The best country to work as an Expat, depending on your career

Wether your dream has always been to live abroad, or that for different reasons you're considering emigrating as an option, we know that taking this decision entails facing a variety of legal procedures, obstacles and/or problematics. One of the most important things you'll need to develop yourself professionally in another country, besides getting a Visa or work permit, is to have an internacional health insurance. You might even need an insurance to get a Visa, depending on the country. On InternationalHealth.com you'll be able to compare, quote and hire the international health insurance that best fits both your needs and the requirements for your Visa. Besides, you'll be able to access information about the Healthcare Systems from countries around the world, so you can be prepared when choosing a new destination 😉. 

Another big thing to consider if you're thinking of like as an Expat, is the career you've followed, since you might get better job opportunities in certain countries depending on your profession. In this IH Blog article, we'll tell you what countries you should move to, depending on your professional career. 

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The best countries for Engineers ⚙️🎓

Engineering is one of the most studied majors, besides being highly demanded by the work market. The different knowledges studied in this field are pretty much the same across the world, not varying much from one country to another (besides specific details), which makes this career a great option if you're thinking of a life abroad. These are the best countries for you to develop yourself professionally as an engineer, depending on your specialization. 

👉🏻 Australia

Australia is a safe country, where people have a high life quality and a great Healthcare and Education System. With an average yearly income of 44.000 USD for engineers, this country is one of the ones which job market demands more engineers, mostly in the fields of civil, mechanical, systems, electric, mining and petroleum engineering. The local Government pretends to invest 75.000 million annually in infrastructure, which has made the engineering demand even higher.

👉🏻 Germany

Germany is a country located in central Europe, with a great life quality and excellent healthcare system. According to platforms like Make it in Germany, engineering professionals in this country can make, in average, 40.000 Euros yearly at an entry level. Other specializations well valued in Germany are telecommunications, aeronautics and systems engineering. 

👉🏻 Switzerland

Switzerland is a country rich in wonderful landscapes, making it perfect for the photography and outdoor life lovers. Different studies have shown a lack of qualified workforce, which would lead to a deficit in the next 10 years. This is reflected in the field of engineering, where the country needs professionals specialized in civil, mechanical, electric and chemical engineering. 

👉🏻 Sweden 

Sweden is a country that enjoys a high life quality, perfect for those who enjoy the cold weather. This nordic country is experimenting a boom in StartUps development, which makes finding jobs as a software or IT engineer possible. 

👉🏻 Canada

One of the things that draw the attention of those looking to emigrate to Canada, is the benefits this country offers to those willing to move there. Depending on the region of the country you move to, yo could access both economic benefits and cultural adaptation program for your kids. The engineering field in Canada shows great growth, and possesses a great demand of mechanical, electric, project, processes, manufacturing and civil engineers.  You have to keep in mind that, in order to work as an engineer in this country, you'll have to get a specific license. 

👉🏻 United Kingdom

Famous for its history and monarchy, the United Kingdom is one of the richest European countries in petroleum and gas, always requiring of specialized engineers to cover those fields. BIM methodology is becoming more and more followed in this country, which makes the posibilites to find a job bigger for you if you're an expert on them. 

The best countries for the economy, trading and business professionals📈💰

Where to emigrate if you're a professional of the economy, trading and/or business field will depend on what you want to dedicate yourself to. If what you want is to start your own business, these countries are ideal for you 😉.

👉🏻 Germany

This European country possesses the fourth biggest economy of the world and a transparent entrepreneurial culture, a highly qualified workforce and politics that favor entrepreneurship. With a series of cities know as business centers, you'll be able to communicate in english without much trouble across the country. You have to keep in mind though, that this country's tributary code is quite complex, and you'll probably need to hire an advisor to guide you through all processes. 

👉🏻 Japan

This culturally traditional country is generating high impact innovations at a global scale, and the facilities to innovate are becoming more frequent. Tokio is the heart of the Japanese economy, and counts with a large number of immigrants that can help you make a contact network to make entrepreneurship in this country easier. Even though you'll find people in Tokio to communicate in english with, being a highly traditional country as it is, it will be fundamental for you to learn the local language and submerge yourself in the Japanese culture and customs. 

👉🏻 United States

This country is still the one many choose as a destination, trying to make the “American Dream” come true. In this country, failure is considered a part of the learning process, which is the reason why many people are still daring to launch their business projects here. There is an entrepreneurial culture, where you will not only find the necessary bases tu start your own business, but also access advisories with those who already did it successfully. 

