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Originally Posted by synthia
Do you have skills that will make it easy for you to get a visa that allows you to work? How do you plan to manage this return to Europe? Are you going back to your home country?
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I have a PhD in a social science and quantitative/statistical skills... wich are basically the most marketable I have. The Master's I have it from an Ivy League-level University in Europe ...so I am thinking that if this whole thing will not work even with these credentials, I am not sure what else I could do. I dit not add this to "ooomph myself up", I am just a bit desperate because so far nothing worked out, though we have only started to look seriously recently.
The problem is more my husband than I. He speaks only English (which writes off all other EU countries with the exception of England or Ireland) and he is specialized in some area of the financial sector in the US that is so specifically American it makes it very hard for him to transfer his skills smoothly to Europe.
We are considering my home country too, mainly because the right to work would be automatic both for myself and my husband. My country seems to be up and coming...in its own unique way I'd have to add...("a way" due to which I left in the first place) but then again, my husband does not speak the language and he definitely does not have multilingual inclinations so we can count on him picking up a foreign language on command and then just going to the office with it (one of the disadvantages of having married an American

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So right now it's either England, Ireland or my homecountry. In the latter case, we have to somehow figure out a way to get the right connections in the right place which is extremely difficult from over here. Generally speaking, they really do not care much about anybody's western education, Ivy League credentials and other "irelevant" stuff of this sort, and perhaps rightfully so. Unfortunately, western level salaries are only received by the those who are cozy friends with the right people in the right places. Alternatively, many women obtain good positions by being sexually generous. Having a mistress in the workplace is a national sport there for men so...so much for "making it" with what I can offer in my homecountry. I know it sounds off the wall in today's (western) day and age but my sister lives there and the reports I get from her every day are quite horrifying. Plus, even without her reports, it is quite evident with the naked eye wherever you go.
All in all, we would prefer Ireland (my husband's roots are Irish) even though my homecountry would mean being right there with my family whom I miss tremendously despite the fact that we see each other relatively often.
If anyone has any advice about Ireland, I would truly appreciate it.