Non-teaching, non-finance job options for expats?

[sonictooth]

I'm recently back in the job hunting market and was wondering if there are any particularly good places to work, or even just kind of half-decent places to work, if you're a gweilo who doesn't want to work in banking/finance or in teaching. I'm sure there are jobs for specialists (IT experts, engineers, brain surgeons etc...) but what about us smart and hard-working non-specialists?

Any ideas? Any good experiences?

(Have dependent visa so sponsorship isn't an issue)

[vmlinuz]

So... do you have any experience or skills of any sort?

[jmbf]

Yeah it's tough to provide any meaningful advice on such an open ended question.

[hongkong7]

I would imagine companies at the airport would be open to hiring foreigners. You could start with a list of companies there add see if you have anything would fit your skills and experience

[sonictooth]

Question was pretty open I guess. I've got skills and experience across a wide range of areas, just not specialised in any. More that I work hard and can pick up pretty much anything and do it well. Worked in small companies/start-ups doing a huge range of activities (fro marketing/BD to process development, hiring and general admin) and also in larger companies and non-profits. Each one very different.
I guess the non-profit sector suits me best, but not speaking Canto or Putonghua I think keeps me very limited in terms of my options here.

[jonathan.lo]

"I've got skills and experience across a wide range of areas" is still pretty vague.
Do you have a degree? How many years of experience in XYZ?
What is your expected salary? By "job for a gweilo" did you mean any job where you do not need to speak Chinese? Not trying to be rude, but knowing some of these things will help us help you.

[imparanoic]

can you do handy man work? ie, drill, set up furniture, plumbing, simple electrician jobs, ie, odd jobs, there is a market for self employed skilled handy man work who speak english

[imparanoic]

just like hong kong/chinese immigrants during the 's 60's and 70's settling life in uk/europe or usa with no or little specialised skills/qualifications, sometimes they have adapt to the market by doing manual work or opening stores or shops, ie, hence, why there were a boom in chinese takeaways and restaurants during this period, or in states, chinese opened laundry shops thoughout the states

Indians/Pakistanis immigrates did a similar thing in uk, opening convenience stores and and restaurants throughout uk

[mrdollars]

Start a business? It's the usual thing for aspiring immigrants to do...

[Hkworker2014]

It will be useful to have some examples of "smart and hardworking" things that you can do. If all the things you can do are pretty easy to do, the pay is likely to be inline with that. If you say you are smart and hardworking, there should be some achievements in the past that can indicate that, which can then give forum participants some idea what you can pursue. Being an expat is not a skill unless one teaches English.


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