If you were to emigrate then which country would you go to, and why?

Egon said:
France

French wife... bi-lingual children... just worried about the job prospects.

I'm 33, well settled, nice house, good job.... if I move, I feel like I'd be starting again!
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If you can find them, the big international businesses that speak English as their main business language are the ones to go for. They do exist, but harder to find.

Switzerland where I am speak Swiss German, not normal German (of which I know very little anyway) but a dialect which is not possible to be taught as there are no written rules. Business language day to day is all English though.
 
randomshenans said:
If you can find them, the big international businesses that speak English as their main business language are the ones to go for. They do exist, but harder to find.

Switzerland where I am speak Swiss German, not normal German (of which I know very little anyway) but a dialect which is not possible to be taught as there are no written rules. Business language day to day is all English though.
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Alsace - nice wine :)

Where to look? Any pointers?
 
I wonder if Canadian forums have people asking why they have so many immigrants coming over taking their jobs?
 
randomshenans said:
Cheap Pinot Gris and Riesling coming out my ears.

Depends on what you do, really?
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Gewurztraminer is a personal fave.

I teach Computing & ICT at A-level... therefore finding ready made jobs hard to find. Love my job, but it makes a change in career more difficult.

I started out in ICT & Network support so that is an option, but I'd imagine my lack of experience and not keeping up with the times would hinder any application.
 
I'm 20 nothing tying me down here at all, I should really consider looking for jobs in NZ or Canada, would love to live in either.
 
Egon said:
Gewurztraminer is a personal fave.

I teach Computing & ICT at A-level... therefore finding ready made jobs hard to find. Love my job, but it makes a change in career more difficult.

I started out in ICT & Network support so that is an option, but I'd imagine my lack of experience and not keeping up with the times would hinder any application.
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See if Nestle have any vacancies. When we looked at French Switzerland they were the go to employer.
 
[FnG]magnolia;23719592 said:
This is mostly ill-informed and I don't have the time nor patience to correct you. Regardless, it doesn't sound like a good move for you.
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I'd be intrigued for you to correct me, i'm currently working with a friend who is over here on a 2 year working visa, they are from Whangaparaoa and came over here in June 2012. From what i've seen on trademe.nz, property over that area is expensive, a 1 bed property works out around $300nz per week, that's about the best i've seen in Whangaparaoa, i've been doing extensive research lately about living in NZ as i'd love to go there eventually, and i may well do depending on my situation. Yes, i've been going of what other British expats have experienced online, and whilst a lot of it is positive (as i'd have hoped), there is some negetivity, i guess each person has their own views. However, there seems to be a pattern that you work a longer week in NZ than we do over here, yet NZ supposedly offers 'a better work / life balance'.

I've done a lot of real time comparisons of general prices in UK / NZ, using the likes of 'countdown.nz' for groceries, autotrader.co.nz for cars, i haven't checked for white goods/ electricals yet tbh. Yes, your GST is 15% but that's on food too which makes your groceries more expensive than they are over here, however, i'm informed that your produce is much fresher over there, and it's wise to make use of the farmers markets etc for local produce. I would go to NZ and i would be open minded about the whole experience. Please don't think i'm trying to **** NZ off, on the contrary, i think it's a great country, and i've been researching it because i would like to end up there in the next couple of years - again, depending on what happens here in UK.
 
Australia probably:

-Went there on honeymoon and liked it
-Some friends emigrated there
-English speaking
-High demand for our skills
-Good wages
-Generally regarded as a pretty good place to bring up children
 
Somewhere hotter is all. Seriously. I notice in the UK we are all so much happier and active, when the sun shines. I think if I really did it though it would probably have to be somewhere where English was native language which is quite limiting.
 
Lots of Brits want to go to Australia, however London is flooded with Aussies and they don't want to go back, they love it here! Whats all that about then, grass is greener do you reckon?
 
psyk_one said:
Lots of Brits want to go to Australia, however London is flooded with Aussies and they don't want to go back, they love it here! Whats all that about then, grass is greener do you reckon?
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Fresh starts and all that! You can leave all the horrible things you have done in the past, and move on, creating a new life for yourself and a fresh perspective of you from others in a new country.
 
wez130 said:
I'd be intrigued for you to correct me, i'm currently working with a friend who is over here on a 2 year working visa, they are from Whangaparaoa and came over here in June 2012. From what i've seen on trademe.nz, property over that area is expensive, a 1 bed property works out around $300nz per week, that's about the best i've seen in Whangaparaoa,
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As in the UK, the relative price of accomodation goes down as you add more rooms (price per room I mean) so a 1 bed apartment will be expensive I'd imagine. Totality and I have discussed this in another thread; he's managed to get a great price on a big house for a very small price compared to the cost of our house in Auckland, so location - again like the UK - will play a huge part in the cost.

i've been doing extensive research lately about living in NZ as i'd love to go there eventually, and i may well do depending on my situation. Yes, i've been going of what other British expats have experienced online, and whilst a lot of it is positive (as i'd have hoped), there is some negetivity, i guess each person has their own views. However, there seems to be a pattern that you work a longer week in NZ than we do over here, yet NZ supposedly offers 'a better work / life balance'.
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I'm relatively senior in one of the bigger banks in NZ and I rarely work more than 40 hours per week. The work/life balance concept is one which the Bank embraces and not just on face value. My boss will start asking me questions if I'm continually doing overtime. I should say that this may not be a prevalent attitude across NZ as a whole and in fact I remember my wife saying that she was surprised at the shorter hours the UK employer expects when we lived there.

I've done a lot of real time comparisons of general prices in UK / NZ, using the likes of 'countdown.nz' for groceries, autotrader.co.nz for cars, i haven't checked for white goods/ electricals yet tbh. Yes, your GST is 15% but that's on food too which makes your groceries more expensive than they are over here, however, i'm informed that your produce is much fresher over there, and it's wise to make use of the farmers markets etc for local produce.
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This is mostly true. The bread we buy is 5 dollars a loaf so more than 2 pounds 50 which we would never have paid in the UK. We have no Tescos so food, particularly fruit, is very seasonal and is seasonally priced, i.e. the price of peppers will go from $1 for a red pepper in season to $4 out of season (if you can even get them). The car market is an unfair comparison as the choice here compared to the UK is almost entirely non-comparable both for cost and model type. In short, if you like your Japanase cars then you have a huge variety of options open to you which are non-existent in the UK. On the other hand, European cars are hilariously over-priced.

I would go to NZ and i would be open minded about the whole experience. Please don't think i'm trying to **** NZ off, on the contrary, i think it's a great country, and i've been researching it because i would like to end up there in the next couple of years - again, depending on what happens here in UK.
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I'm sorry if I was a bit snappy earlier as it seems that you actually have put some effort in to research. Sorry. NZ is a great place but it has its flaws - you just have to work out if the expected benefits are worth the risk of uprooting. I would never dream of going back to the UK but we have an established group of friends and family over most of NZ due primarily to my wife being a kiwi and us both integrating into a different culture and not just trying to transplant our UK lives in to a different country. That is, in my opinion, why most go-home Brits end up going home : because they want to make NZ like a sunnier, happier Britain yet holding on to all the things which make the UK crap.
 
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