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Forbes
29-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Where To Move Abroad For Worker Visas, Remote Jobs And Digital Nomads
Best Places To Move Abroad – For Worker Visas, Remote Jobs And Digital Nomads The US job market is softening. Layoff announcements are at their highest since the pandemic. Even younger employees are having a tough time – 75% of graduating college students don't have a job yet, according to a survey from this month. If the US job market is getting you down, consider expanding your search abroad. There are various resources that recommend places to move abroad which could increase your work opportunities, whether you're looking for a job, have a job or have a remote business. Latvia, Ireland and Iceland take the top three spots respectively in the Global Worker Visa Rankings by Remitly. Latvia benefits from a low application fee and short processing time, though it's not the cheapest (that's Italy). Canada actually issued the most worker visas as of 2023, and it placed ninth on the last Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia take the top three spots in 20 Cheapest Countries To Live and Work in 2025 by The Working Traveler. Earning a US salary while living in a lower cost-of-living country can enable you to save more money – known as geo-arbitrage to followers of the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement. Even if you don't save money, you'll experience a new culture and community. Costa Rica, Georgia and Thailand are numbers 1, 2 and 3 forBest Countries For Digital Nomads In 2025 by Nomad Capitalist. Judging criteria includes safety, digital nomad community, immigration policy, tax policy and investment opportunity. Costa Rica has a specific digital nomad visa and a vibrant expat community. Where you want to live is a very personal choice. From a career perspective, here are three working conditions to consider: If you move to a country where English is not widely spoken, your ability to build professional and personal connections will be limited. Finally, while you might have a fully remote job or business, you still want live connection to your employer or clients some of the time. Consider how easy it is to travel, including the time, effort, and expense. If you're looking to advance in a company, consider your proximity to headquarters where your work would be visible to leaders and where you would be able to develop relationships with key decision-makers. Many countries in Southeast Asia are desirable for a low cost of living, but if your work is US-based, your schedule will be upside down by the time difference. Even if you can manage it professionally, how much will you enjoy a personal life as a night owl? Depending on how malleable your sleep schedule is, even a smaller time different might still be too disruptive. If you pick too remote a region, you may not have access to reliable, fast connectivity. If your goal is to travel regularly, you'll need to check, not just your home base, but where you plan to travel. If you're interested in moving abroad but don't have a remote job or business, you have three choices. If your job can be done remotely, negotiate for flexibility so you can move abroad without having to secure a new job. Highlight your wins to show your expertise and ability to thrive. Anticipate and counter objections by thinking through the logistics of how you would cover your role abroad. Propose a practice run, and try a fully remote schedule before moving. Or, try a short-term move abroad, which could be a beta test professionally (i.e., working remotely) and personally (i.e., living abroad). High-paying remote jobs are on the decline, according to Q1 2025 data from The Ladders. Fully remote jobs fell by 30% from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. Focus your job search on global companies with openings in the places you're interested in. This can be US-based companies with an international presence. Or look at companies headquartered abroad who are willing to hire foreign candidates. You'll need special skills or expertise to be competitive. Highlight experience working in different countries or across different cultures. Highlight language ability and/ or regional knowledge. Highlight technical skills in short supply worldwide. If you can land consulting work that can be done virtually, you have created a job for yourself. Previous employers and colleagues are a good place to start since they already know your work. However, your consulting projects don't only need to be related to your previous career. If you have a discreet marketable skill – e.g., teaching, writing, digital marketing, office support skills – you can build a project pipeline based on these skills. Finally, you can look into buying a small business that doesn't require your onsite participation.
