I’d like to join you guys on your side of the pond, but i need to look for an in. Im willing to figure out the legalities, etc, but first and foremost I’d need a job. Do you guys have any suggestions for job boards to use that focus on EU countries? Specific focus in the technical field is a plus.
I’d recommend picking a country first and checking job boards specifically for that country as each has their own preferred job websites and in my experience many/most companies usually don’t bother posting job ads on international sites.
Have any suggestions for specific countries? If you know any I’m all ears. I think it’s a matter of not knowing/trusting where to start.
According to their own description,
The Hub is a recruitment platform for Nordic startups that offers career opportunities for global talents.
In Norway we have finn which is privately owned and arbeidsplassen which isn’t. This is primarily for jobs in Norway though.
Xing is a German owned site, and a Linkedin alternative
The good thing is that the EU has a lot of different governments. Some will be more open to give out work visas.
Portugal seems to be an easy one to get into.
From a quick search, Portugal offers a job seeker visa of 120 days, which can be extended by another 60 days.
Once you have Schengen D visa, you can go anywhere in the EU.
Most of our immigrants come through family reunification or refugee status.
work visa might be more complicated because you don’t have someone in the country paying for your cost of living (or taxes doing it in case of being a refugee, atleast in theory, there’s plenty of homeless people in Brussels).
i’m probably being overly cautious, good luck researching the subject.
Side note,
What’s the point of having tens of mediocre job boards per Europe, when one EU-made good one would maximise network effect? Why has EURES not crushed Linkedin? What are they even trying to do?
