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Considering emigrating......where to begin?

  • 12-01-2009 12:54am
    #1
    Crimo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi All

    I do not wish to add to depressing gloom but thought I would raise a thread to discuss this issue and maybe gain some advice and direction. I am a recent BA MEcon graduate and have gained temporary employment in Dublin with a finance related company. My contract is likely to be completed this summer and I see no real opportunity of being kept on in the present economic conditions.

    This coupled with a 'slow' jobs market have forced me to consider shutting up shop and moving elsewhere. However I have no idea where to begin?! I have lived and worked in America before with relative success but I think moving permanently is a big step.

    It would be great to hear form anyone else out there who is similar situation to me. Where would people recommend? Are my chances of getting a decent graduate job abroad unlikely? What would you do in my situation?


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  • #2
    onemorechance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    If you are already working then you are lucky enough. If you would like to continue working in this job after the contract expires, then you should make every effort to impress while you are still there. If you are working in Finance, then that is one of the better industries in Ireland at the moment, along with IT and Medical Device manufacturing. If you want to emigrate, then having a Economics degree plus your work experience should help you find work in lots of places. CLose to home, I know that Northern Ireland is trying to attract, and has recently aquired, high skilled Finance jobs. There was a story in the news a few months ago where a Finance company chose NI over Ireland. London should also be one of the larger centres for Finance jobs.

    If you are considering USA and are unsure of a long committment, then look into the 12 month working visa which was / is being negotiated between Ireland and the USA. I think the details are not ironed out yet, but you can go to the USIT website and register your interest, and I'm sure they will have info on it as soon as it is all clear.


  • #3
    onemorechance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭onemorechance


    MikeCork2009 wrote: »
    I have a BSc in Finance and an MSc in Financial Economics (these qualifications are gr8, would have walked into any finance job 2 years ago or so I am told but given the state of the financial sector globally there are no jobs for these qualifications) Its very frustrating to hear the government saying we need to get people re-skilled, think about doing a FAS course or something. The fact of the matter is that graduates are already skilled and trained up to the eyeballs, you dont go to college for 5 years and study a discipline for the fun of it. The government must take a 2 pronged approach. Firstly, resources should be directed at training and helping those out of work who have not had the benefit of getting a college qualification and enticing employers to take on those ppl out of work. These people have been contributing to the success of this country for years and now need a helping hand when times are tough. Secondly, resources and structures must be put in place to help graduates. These are the future of this country and must not be allowed to simply end up on the scrap heap or worse still emmigrate away - when things pick up we will need these graduates to attract investment to our economy.

    Maybe finance jobs are not so good in Ireland right now! Possibly the same everywhere, but your work exp should help. Like IT, you would expect there to always be a need for finance people, but you never can tell.


  • #4
    Crimo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5 ✭Crimo


    onemorechance wrote: »
    Maybe finance jobs are not so good in Ireland right now! Possibly the same everywhere, but your work exp should help. Like IT, you would expect there to always be a need for finance people, but you never can tell.


    I was seeking more practical advice rather than an Irish Times article....


  • #5
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,789 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Crimo wrote: »
    I was seeking more practical advice rather than an Irish Times article....

    Why don't you ask some actual questions so?


  • #6
    pepsicokeacola
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭pepsicokeacola


    the world is ****ed atm, but in 2 yrs time ireland will be behind other places and then emmigration will be far more feasbile.


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