Re current company and skill/experience situation I work for a large company at the moment who does have a presence in HK. I enjoy working at the company and whilst I assume I'm valued apparently I'm not valued enough to be able to break through the lengthy process of securing a role and completing the process before the role is filled. Transfers are uncommon I believe partly due to that and also leading me to believe HK has sufficient local skill to employ from.
In terms of my skill set it is nothing that a HK national couldn't do but I was hoping was at least in a in-demand enough area to get my foot in the door for an interview.
As a couple of responders asked for detail my background is in systems analysis and design as well as some software development predominantly on customer facing banking applications, namely internet and mobile banking. My bachelor's is in Management and I have an MSc in Information Systems Management.
I've seen quite a few roles advertised in Project Management which I was looking to target.
I've made multiple (20+) applications to related roles in HK from London but feel quite despondent as I've had no response that's lead to an interview.
With that in mind, based on the original question, in percentage terms by moving to HK looking for work am I likely to increase my success rate from 0% or, am I barking up the wrong tree if I want to have a hope of getting a sponsored visa to work in a comparable role (i.e. Am I better instead spending my time focussing on being more specialist in a particular skill set)? Perhaps a combination?
Appreciate everyone's experience/interpretation is different but your thoughts are valuable in giving me a better understanding of something I feel I know little about.
Also, I'm well impressed by the liveliness of this forum. It's so far provided probably the most insight I've ever managed to gather on this topic.