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Working opportunities abroad is a career goal for the Bangladeshi youth. Updated living condition and stable income are two main priorities for the Bangladeshis. Moreover, many prefer using their academic degrees and professional skills for international companies with better work environment and higher pay.
However, mostly people choose to go for higher study first before applying for work opportunities. Under an assumption that getting a direct work visa seems quite difficult particularly with Bangladeshi degree, people often do not explore the job prospects nor do they think they are qualified adequately. It is not impossible rather a good opportunity to directly apply to the companies suitable for your career. Check here how you should proceed.
Attain Required Skillset
Bangladeshi education system allows student to have graduate and post-graduate degrees even PhDs but values of these degrees are not equal to foreign degrees. Therefore, Bangladeshi credentials may not be enough for gaining an international job offer. In fact, Bangladeshis consider getting their local degrees to attain the required skill set their jobs applications actually look for. In this case, if you do not choose higher study, ensure your constant progress on a regular basis. Learn about new technologies and innovations. You must be at home with their current trends and practices. Try online resources including courses, post graduate diploma or professional degree online to improve your knowledge. Besides, keep collecting more work hours at local or international companies.
Be Smart with your CV:
An organized, precise, and standard format CV will increase your chances to be noticed by the hiring managers. For the start, you can check online resources on CV writing. Many universities have published articles/samples which you can take a look at. Summarizing the key points:
- Grammar and spelling error free
- Tailored to the exact position or designation.
- Outcome or result based. I.e. quantifying the impact you managed to pull off will increase the possibilities.
- Standard formatting with key action words indicated.
- A well written cover letter attached if asked.
Resources for Job Hunt:
Once you are prepared with the required documents, start checking out the international job portals. Herein, we have shared some of the most reliable and authentic portals that can help you land at your dream job.
- com– This job portal offers thousands of international jobs all over the world for its users. Users can also check company reviews and check their rating from their employees.
- Glassdoor– Glassdoor predominantly is known for rating the companies and measuring their workplace quality. However, it is also a resourceful site for job hunting.
- LinkedIn– LinkedIn will provide you an opportunity to create network with your fellow professionals and approach them professionally for a potential job opportunity. Candidates can build a profile there for the recruiters to have a look. LinkedIn is the most popular professional social media platform now.
- Flex jobs- If you are looking for remote jobs or working hybrid opportunities, Flexjob can help you with thousand options posted on their site. Many other job sites also offer remote jobs in particular for freelancers.
- Career websites- Suppose you are interested in a particular company operation, you should check their vacancy notices first in their own website. Big giant companies almost always have vacancies and update their job postings every month. Keeping an eye on that regularly will save your time and effort.
Work Opportunities Abroad by Government:
Bangladesh government sends away skilled and technician manpower to other countries in healthcare, engineering, IT, industry, service, transport and much more. According to Bureau of Manpower, Employment, and Training (BMET) 1.3 million skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers had been sent to work abroad last year. If you have vocational and technical education, try this way out as per your standard.
Work Opportunities Remotely
COVID-19 has changed the traditional concept of workplace we were used to post-COVID. Companies now a days more care about skillset and experiences an employee brings to the company. Some European countries now offer Digital Nomad Visas, such as Estonia, Croatia, and Portugal. These visa specially allow only remote work for foreign employers while residing in the host country. Many organizations now prefer hiring employees from foreign countries and give them allowance to relocate to a place where they can easily complete their office assignments. For example, many international companies prefer Dubai to be a workstation for their employees. Thus, the companies can cut off operation and staff cost to a great deal.
Easiest Work Visa for Work Opportunities Abroad
Visa procedure is one of the challenges Bangladeshis face. Though with employment offer, the process is bit easier, still it is a long process sometimes. Work visas are much easier to get in countries where employment rate is low, jobs demand is high. In addition, applicant’s qualification, language proficiency also matter. Europe in this case has a higher work permit visa rate. Netherlands, Sweden, Germany or Colombia seek qualified, experienced candidates specially to work in IT, healthcare, business, entrepreneurship, tech industry and so on. Some economy giants of Asia also take shorter processing time for work permit, i.e. Singapore, China, South Korea. Southern European countries also accept work visa for skilled immigrants. Australia, Canada or New Zealand also provide easy work visa though it is mostly available to those who has some sort of local degrees. It then fulfills the criteria of living in those countries for over a year or more. However, in all cases, a valid and signed contract from the employer is the most essential document along with passport and other required documents.
Work opportunities abroad can come to you in many ways besides the ones discussed above. Sometimes, you can directly get calls from interested recruiters based on your online profiling and project experiences. This can be a life-changing experience for you if you can reach out to the exact recruiters looking for candidates like you.
To sum up, I would say the only thing is stopping you from having a career abroad is that you have not tried to app. Once you get accepted, other process is a piece of cake though it might need time and rigorous visa process. Believe that you as a Bangladeshi are nothing less than who are already working for these foreign companies. Start digging out information you require, be resilient with your plan. Affirmatively, things will come around for you sooner than you think.