Epoch Times
28-04-2025
- Business
- Epoch Times
New Survey Shows 75 Percent of Graduating College Students Have Yet to Secure a Job
A newly released The survey included 378 students graduating from either a four-year (78 percent) or two-year college program. ResumeTemplates chief career strategist 'It's actually what we have continued to see over the years, regardless of the economy,' she said. 'A lot of college students are in a bubble and don't even think about jobs until two weeks before graduation. Some of them are still trying to figure out exactly what they want to do.' For business and finance majors, they are definitely late to the party, as recruiters typically visit campuses to seek out potential job candidates during their junior year. Those fields are usually the first to hire, noted Toothacre, as well as anything in the health care and engineering industries. Related Stories 12/17/2024 10/28/2024 Toothacre is also a career coach and has spent many years in college career offices, designed to help students navigate their way from college to the working world. She said that many of them either don't realize how the career offices can help or are just too busy with classwork. 'A lot of them are focused on trying to get through final exams and are not thinking about next steps,' she said. Despite a lack of preparedness, one in five students say they expect to earn $70,000 or more in their first job out of college. 'While that number is realistic when you're talking about the cost of living, it's not the reality when it comes to starting salaries,' added Toothacre. She said graduates should probably expect more in the $45,000–65,000 range, depending on where the job is located. Major metropolitan areas tend to offer higher salaries, but rents are also substantially higher. Some roles, such as sales or real estate, offer unlimited earnings. 'I've had some students who want to work in real estate and make a quarter of a million dollars the first year,' Toothacre said. 'They have a 'sky's the limit' mindset. Then there's the political science majors who say they'd be happy with just $50,000 a year.' The National Association of Colleges and Employers ( For business and communications majors, the salaries are slightly less at $65,276 and $60,353, respectively. The top five degrees in demand in today's marketplace are finance, computer science, accounting, business administration, and information sciences. Courtesy of Most Graduates Won't Seek Fully Remote Jobs The survey indicates nine in 10 graduates will not seek fully remote positions. Numerous published reports have continually recognized the love of remote work by Generation Z (ages 13–28). 'This population missed out on internships during the pandemic, so I think most of them are now eager to get back into an office,' Toothacre said. 'I think they want the experience, the human interaction, and they want to learn by observing.' Stacey Cohen, founder and CEO of Co-Communications, a public relations and marketing firm in New York, has written two books designed to help college graduates market themselves and stand out with their own brand. 'Brand Up: The Ultimate Playbook for College & Career Success in the Digital World' and 'Brand Up 2.0: Propel Your Early Career Success' were inspired by her daughter's college journey and the intense competition in admissions and ultimately securing a job. 'Right now, it's a difficult market out there, and college graduates need to have the best approach and mindset to get their foot in the door,' Cohen told The Epoch Times. 'They need to be able to answer that million-dollar question, 'Why Choose You?' so they can get to the top of the list.' In her books, Cohen walks graduates through a three-step process of 'discover, develop, and deliver,' which involves a self-audit and determination of unique values. 'A lot of people step over the discover stage, but it's just like marketing a product,' she said. 'Personal branding is finding out your biggest asset that you can offer for a job.' Cohen noted that the next step is to broadcast the information to the right people. 'A lot of kids I've talked with send out hundreds of resumes but just aren't getting the results they want,' she said. 'The competition is fierce, and today, you're dealing with AI bots that are reviewing those resumes. You want to be sure to customize both your cover letter and resume, using key words listed in the job description.' Including any part-time work or volunteer experience is key to being considered for a job, Cohen said. She suggests potential job candidates create their own simple websites to showcase their work. Regarding interviews, Cohen believes in-person meetings are always better than virtual ones. If the job is located far away and virtual is the only option, her tips include having a clean background, dressing professionally, and looking directly into the camera at the interviewer. 'The most important thing is to be personable and create some common ground with the interviewer,' she said. 'You can't go in there like a robot.' Cohen also recommends sending a 'thank you' email within two hours after the interview. 'You want to be that one in 100 people—you don't want to be in the pack of 99,' she said. 'Enthusiasm and curiosity are always key.' Of those surveyed who have begun the job-seeking process, 41 percent have found a job. Of the students who have secured a job, 81 percent landed full-time roles, while about 20 percent will be working part time. More than 22 percent of the jobs were found through LinkedIn, 20 percent through their colleges' career centers or academic networks, and 17 percent through personal connections.
