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Getting an IT Job in Europe as an American

Posted by Cliff on from the americans-getting-employed-overseas dept.

IvanHo asks: "I'm looking for success stories, hints, tips and tricks from any Slashdot readers with U.S. citizenship that have managed to find gainful employment in Europe. For various reasons, my wife and I would like to spend a couple years working in Europe -- preferably Southern Europe. For the last couple months, I have been applying for IT positions there with no luck. Although, my wife grew up in Rome and her family is there now, she is a U.S. citizen, so that well trodden route to a work permit is unavailable. Any advice? I'm trying to avoid incorporating and transferring myself if possible." "My resume is fairly strong and I've had a couple companies express interest until they realized that I would require sponsorship to work in the EU. Given the number of H1 folks I work with day in and day out, I'm starting to wonder if it isn't harder to get a visa to work in Europe than it is here. I've noticed that even American companies are posting prior right to work in a country as a prerequisite for employment. Language is a possible problem, but I do know a couple European languages beyond English -- Portuguese and French."

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  1. Corruption is your friend by b-baggins · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    European nations are notoriously corrupt. Find an official to bribe.

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  2. Re:Been There, Done That by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Jeez, get off the cross already. I've been overseas for two years, and it's incredibly rare for me to have a negative reaction because I'm an American. The negative reactions fall into two categories of people: uneducated working men who think that I set U.S. government policy and want to chastise me about it, and university professors who think that I set U.S. government policy and want to chastise me about it.

    Besides, this conversation is about Europe...Australia isn't Europe, but hey that's no reason not to run off at the mouth with a political rant about the biased U.S. media (FWIW, I agree with you that they're liberally biased).

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  3. Re:Been There, Done That by stevejsmith · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're full of shit.

    For one, non-Western Europeans LOVE Americans. Hungarians in particular. And not only do they love Americans, but they love having someone on which to practice their English (and most are quite good).

    For two, I don't know in what cracked out fantasy you're living, but I'm thinkin' that living conditions in the US > living conditions in Eastern Europe.