You should be aware -and you can probably already imagine it- of the fact that you'll be facing a ton of competition, and in order to stand out you'll have to really make an impact. This is one of the biggest challenges of entrepreneurship in this country. 

👉🏻Switzerland

Switzerland is one of the leaders in international bank and finances, and has become a center for cryptocurrency and blockchain-bounded StartUps. According to Nabil Haghdy, operative manager of Status, there are plenty of projects based on cryptocurrencies that choose this country as their main headquarter, amongst many other international businesses, due to the neutrality and stability of the country. The challenge is to integrate oneself to the high costs of life in Switzerland, which -even though it's very high- is positively reflected in the education system and in the daily lifestyle. 

The best countries for professional in the communications field 📰🎤

👉🏻 Denmark

One of the biggest things to keep in mind if you want to work as a journalist abroad is safety. According to different studies, and although there have been some confrontations in the past few years, Denmark is one of the safest countries for journalists thanks to their legislations regarding liberty of speech. According to Work in Denmark, this country need professionals in the field of communications y ITs. You have to keep in count that the oficial language is Dansk, and it will be much more easier for you to find a job in any field if you can communicate fluently in this language. 

👉🏻 Norway

This nordic country not only has a great life quality and marvelous landscapes, but also counts with a solid legal framework for journalism and press development. You should know though, that the possibilities of finding a job in the communications field aren't as high as in others like engineering, and you'll need to know the local language.

👉🏻 Finland

This nordic country is the happiest across the world, and according to data delivered by the organization Reporters without Borders, is also the safest one to work in journalism. Having been the first country to prohibit censorship in 1776, it offers professionals in the communications field developing their carriers with freedom of speech. 

To those professionals interested in Marketing, Finland could be a great option to find a job abroad, being the second most digitalized country in the EU right behind Estonia. That is why Finland is constantly requiring professionals bounded to the development of digital communication strategies. 

👉🏻 United States

As you can probably imagine, if you're a professional in Marketing and Advertising, the USA is one of the most attractive countries for your professional development. Even though this country offers great job opportunities for this type of professionals, overall in cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco, obtaining a work permit or work visa can be quite complicated since you'll be needing a sponsorship.

The best countries for architects and designers 🎨📐

👉🏻 Sweden 

Sweden offers equality between men and woman in the architecture field, besides offering a postnatal of 60 weeks for women, 8,5 for year. Professionals in the field scarce, and according to different studies, 2 out of 3 architecture firms are looking to hire. Thanks to its stable growth, on of the Swedish Government's goals by 2025 is to build around 700.000 households. 

Besides, the public sector is also growing and requires professionals for the building of hospitals, schools, general infrastructure, etc., which makes the lack of architects nowadays an obstacle to the country's growth. As a professional in the field, you'll have bigger chances of finding a good job. 

👉🏻 Norway

With a postnatal of 34 weeks and 12 weeks for woman and men, respectively, this nordic country also is in need of architecture professionals. This country requires professionals able to work, amongst others, in the field of construction. Given that, they have opened their doors to qualified foreigners. You should be aware that, even when able to live your day to day life speaking english, it will be really important for you to learn the Norwegian language in order to find a job. 

On the other hand, if you're a designer, you probably know about the boom of Swedish design, the nordic style and minimalism it offers to the world. In Norway, your innovative ideas in design will be well received and will inspire you for your future professional development. 

👉🏻 Denmark

Danish design is recognized across the world, specially in the field of furniture design. Besides, if you like the nordic style, you'll get plenty inspiration living in cities like Copenhague or Aarhus.On the other hand, as an architect you can inspire yourself with Hygge applied even to the infrastructure of the country.  You need to know that, even though this country might be tempting in terms of inspiration and design and architecture history, it might be hard to find a job opportunity in the field. Your chances will be better if you can speak the local language and not only english. 

👀 Anyways, there are many cities you could develop your career as a designer, such as Berlin, New York, Milan, etc. However, remember nowadays, as a graphic designer for example, you could work remotely and from anywhere in the world, living as a Digital Nomad. If you want to know more about this lifestyle, you can read the following article:

👉🏻 The ultimate guide to becoming a Digital Nomad and work while traveling the world 🗺️
 

The best countries for professionals in the fields of gastronomy, hospitality and tourism  🧑🏻‍🍳🗺️

👉🏻 France

This European country is famous amongst tourists not only for its tourist attractions, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Versailles Palace, but also for its vineyards and countryside and their magnificent coastal towns.  All these attractions make tourism and hospitality professionals highly demanded. Besides, France has one of the best gastronomies across the world, with plates like onion soup and escargot and french patisseries. 

