Moving abroad.
Discussion
I started looking because leaving this country and everything to do with it seems like a fantastic idea.
Problem is, I sorta realised that I can't actually do...anything.
I have qualifications up to A-Level but nothing that can really be transferred into a job, have experience in admin and retail roles but there seems to be nowhere that caters for that (entry level, bottom of the barrel stuff) so I guess I'm pretty much stuffed.
Am I going to have to go back to college and learn something relevant for a job or is there an easier/quicker way of doing things?
Problem is, I sorta realised that I can't actually do...anything.
I have qualifications up to A-Level but nothing that can really be transferred into a job, have experience in admin and retail roles but there seems to be nowhere that caters for that (entry level, bottom of the barrel stuff) so I guess I'm pretty much stuffed.
Am I going to have to go back to college and learn something relevant for a job or is there an easier/quicker way of doing things?
If the right age, you could look at a working holiday visa
"There are unlimited places available annually under this scheme to young citizens of the United Kingdom for a stay of up to 23 months"
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work...
aus may well have something similar being a UKPrison Colony
I know a few that have come to NZ on working visa, found out what they want to do and what they need to do to get a permenant resident visa.
Of course , if you have funds like Kim Dotcom, you buy $10M in govt bonds, spend $1m on forewaorks for Auckland and lo and behold you gain permanent residency (allegedly)
"There are unlimited places available annually under this scheme to young citizens of the United Kingdom for a stay of up to 23 months"
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/stream/work...
aus may well have something similar being a UK
I know a few that have come to NZ on working visa, found out what they want to do and what they need to do to get a permenant resident visa.
Of course , if you have funds like Kim Dotcom, you buy $10M in govt bonds, spend $1m on forewaorks for Auckland and lo and behold you gain permanent residency (allegedly)
F1GTRUeno said:
It's more that I want a fresh start and cannot stand the people in this country.
Nice attitude.Personally I don't think any country deserves someone with an attitude like that. What do you possibly hope to offer any country that allegedly has better people than the UK? You have no qualifications and no measurable skill. Therefore you're likely to get a job abroad that will likely make you feel the same about the people there.
I'm not being funny but I want to leave the country too. It's just that, unlike you, I love the people in the UK and its culture. Sure we have a few problems but so does everywhere else so am not wanting to leave to escape anything but simply for the life experience.
Sort your s
t out here, make your peace and then go a better person.OP - you can't do anything as you yourself admit and from your last statement I would suggest you are lacking in both knowledge and experience. I don't know how old you are, not very I would guess, but I would suggest that you consider going back to education and get some sort of qualification. I am sure you will find things will start to look up. Being bored abroad is no different to being bored here....actually, thinking about that, it's worse.
L.F.
L.F.
lestag said:
Of course , if you have funds like Kim Dotcom, you buy $10M in govt bonds, spend $1m on forewaorks for Auckland and lo and behold you gain permanent residency (allegedly)
TBF if you have enough folding you can have residency anywhere in the World you like as almost every country I can think of has this sort of option available incase you aren't a 22 yearold hairdresser.Eric Mc said:
I suppose you think the other 5.9 billion living "abroad" are much nicer?
Well Eric there are different cultures and beliefs which may suit certain people better.OP research has shown than we all have a base level of happiness and a change of location does not have any long lasting effect on that. In the short term all new things seem interesting and great but they soon become routine. It seems like you may need to change your attitude, outlook, friends and occupation and you can start a new life without going to the other side of the world as others have pointed out.
Whatever you do don't make a decision based on weather, people in California are no happier than people in northern usa
The thing is OP, almost anywhere people would rather hire a local for the role other things being equal. No complications with visas or language, and much less likely to move on after 6 months because they like somewhere else better. People who are hired to go abroad, or transfered within their company are usually quite specialised in what they do or very senior.
If you're under 30 I would look into working holiday visas for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other countries besides. Australia in particular seems to have a thriving economy and when I was there there were simply more jobs than people. Nearly impossible to get a job lined up before you go though, just get your visa online and go, with enough cash in your pocket to support yourself for a few weeks when you get there.
You can work anywhere in the European Union without a visa too - the language barrier might be hard, and Europe isn't exactly booming at the moment, but there's bound to be work around somewhere.
One other option would be teaching English. I did a year of this in Thailand - not really for me, but it was worth doing for a year. Another regular poster - v15Ben I think it is - teaches in Korea. Might be difficult to get into without a degree but it can be done.
If you're under 30 I would look into working holiday visas for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and other countries besides. Australia in particular seems to have a thriving economy and when I was there there were simply more jobs than people. Nearly impossible to get a job lined up before you go though, just get your visa online and go, with enough cash in your pocket to support yourself for a few weeks when you get there.
You can work anywhere in the European Union without a visa too - the language barrier might be hard, and Europe isn't exactly booming at the moment, but there's bound to be work around somewhere.
One other option would be teaching English. I did a year of this in Thailand - not really for me, but it was worth doing for a year. Another regular poster - v15Ben I think it is - teaches in Korea. Might be difficult to get into without a degree but it can be done.
I teach English in Korea. It is very difficult to get over here without a degree, but if you do a 120-hour TEFL certificate online and speak to a good recruiter, there are plenty of other countries you could go to in Asia and South America plus many others.I also did an Australian Working Holiday Visa and loved it. All sorted online and I just travelled for a few months on my way to Sydney and found a job when I arrived. I was made redundant from that one so just found another with a local recruiter. There are plenty of low grade jobs available there now even with the recession if you look hard enough.
I also have friends who have done Work Holiday Visas in NZ and Canada. One couple in NZ are now perm residents and my friend in Vancouver is completing her residency application right now. It is definitely possible to find a life abroad, just go into things with your eyes open and remember the grass isn't always greener overseas.
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