move international, then find a job?
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There are two ways you can do this:
1) Start looking for a job wherever you want to move from the US, so that you have a gig waiting for you when you move, and possibly score some relocation assistance. Downside: It requires you to probably be more aggressive than usual, in terms of emailing, phone calls and so on, in order to demonstrate you're serious. You should also figure out what it is about you that an agency would want to hire from abroad, over a local.
2) You can jump off the edge of the pool, and kick around the country you want to move to for three months or so (the general length of time you can be in a country as a tourist), and job-hunt from there. This gives you the advantage of being able to present yourself in person for interviews. Downside: you need money, and lots of it, cos you'll be living in a hostel - more than likely - and not letting a flat. You could also try to befriend locals and do some sofa-surfing. And you'll still need to convince an employer why he should hire a foreigner over a local.
Either way, it's not impossible by any means. Just requires and awful lot of patience and dedication.
Good luck.
- PS: Headhunters are balls-out useless, here. Avoid them at all costs.Continuity
- For the record, I'm in the process of Option 1.Continuity