Dont limit yourself to one location when looking for IT work - CareerAlley

Don’t limit yourself to one location when looking for IT work - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Saint Augustine Have you ever considered moving overseas for a job? If the answers no youre closing yourself off to loads of job opportunities. Of course, you may have good reason for declining any international job offers one of the most common ones being close family connections within the UK that you dont feel you can break or budgetary limitations. Of course, theres nothing wrong with this, but if you are free to move away from your home country you should definitely be widening the net on your job searches. The West has long been thought of as being home to the leading locations for IT work, with the United States having topped the annual industry report by the Economist Intelligence Unit year on year. The UK also has a strong base of IT companies thanks to large cities with a focus on digital media such as Manchester and London, but if youre thinking about moving overseas for work you should definitely consider Asia. A number of Asian countries snuck further up the list this year than ever before, which means that the East is slowly catching up with the West. Singapore, for instance, ranked in third place this year, making it one of the best countries in the entire world for employment within the IT sector. Many of the best software producers either have their headquarters in Singapore or at least a branch in the country. Singapore is increasingly becoming home to some huge IT companies, such as IBM and Dimension Data, while also having new IT businesses springing up all over the place, calling for increased demand in qualified IT personnel. If youre searching for Singapore IT jobs but are coming up empty handed, dont worry. All you need is the help of a professional who can give you the assistance you need in your job searches this is where a recruitment agent can take over and complete all of the job applications for you. However, moving overseas for work does pose a few difficulties; most notably the language barrier. You should never relocate to another country without first attempting to pick up some of the basics in terms of language, although knowing about the culture as well will go a long way to improving your stay there! Never make such a drastic move without thinking it through first, as once youve signed your work contract it would look very bad if you turned tail and ran back to the UK. As long as youre certain that its what you want youre guaranteed to enjoy a new life and career in Singapore. Angela Davies is a writer for the web team at Nicoll Curtin, an international IT recruitment agency working across a wide range of sectors including finance, commercial, public and banking technology jobs. This is a Guest post. If you would like to submit a guest post to CareerAlley, please follow these guest post guidelines. Good luck in your search. Visit me on Facebook