Secure a Job in UK (Before the Move)

Thanks jojoeleos for your note!! I would like to take a tele-sales, telemarketing job initially and keep trying for better opportunity.. I would be flying to London on Jan 2012 and I hope to find few job leads there!!

Hi Tony,

Do you have a EU passport or have you applied for a work visa already?

The job market is very difficult at the moment, it is very rare to be able to secure a job before moving to the UK. Only people with highly desirable skills might be able to do this (if the employer can`t find in anyone in the UK).

Joanne

Hi Joanne,

Appreciate your note!! I am working a business Development Manager for a USA based company for past few years and also having experience working with UK market(British Telecom/Energy Helpline etc). Now, I am arriving London to do an MBA in Marketing/eCommerce.. so, I have one year to search for better job. I am aware from all my friends living there that UK market is not that good as usual. However, I would like to find a sales/marketing job so I could get direct experience working in UK market!!

I am having couple of job opportunities to work as freelancer(Dir. Business Development) for few Indian companies but I anticipate to work for a small/medium size British company while I am studying. I am hoping that everything works for me as planned!!

Tony

ok so you will be here on a student visa and entitled to work up to 20 hours a week. It is not my line of work but I can see quite often job offers in sales. Normally working in sales means a basic salary + bonus (where most of your pay comes for the bonuses)..I don`t know if it is what you are use to.
If you are only looking for some work experience in the UK then yes I think that would be great, I would just like to add that if you are looking to be here on a more permanent basis please note that the government is putting a curb on immigration and are making it very difficult for anyone to stay in the UK permanently.

I am wishing you good luck with your job hunting !

Thanks Joanne!! Currently, I cannot ask for a better job than a regular sales/marketing job. I know that I would be taking a huge risk moving to London but I am confident to find a job there a stay back once I am done with my course. I am also prepared to face the negative side of it!! I am having a hand full experience working for leading Online retailers so I hope that after my course, I could grab a better job if not in Uk then any part of Europe..

Nice meeting you and thanks again for the valuable suggestions!!

- Tony

The job market is ridiculous right now in the U.K.  Extremely hard to find work....twice as hard for expats.  Helpful if you have a right to work in the U.K. already.  I was pretty desperate for a long time when I lost my job.  Really glad that Scentsy came over to the U.K. because it saved me and gave me a chance to get an income of my own.

I heard that everything would be in right place at beginning of 2012.. I wish to see how things would be in UK for next One year, meanwhile I am going to complete my mater degree in marketing/e commerce!!

Christinej was lucky to find a job and hope everybody like me who goes to UK would be lucky I am still confused, everybody say that there are "NO JOB's" and may I know the reason why this is so? UK, is a country with Large, Medium, Small size companies and yet no jobs is a shocking news!! Or, is this applicable only for expats?

Hard to say why...but the thing is is that for every job there's like 500+ people applying.

Well, it is disappointing to hear negative impression about richest country of the world, sometimes it happens but this is not an end!! I really hope that this opinion changes soon :-)

I know its not the end....and I've started my own Scenty business like I mentioned...plus I do photography.

You can see what I do at
ldnwicklesscandles.com

and cmjolley.etsy.com

Wow!! You are an inspiration Thanks for the link, I will be checking it soon..

hi joh,

inbox me.
i have some ideas for you.

marilyn1001 wrote:

hi joh,

inbox me.
i have some ideas for you.

This a really old thread you are posting on.