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I think you got it reversed. Most people go to Europe (or most first world really) FIRST as a student, get an understanding of the place + connection + trust and THEN apply for job. It's good I think that you want to be prepared for the study, but usually programs that welcomes international students don't strictly require that and instead offer it too, as part of study Applying for job out of the blue is notoriously hard, even with right qualifications (IT for example) at right time (not recession). Even my EU citizen friend struggled finding job in London (pre-brexit), another got a "work-application visa" in Netherlands, and didn't find anything for a year, even with a degree from an EU university. She got an offer too late, by contact in her previous residence, so still it was through networking. You can still ofc find jobs. There are forums, job boards, events to connect with people. But for Europe, unlike US you're well protected as a worker. This makes hiring more risky and employer a bit more cautious, which means you're extra disadvantaged as a guy applying from abroad, because they can't gauge trust. Networking (knowing right people, have the right degree/school/job on your resume) is still powerful in Europe. As for my story: was (kind of?) expat in Japan for 5 years, although my mother is Japanese (but I'm born and raised in Europe) so being able to speak the language & understand culture put me in a native-expat middle ground. I found a job through an "IT Talent from abroad recruitment service". Many of my expat/migrant coworkers found job the same way, although they usually had PhD or Master degree to help their visa application. Still, the biggest help to land a job was the language fluency + I had gone to an exchange program at one of their top 3 university (although only for 6 month, enough to land "trust points") |