{"id":16093,"date":"2009-11-18T13:31:13","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T11:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=16093"},"modified":"2013-11-16T09:29:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T07:29:28","slug":"more-u-s-job-hunters-look-for-work-in-other-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2009\/11\/18\/more-u-s-job-hunters-look-for-work-in-other-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"More U.S. job hunters look for work in other countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Paul Davidson<\/span>, USA TODAY<\/p>\n

Here’s one way to deal with the brutal U.S. job market: Leave the country.<\/p>\n

With the nation’s unemployment rate at a 26-year-high of 10.2%, more Americans are hunting for, and landing, work overseas, according to staffing companies and executive search firms.<\/p>\n

Jeff Joerres, CEO of Manpower, the No. 1 U.S. staffing company, says about 500 clients are seeking jobs abroad, up from a few dozen six months ago.<\/p>\n

“It suddenly looks like there may be better opportunities outside the U.S.,” Joerres says. “It is a phenomenon we haven’t had before.”<\/p>\n

While the number of globe-trotting job candidates is still relatively small, the trend reverses a longtime pattern of far more foreign workers seeking jobs in the U.S., Joerres says.<\/p>\n

Fifty-four percent of executives said they’d be likely or highly likely to accept a foreign post, according to a survey of 114 executives Friday by talent management company Korn\/Ferry. Just 37% of those surveyed in 2005 said they’d go abroad.<\/p>\n

The hottest international job markets include India, China, Brazil,\u00a0Dubai<\/span> and\u00a0Singapore<\/span>, recruiters say. International companies are largely seeking candidates in engineering, computer technology, manufacturing, investment banking and consulting.<\/p>\n

Although the global recession hit Asian economies, they did not suffer as deeply as the U.S. and are rebounding faster, says economist\u00a0Nariman Behravesh<\/span> of IHS\u00a0Global Insight<\/span>. Contact Singapore, which recruits executives in that country, says it’s seeking “global talent to help foster innovation” for fields such as digital games.<\/p>\n

Steve Watson<\/span>, chairman of executive search firm Stanton Chase International, says he recently sought a CEO for a Dubai manufacturer, and “three or four people quickly raised their hands. I do not think we would have had that two years ago.”<\/p>\n

After completing his junior year at Georgia Institute of Technology,\u00a0Charles Wang<\/span>, an industrial engineering major, worked as a project manager for\u00a0United Parcel Service<\/span> in Dubai from July 2008 until last May. His task: develop a delivery system for the Arab state’s first-ever network of streets and addresses. After graduating next month, he plans to return to Dubai for a permanent job.<\/p>\n

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