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Working in Brazil/China(shanghai)

  • 22-08-2005 12:38pm
    #1
    soma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 602 ✭✭✭


    Long story short, but for personal reasons I may need to go to either brazil
    (one of the towns in bahia state) or china (shanghai) for about 10 months. So
    Im trying to get a feel for how difficult it would be for me to work in either
    of those locations. It'still only a possibility at this stage but i may be able to influence
    the destination so it's worth my while finding out now if one location is significantly more
    hassle than the other.

    If anyone has any knowledge/experience of working in these areas
    Id very much appreciate your input.

    Me: IT degree with 6 years experience, have worked as a barman, dont speak portuguese
    or chinese/mandarin but have a decent natural ability with languages. If necessary I'll
    do a TEFL etc course.

    Brazil: the crime scare-stories etc dont really faze me, Ive heard a tourist visa will
    get you 180 days but thats very hard to extend. Proper working visas are supposed to be
    quite difficult to obtain, unemployment is high at ~18%. Tech industry seems healthy but
    obviously my lack of portuguese is a significant problem. Most people who end up teaching
    english seem to do so illegaly on tourist visas.. hmm..

    Shanghai: well seeing as china is supposed to be a dominant economy of the future, I guess
    I may have a chance with a western company who would like to have some people work in their
    office there - wouldnt have to be an IT job - any kind of office type work would
    appeal I guess. Seems to be plenty of TEFL style work altho it doesnt seem that pleasant.

    So if any has any advice/resources etc.. cheers.


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