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After getting the degree
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I did try that, OP. Several times.

The jobs targeting foreigners who live outside of the country (getting them their first visas) are usually terrible. They break a lot of laws, treat you like shit regardless of if you speak the local language or not, your salary is half that or less of a local person's in the same position, no ability for promotion or a pay raise, they lock you in to contracts that make it very difficult to make a living (no side jobs allowed) or switch to another company (your contract ends in 1 year, but they hired you at a really weird time so no one will be hiring when your contract ends and you're almost trapped into a renewal), many of them either don't help you at the airport, with getting a bank account or phone number, etc (in a country that doesn't speak English), or they lock you into a contract with a certain provider at a certain cost which is much higher than you should be paying. I could go on. A lot of the foreign coworkers at such companies have terrible mental health, including doing illegal drugs to cope, or are genuinely crazy (one example - knife fights between coworkers at one place I worked at).

The good jobs, who claim to have hired foreigners in the past, have usually only dealt with foreigners living on a student or spouse visa. They are not usually willing to give anyone that first work visa. And they will look at you with suspicion if you don't have a history of working for a relatively long period of time at one company. Most of the decent ones require in-person second or third stage interviews, meaning you pay $1000 for the flight alone for an interview that may not even land you the job.

So I am back home, getting myself even further educated, just so I can go abroad yet again and hope for an actual decent job this time.
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After getting the degree - by Harrynguyen - 11-24-2023, 03:39 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by mohelena02 - 11-24-2023, 04:01 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by Avidreader - 11-24-2023, 04:58 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by bjcheung77 - 11-24-2023, 05:32 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by davewill - 11-24-2023, 07:37 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by ReyMysterioso - 11-24-2023, 09:28 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by nyvrem - 11-25-2023, 03:45 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by rachel83az - 11-25-2023, 06:35 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by Duneranger - 11-28-2023, 12:39 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by Oktoberfest - 11-28-2023, 08:48 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by Duneranger - 11-28-2023, 03:56 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by Harrynguyen - 11-28-2023, 08:18 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by rachel83az - 11-30-2023, 04:50 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by Duneranger - 12-28-2023, 03:36 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by LevelUP - 12-31-2023, 03:46 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by nykorn - 12-08-2023, 07:01 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by Harrynguyen - 12-12-2023, 04:49 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by upgrayedd - 12-20-2023, 12:53 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by bjcheung77 - 12-20-2023, 10:38 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by LevelUP - 12-29-2023, 12:54 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by nykorn - 01-06-2024, 03:05 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by LevelUP - 01-07-2024, 09:39 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by ArielB74 - 01-13-2024, 12:25 PM
RE: After getting the degree - by rachel83az - 01-08-2024, 06:49 AM
RE: After getting the degree - by LevelUP - 01-09-2024, 10:52 PM

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