natives?
Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#3Can a US-ian consider moving to India in search of work? Can they enter and work if they already have a position lined up? This was easy coming to Canada, but there's all sorts of treaty arrangements between the US and Canada. If the Indians are protective of their job market, US-ians just won't be able to go unless they're entrepreneurs who'll create Indian jobs for natives?
americans won't be able to adjust to the indian system (corruption, pollution, high ego etc.), also they would have terrible US accent :) and finally "Emily" from US won't become "Chameli" in India :-)
Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#4Can a US-ian consider moving to India in search of work? Can they enter and work if they already have a position lined up? This was easy coming to Canada, but there's all sorts of treaty arrangements between the US and Canada. If the Indians are protective of their job market, US-ians just won't be able to go unless they're entrepreneurs who'll create Indian jobs for natives?
There are a whole lot of folks living in the US or Canada that are Indian citizens or one generation removed.
That said, the article is kind of lame. It assumes that a growing economy translates directly to a skilled labor shortage without making any decent case for that. Really, it's only even in passing that they make a case for moving there.
Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#5The article is totally baseless for most of the part. Also, a Fastest growing economy does not translate that everyone should go there and look for a job.
And for that matter, India won't be the second fastest growing economy in 2009 according to the Economist. The fastest growing economies are Qatar, Malawi, Angola, Ethiopia, and China - from one to five respectively. (http://www.economist.com/markets/indicators/displaystory.cfm...)
Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#6And compete with people who do your job at 1/50th of your salary? No thanks.
Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#7It's important to note the little tidbit about the author: "Aseem Prakash is the former CEO of I Media Corp Ltd. in India..." Biased reporting?
Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#8Can a US-ian consider moving to India in search of work? Can they enter and work if they already have a position lined up? This was easy coming to Canada, but there's all sorts of treaty arrangements between the US and Canada. If the Indians are protective of their job market, US-ians just won't be able to go unless they're entrepreneurs who'll create Indian jobs for natives?
US-ians are typically referred to as Americans...
Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#9Can a US-ian consider moving to India in search of work? Can they enter and work if they already have a position lined up? This was easy coming to Canada, but there's all sorts of treaty arrangements between the US and Canada. If the Indians are protective of their job market, US-ians just won't be able to go unless they're entrepreneurs who'll create Indian jobs for natives?
US-ians are typically referred to as Americans...
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Re: Should you move to India for a job?
#10Definitely! $5k can last a year in india. Just freelance for your existing clients and live like a king for a year... on 1-2 jobs.
Only 7-25% of Americans own a passport... so I doubt that many people would actually do it. http://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2003/01/31/how_many_ameri...
Would be quite an adventure though... :)
My job was outsourced FROM India. So living there is just the next step I guess.