duke From Canada, joined Sep 1999, 1135 posts, RR: 2 Posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1366 times:
In July, I returned to Canada after being a Prague expat for almost 7 years, during which I got Czech permanent residency. Now, over 8 months later, I find myself missing my big circle of Czech friends and working at a job I hate.
With this post, I am offcially kicking off research for better job opportunities. This is a long shot, but what I'd really like to find out is if I could possibly get a job where I could spend part of the year in CZ and part in Canada (not necessarily half-half, I could spend more time in one country).
I would even consider returning to Prague, but then I think I'd really have to make enough money to be able to at least visit Canada now and then.
Any suggestions in what fields/type of organization I could start looking for a job that would allow me some going back and forth?
Just to give some background: I don't have a glowing education or career but have a B.A. and have taught TEFL during all my Prague years. Before that, I held some jobs that involved research and clerical tasks. What I am presently doing ("search engine optimisation") I will not count as that is not in almost any way related to anything I see myself doing, nor do I see how it could help me get an international job. I have also done some copy editing and translation (e.g. Czech-English). That, in a nutshell, is my education/experience; otherwise, languages are my big "specialty". Besides English, I speak:
Czech (very fluent)
Serbian (very fluent)
French (fluent)
German (lower-intermediate)
I don't know in which field there might be some kind of possibility for what I'm looking for: tourism? Beer marketing? etc. Any suggestions and pointers are welcome.
CPDC10-30 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 4759 posts, RR: 26 Reply 1, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1317 times:
The organisation that I work for is named after a Northern California city, and is best known for making networking related boxes with blinky lights. They have offices almost everywhere, and a big perk is that (with my manager's approval), I can work out of any other office. I just bring my laptop, use my access card to get into the office, find a hot desk and start working. I am originally from Canada, so I usually spend a few weeks a year working out of the office in Toronto.
The company doesn't pay for my travel (as it is at my initiative and not theirs), but it is a fantastic benefit.
There may be other companies out there that have a similar policy - likely IT firms.
fxramper From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 7027 posts, RR: 93 Reply 2, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1305 times:
I flew 350,000+ miles last year and am moving to an east coast city to commute easier for work. If you want to travel for work, go with a global transportation company.
wn700driver From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 1256 times:
Quoting CPDC10-30 (Reply 1):
The organisation that I work for is named after a Northern California city, and is best known for making networking related boxes with blinky lights.
OMG, you work for Lee Vining Blinky Box Systems too? Awesome!
Aeroflot777 From Russia, joined Mar 2004, 2957 posts, RR: 30 Reply 4, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 1243 times:
SEO is very important nowadays, so you are in hot demand is you have good experience with it.
If you are good at SEO, and feel like you have the potential to increase a company's online presence - you can truly push yourself in many online marketing positions to almost any company regardless of industry. The best way to market yourself (which I hope you have already done) is taken some critical snippets of your SEO progress and slabbed it onto your resume. Actual numbers speak millions - even simple data such as company growth on Alexa and Compete rankings, coupled together with page encryption that has generated significant traffic and link buildup to your webpages is enough to captivate the interest of a potential employer, regardless of which side of the pond.
My advice is optimize your resume and start shooting it out to various companies on both continents - you are bound to find something.
duke From Canada, joined Sep 1999, 1135 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (2 years 2 months 2 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 1105 times:
Quoting Aeroflot777 (Reply 4): SEO is very important nowadays, so you are in hot demand is you have good experience with it.
If you are good at SEO, and feel like you have the potential to increase a company's online presence - you can truly push yourself in many online marketing positions to almost any company regardless of industry. The best way to market yourself (which I hope you have already done) is taken some critical snippets of your SEO progress and slabbed it onto your resume. Actual numbers speak millions - even simple data such as company growth on Alexa and Compete rankings, coupled together with page encryption that has generated significant traffic and link buildup to your webpages is enough to captivate the interest of a potential employer, regardless of which side of the pond.
My advice is optimize your resume and start shooting it out to various companies on both continents - you are bound to find something.
Thanks for the observation, Aeroflot777, it's just that I don't wish to stay in SEO. I simply don't like it and can't wait to get out of it.
Boeing744 From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 1770 posts, RR: 25 Reply 6, posted (2 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 1052 times:
If you are bilingual French-English and then speak two other languages very well, I would recommend applying for jobs with the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. It is hard to get in to but with your languages you could perhaps find a junior position somewhere. The problem is that you may not always get to choose where you live, but with your languages obviously the Czech Republic and former Yugoslavia would be likely. A lot of DFAIT workers also spend part of the year in Canada. Pretty good pay and benefits too...
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