Working abroad - fresh start

[toastybase]

I quit my job about a month ago as the company wasn't a great fit for me.

I'm job searching now and looking at moving to a new city or country. I've been wanting a change of scenary for some time and quitting work gave me the drive to finally go and find it.

I have no ties here so ideally I can leave and start ASAP.

Has anyone done this and what was it like?

Currently looking at opportunities in UAE (I have experiance in many things but more recently Bid management and writing).

Thanks

[TurricanII]

I didn't go far but the main advice I would have given to myself is to think carefully before finding a wife and having a child away from my siblings and parents. If you are close to your family then inadvertently anchoring yourself to another country will make for a lot of travelling and grandparents watching the kid grow up on Skype.

Also note that if you stop paying NI for years then you might leave a hole in your contributions that affects any state pension you may expect or means that you have to pay for access to drugs via the NHS when you visit England, as I found out myself!

https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance-if-you-go-ab...

[Vaud]

toastybase said:

I have experiance in many things but more recently Bid management and writing).

Assuming you just have English as a fluent language, then USA (you would need a sponsor company - don't fudge it or you can be barred for ever), Canada (marginally easier on visas)... Nordics, The Netherlands, Zurich (you can get away with English in some companies), Oz, NZ will be easier on visas.

Travelling and then getting a job +working visa locally will vary in difficulty depending on the country. Post in the regional forums for up to date advice.

On sectors, one side is to look at software/hardware companies and systems integrators (IBM, EMC, Dell, Accenture, etc). They always need these skills and if you can manage a timeline / project plan as well then the money can be reasonable. However there aren't that specialist so you may find that don't want to hire internationally with the risk and cost that has. However, upside is that you don't need to be technical as the content is often boilerplate and just needs customisation - it's more about project, content QA and talking to lots of areas of the business. Good writing skills are invaluable and rare...