Relocation to a foreign country for work can be very exciting and lead to unique opportunities that couldn't be accessed in your home country. At the same time, it's a real challenge - I know it firsthand. You mind becomes inundated with questions:
- How to prepare a resume?
- Where to find companies that hire foreign talent?
- What relocation assistance is typically provided?
- How to get a work visa?
And the list goes on!
Hopefully this handbook will will give you the necessary guidance. Topics covered include resume preparation, job search, salary negotiation, relocation packages, and more.
A well written and concise resume is an essential ingredient of a successful job hunt. Here's a list of articles, resources, tools, and content to help you 👇
- 📕 Ways to upgrade that should lead to getting more job interviews
- 📕 40 words to spice up your developer resume
- 📕 How to improve your dev resume's bullet points
- 🔨 CV Compiler: The app scans your resume for weak spots and suggests immediate, personalized improvements.
- 🔨 FlowCV: Free, customizable resume templates.
- 📕 Effective search tactics for developer jobs
- 🔥 Ever-updating list of tech jobs with relocation assistance offered: https://relocate.me/search
- 🏢 Companies hiring internationally:
| Company name | Tech job locations | Careers page |
|---|---|---|
| Choco | Berlin 🇩🇪 | https://choco.com/careers |
| Miro | Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Berlin 🇩🇪 Remote (EU only) 💻 |
https://miro.com/careers |
| Luko | Paris 🇫🇷 | https://careers.luko.eu |
| BandLab | Singapore 🇸🇬 Remote 💻 |
https://apply.workable.com/bandlabtechnologies |
| Coolblue | Rotterdam 🇳🇱 | https://www.careersatcoolblue.com |
| Defined.ai | Lisbon 🇵🇹 | https://www.defined.ai/careers |
| Mercari | Tokyo 🇯🇵 Remote 💻 |
https://careers.mercari.com |
| Mollie | Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Lisbon 🇵🇹 |
https://jobs.mollie.com |
| Stream | Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Remote 💻 |
https://getstream.io/team |
| XM | Cyprus (Limassol, Nicosia) 🇨🇾 Athens 🇬🇷 Remote 💻 |
https://www.xm.com/careers |
| EdApp | Sydney 🇦🇺 | https://www.edapp.com/careers |
| Veriff | Tallin 🇪🇪 Barcelona 🇪🇸 |
https://www.veriff.com/careers |
| Catawiki | Amsterdam 🇳🇱 | https://www.catawiki.com/en/jobs |
| Vimcar | Berlin 🇩🇪 | https://careers.vimcar.com/en |
| Mujin | Tokyo 🇯🇵 | https://www.mujin.co.jp/en/recruit |
- 📕 Screening interview tips
- 📕 How to prepare for a technical interview
- 🔨 interviewing.io:: Anonymous technical mock interviews with engineers from Google, Facebook, and other top companies.
- 🔨 LeetCode: A great place to practice solving coding problems and prepare for technical interviews.
- 📕 Considerations to make when negotiating your salary abroad
- 🔨 Calculators to estimate your after-taxes paycheck in 25 countries
- 📕 Typical relocation packages
- 📕 Tips for successful job relocation
- 📕 Info on work permits & visas for different countries
- 🏢 Relocation companies that can help make your move abroad as smooth as possible
- 📕Moving to the Netherlands for a tech job
- 📕 Finding housing: A collection of resources that will help you find housing in many countries, along with some basic info that you will need to know about the housing market in these places.