How do you make yourself preferable for global job opportunities? Here are ten best things to do to become the right candidate for jobs overseas.
Do you want to explore the job opportunities overseas and get a chance to work globally? By making sure that you do the ten things listed here correctly and consistently, you increase your chance of getting international jobs to 100%. You don’t have to limit your job search only to your country as the demand for IT skills vary depending on the location.
1. Become a subject matter expert in a specific technology
Rather than being a jack of all trades, it is better to be a master of one. For example, when it comes to Information technology, there are hundreds of skills to choose from. It is helpful to learn the additional skills but always make sure that you go deeper into one specific skill and become an expert in that field.
These days, job opportunities target subject matter experts in specific skills. So, this is the first rule: Choose one specific skill and become the master!
2. Get experience in full life cycle of the project
There are various stages in the life cycle of the project and your work responsibilities might be different for each stages of the project. You need to get strong work experience in your chosen skill for the full life cycle of the project.
A software development project has the following stages: Design, development, Testing and Implementation . As a software programmer, you should have worked in all these stages. You should have been through all the situations and gathered a strong work experience.
3. Publish Papers, Blog and Write Articles
To be an ideal candidate for international jobs, it is important to publish papers and participate in discussions online. Write articles about your chosen skill, participate in discussion forums and answer questions related to your skills.
You can also set up your personal blog and post regularly. All these will enrich your online presence, let you know what the world is talking about and stay up to date regarding the latest trends.
4. Research market demand and upgrade to the latest skills.
If you are looking for abroad, you can’t afford to miss the technology news. You need to check what is hot in the job market and how the demand for each skill is growing. This applies to jobs in all fields and.
For IT skills, there are lots of websites where you can find market reports. releases the US market report for the IT skills every quarter.
Apart from doing the market research, you will need to upgrade to the latest skills. As a graphic designer, you shouldn’t be working on Adobe Photoshop CS3 when there are newer versions of Photoshop with attractive and useful new features.If you are a .Net developer using Frame work 2.0 you may want to get version 3.5 experience. Remember that all new projects require the very latest skills. Remember, as an IT consultant you will have to constantly update your knowledge and stay up to date all the time.
5. Make your resume online and constantly explore the opportunities
Do you know that 50% of the jobs are not advertised? There might be thousands of hidden job opportunities that you might never find just by searching on the job boards.
Often the companies may not disclose that they are hiring. They search for resumes online and try to find candidates. If you don’t want to miss those opportunities, then you need to make your resume available online. For IT job oppurtunities, you may want to post your resume at
6. Format your resume to international standards
If you are looking for International jobs, you need to make sure that the format of your resume is according to the international standards and make sure that it fits the requirements for the country that you are targeting.
For example, if you are targeting jobs in United States, you need to write your resume in American English, list your work experience in reverse chronological order and include a cover letter. Don’t attach your photo or print it out in the resume.
Always attach your resume as a word document, since it is the standard file format for resumes in all countries.
7. Build relationship with right recruiters
80% of the job opportunities in are filled using recruiting agencies. Recruiters are the bridge between you and the job you want. You need to build relationship with the recruiters who are recruiting for your skills.
8. Be part of the professional network including social media
The power of networking is great than you imagine. Participating professional networking events, seminars and tech conferences are great ways to network with people and recruiters
If you are wondering where you can find the recruiters and start networking in social media, then you are probably missing the extraordinary power of social media.
Millions of recruiters in Linkedin are actively discussing things and searching for candidates everyday. Thousands of Tweeters tweet their job openings and there is a smooth stream of job openings constantly flowing in Twitter.
9. Build exceptional verbal and written communication skills
If you have excellent communication skills, you have a very solid chance to get any job that you can dream of. Communication plays a very important role in your career and being able to effectively communicate with people by writing and speaking will put you at the top of the pile of job seekers.
Keep improving your communication skills and never stop it. At no point a person can say that he or she has improved his/her communication skills to the maximum possible extent. This is because there is really no end to improving the communication skills of a person.
10. Get a phrasebook for the country you want to go.
This final tip is very important and essential and not in anyway inferior to the other points just because it is number 10. You will have to learn more about the country that you want to go and its language. You need to know the lifestyle and culture of that country very well.
Those were my top ten tips to get a chance to work globally. You are welcome to add your own tips that might be helpful to job seekers by commenting in this article.
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