Tactics for Regional Job Hunting

Finding Work

Tactics for Regional Job Hunting

[ID:0463]You have probably pointed to a world map and said, "How can I find a job in Hong Kong... London... Budapest? How exciting that would be!" But is it really possible to focus your job search on a specific country? This section will try to answer this question by looking specifically at international job opportunities in seven regions of the world where private sector jobs for expatriates are most abundant. We have, therefore, concentrated most of our analysis on industrialized countries and emerging markets. The regions covered are:

  • US
  • Mexico and Latin America
  • Western Europe
  • Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
  • Middle East
  • Africa
  • Asia Pacific

In this section we focus mainly on private sector jobs and, to some extent, opportunities for self-starters and entrepreneurs. The intent is not to provide an exhaustive overview of each region, but rather to highlight current hot job markets and touch on some of the idiosyncrasies of finding work in different parts of the world. We will outline the prospects,...

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