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We desperately want out of the US so I've been trying to find a tech job in Ireland since 2024. I've had one interview in that time... how did you do it?
It's possible to get jobs in other countries with English-only. Sorry I don't have specifics, and of course that isn't a guarantee, but I know this to be true at least in the Nordics. Some companies even communicate in English internally.
Though if you do emigrate into a country where english is not the native language, still prepare to learn the local language(s), even if you can work in english. If you don't, you'll never be fully part of the society, and things are a lot harder
Yeah, my work in my non-anglophone country is all in English unless we're in a non-recorded verbal meeting and confirm no foreigners present.
Have you tried recruitment agencies? They're unusually popular here and might help you get over the hump.
I've sent emails to fourteen different recruitment agencies based in Ireland, places like:
redchairrecruitment.ie gcsltd.com/ireland randstad.ie
I used erfireland.com to search for recruitment agencies and just went down the list sending emails. The only one to respond was red chair and they essentially said "you're in the US so you're fucked, glhf".
If you know of one (or twenty) I could try, please do send them my way!
I have a British parent, got the passport about 15 years ago. Unfortunately my wife and child need visas to live here, we have to deal with that in a couple months again, and continue until they're eligible for leave to remain. I think my kid can naturalize in a while, but my wife will need to seek citizenship if Reform gets into power.
Honestly, just get the citizenship now, rather than later (if feasible); I know it's a different country so things certainly aren't a necessary one-to-one but my mom's side of the family is all immigrants and, while it might not be safe for much longer in the U. S., I'm thankful every day we're not dealing with a much more immediate Hell because they all got their citizenship finally 10–15 years ago, when conditions were much less pressing.
You're probably right. She's still a little burnt out on high stakes testing after going back through uni for a new career, but we'll probably seek it as soon as they're both eligible.