You should be aware that you'll find a lot of competition in these fields, but there are many foreigners that have successfully moved to France and found a job. Many also provide guided tours to visitants coming form their country of origin. 

👉🏻 Spain

The great Iberian country is famous for its Paellas and Churros, in the gastronomic field, and for its wide variety of landscapes and architecture. Spain is the third most visited country in the world, which means that personnel in the areas of hospitality, tourism and gastronomy is always welcomed. One of the biggest advantages you'll have as a a spanish speaker is that you wont have any trouble with the local language except when going to regions where they speak galician, catalan, euskera, aragonese or valencian. Anyways, you should not have any trouble communicating in spanish across the entire country. 

👉🏻 United States

The American giant offers a wide variety of landscapes and activities throughout its whole territory. From the Big Apple in the east coast, to Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the west, the USA attracts over 70 million people each year, which makes it ideal for the fields of hospitality and tourism. Regarding gastronomy, the best option is to work at a speciality Restaurant: the USA is a multicultural country with a large number of immigrants coming from all over the world, who would surely appreciate having a piece of their country in the gastronomy.

The best countries to work as a Teacher 👩🏼‍🏫

👉🏻 Luxembourg

Having the performance of their Education System, salaries offered to teaching personnel and life quality of the country in consideration, this small European country is ideal for you if you studied teaching. Specially if you speak a language different to the local one: foreign language professors are usually welcomed.

👉🏻Switzerland

Even though the cost of living in this country is pretty high, in comparison to other jobs, teachers are greatly valued. The education system in this country is highly qualified, which also allows the high development index of the country. Switzerland is a centric country in the European continent, which will make it easy for you to get to know other places. Besides, this country is located at the feet of the Alps, giving it fairytale-worthy landscapes.

👉🏻 Japan

The teacher figure is very respected in this country's culture, which makes Japan a great place to teach. Salary depends on the years of professional experience, but even at an entry level, teaching is a well valued job. You have to keep in mind, though, that the work schedules for professors in Japan are one of the most extensive and time consuming, which can be a point against emigrating there. 

The best countries to work as a Doctor 👩‍⚕️🩺

👉🏻 Ireland

This European country is one of the ones that pay their doctors best, both general and specialized, and is at present in need of professionals to make front to its increasing population. Have in mind that, being an english speaking country, you will have to hace extensive knowledge of the language and certifications to endorse your proficiency.

👉🏻 Canada

This country not only offers an excellent life quality, but is also known for welcoming qualified immigrants with cultural adaptation programs and even economic benefits, in some cases. Canada faces a lack of medical professional, because many have emigrated to the USA in search of a higher salary. Nonetheless, the pay in Canada is good. This is why the government offers the possibility to migrate, work and getting the permanent residence to medical professionals (and others). You need to keep in count you'll need to be able to communicate in english and/or french, depending on the region you migrate to. 

👉🏻 The Netherlands

Are you a specialized doctor? Then The Netherlands are a great option for you if you're planning on leaving your home country and live as an Expat, since specialized doctors make significantly more money than a general one. You have to keep in mind that, just like in other countries, you'll have to be able to speak the local language.

👉🏻 Australia

Similar to the Dutch case, specialized doctor have better salaries than general ones in Australia, sometimes even 3 times better. Australia attracts many foreigners because of the great life quality, mild weather and outdoor life. You'll have to speak english in order to practice as a Doctor.

Watch out for this! 👀

Keep in mind that all countries mentioned in this article aren't necessarily the only ones or the absolute best for each profession. It's important for you to take not only the work conditions and life quality a country offers into consideration, but you own personal characteristics, besides your professional career, as well. For example, if you have travel adapting to a radically different culture, or languages are not your thing, then moving to certain countries might not be ideal or be a really big challenge for you.

On the other hand, you should be aware that you'll need an homologation of your professional title in order to be able to practice in another country, besides a work permit or visa, and even some language certifications and others. You can find out more about the specifics you'll need in each case visiting the website of the embassy or consulate corresponding to the country you're interested in. 

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