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What's my best bet for emigrating to the EU as a mechanical engineer? I only speak English fluently, used to speak Spanish but never maintained it. Was looking into Sweden but didn't get very far.
Are there any Ukrainian organizations that could arrange transport/visa in exchange for service? I've definitely got the skills to fly/build/design drones and know how to shoot what I aim at, but I'm capable of more than that as well. I would rather contribute to a cause I believe in than have any hand in building a fascist America.
For your profession, there should be plenty of companies where English is spoken, irregardless of the country. In my previous company, we had engineers from all over and while English was everyones second language, it was the only common one we had so that was spoken. I'd first try to choose a country you like or where immigration is easy and focus on finding employment there.
Germany always needs engineers, and a lot of companies use English as a main language. So far it's very easy for an American to get a visa, as long as have a job, and the jov market is very active
Germany would be pretty excellent actually, the part of Wisconsin I grew up in has a long German heritage. I did look into it, but my German ancestors came over in the 1850s which appeared to disqualify me from automatic citizenship. Are there websites or recruiting companies that specialize in finding jobs in the EU for foreigners? Thank you!
I would say try finding a job that sponsors a visa.
It's quite hard to move between EU countries nowadays even if you are a citizen, there is a lot of nationalistic sentiment going on and if you only speak English, companies in a bunch of countries will straight out say no, even if they would sponsor you.
Yeah, this is what I've heard. I'm absolutely willing to learn a new language, but understand that 'willing to learn' and 'already knows' are two different things. Do you know of any websites that aggregate job postings with visa sponsorships?
I'd be a much happier person if I knew any.
Most job posting websites are inundated with crap postings, it's hard enough to find a job posting that has an actual job behind it, and not just some shitty HR company collecting data. And the market is in a downturn, some of those people laid off in a wave are still looking for jobs.
Don't get me wrong, I hope for the best for you, and I hope you get to make the move, it's just that I had a very recent, very bad experience with the whole thing.
All I can say is that job postings vary by country, it's like social media, one country is all Linkedin, the next one will go all on Indeed, some places will have their own platforms... try researching a specific country.
Yeah, that's what I've found so far as well, mostly crap postings (though frankly it feels little different in the US). I've had Sweden in mind for awhile, have done some digging and have the Pimsleur Swedish course downloading. Found an email for an aerospace professor with research in my field of interest but haven't reached out yet. Did reach out to a former professor/research lead to pick his brain about emigrating in general this morning but haven't heard back yet.
Frankly though, the career, mission, dream I was striving for is in the hands of a manchild throwing fascist salutes at the US presidential inauguration and that pisses me the fuck off. I'm trained as an engineer but am not opposed to wearing multiple hats, Ukraine looks like it could use a hand and I'm all about mutual aid.
Things are bad here too. As a US citizen you will be paying tax twice if you work here, you'll never quite fully feel at home for about 8 years, and (most importantly) you'll miss the cultural banter you grew up with.
US isn't a country, it's practically a continent. There are plenty of places to knuckle through the next few years, but I'm telling you now - Europe isn't the safe haven you think it is.
If you work in a country the US considers friendly then you can deduct some large amount from your foreign salary before you pay taxes to be the US (like $90k or so?). If you make more than that you can deduct the foreign taxes paid from the remainder. Since taxes are higher in most European countries, you don't end up paying tax twice (Switzerland has lower taxes I think, and maybe others).
I'm not looking for a safe haven; did the Ukraine question not make that clear? I am looking to contribute my mental labor to a country with a functioning social contract. I put a lot of time and work into this degree to escape the anti-intellectualism of rural Midwest USA, but it appears the anti-intellectualism made it out before I did so now I must look further afield.
I hope you find what you're looking for then