Getting a Job Abroad : The Handbook for the International Job Seeker

Contents......Page 6
List of illustrations......Page 10
Preface to the sixth edition......Page 12
Changing work patterns......Page 14
Reasons for working abroad......Page 15
Coping with a strange environment......Page 17
Do you fit the part?......Page 18
Other considerations......Page 23
How to use this book......Page 24
Getting fixed up before you leave......Page 26
Answering an advertisement......Page 27
The speculative approach (in the UK)......Page 29
Making visits ‘on spec’......Page 35
Pros and cons of different approaches......Page 36
Getting through the process......Page 38
Sending a speculative letter......Page 42
Preparing a curriculum vitae......Page 45
Completing an application form......Page 48
Sending your documents......Page 52
Preparing for tests and interviews......Page 54
Aftermath......Page 58
Knowing your employer......Page 59
Understanding the salary package......Page 60
The job itself......Page 62
Family matters......Page 63
Adapting to your new environment......Page 69
Sources of information......Page 72
Contract checklist......Page 77
Banking......Page 81
Your car......Page 82
Clothing......Page 83
Financial planning......Page 84
Protecting your health......Page 86
Your home......Page 88
Language learning......Page 89
Sending luggage and personal effects......Page 91
Passport......Page 92
Pension......Page 93
Shopping......Page 94
Travel planning......Page 95
Visas and work permits: Are they necessary?......Page 96
Final checklist......Page 97
Facing culture shock......Page 98
Creating a friendly personal environment......Page 99
Keeping in touch......Page 105
When things don’t work out......Page 106
Considering short-term work......Page 110
Vacation jobs......Page 111
Seasonal work......Page 115
Gap Year employment......Page 116
Exchange schemes......Page 118
8 Contract work......Page 121
Short-term contracts......Page 122
Longer contracts......Page 124
Looking beyond the end of the contract......Page 130
A home base with visits abroad......Page 133
Secondment abroad......Page 134
A home base with postings abroad......Page 135
Permanent relocation......Page 137
The ultimate option: working for yourself......Page 139
The European Union......Page 142
The rest of Europe......Page 146
Further information......Page 149
The opportunities......Page 150
The influence of Islam......Page 151
Political attitudes......Page 152
Israel and the Palestine problem......Page 153
Finding jobs......Page 154
Further information......Page 155
Central Asia......Page 156
The Indian Subcontinent......Page 157
South East Asia......Page 158
The Far East......Page 159
Understanding differences......Page 160
Further information......Page 161
13 Africa......Page 163
Central and East Africa......Page 164
South Africa......Page 165
The continent and its people......Page 166
Further information......Page 167
Canada......Page 169
United States of America......Page 172
Further information......Page 175
Central and South America......Page 176
The Falklands......Page 178
Further information......Page 179
Australia......Page 181
New Zealand......Page 184
Further information......Page 186
17 Job opportunities by profession......Page 188
18 Recruitment Directory......Page 218
19 Country Directory......Page 269
20 Useful addresses in the UK......Page 312
21 European applications......Page 318
22 Further Reading......Page 329
C......Page 333
H......Page 334
N......Page 335
S......Page 336
Z......Page 337