How can I move to Europe without knowing anyone?

Question

I want to have a fresh start of my life, I am 21 and soon will get my bachelors degree in business administration. I want to go to Europe but I don't know anyone there and i want to have a job when i get there. Especially a place to stay. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can find online internatonally employment agencies. Decided what country you want to go to. Do you speak something other than english? As to finding a place to live check out Craig's list of international cities, for the city you're thinking about. As with any move to a new place, you might want to stay in a hotel for the first week, just to get a feel for the place and find somewhere to live that's close to work.

Answer 2

Which country are you going to?

Answer 3

And you are from where?  Do you have any idea how hard it is to get a job in Europe these days?  If you are not a citizen of the EU, you must get a work visa.  They are NOT easy to get.  If you don't have a job before you leave, you won't get one easily once you are there (this may vary according to the country...check to see which are in recession).  Finding a place to stay with just a suitcase isn't that difficult, but if you are trying to send everything you own, you are going to run into trouble in the best of circumstances, because people just don't have as much STUFF as we do in the US.  (I'm assuming US...)  With just a suitcase, all you do is find an inexpensive hotel, hostel, pension, whatever, and check in.  Use it as a base for a week or so, while you find permanent logdings.

If you really want to start with a job and a place to stay, try the employment agencies that specialize in placing people in Europe...they HAVE to make sure you have a visa before you go...their reputations are staked on it...So if you get on the plane, you will have a job and papers...EF does some, mostly Au Pair work, but you could check and see if they do any other types, and CIEE does a bunch of different types of jobs.  Just do a search for them.  I know CIEE is a huge organization with a lot of connections and a good reputation.

Answer 4

I would, while you are in school, check into this. I know people in England that did this with a student over 25 years ago. I didn't know them then, but he recently told me about this. Possibly you could find someone to 'sponsor' you until you get a job and save for a place of your own. Colleges are the best source of info on this. If one country does it, I am sure others do as well. Don't worry about knowing people. You didn't know anyone until you met them right?

Answer 5

A great place for work is scandinavia, Norway, Sweden and Denmark have fantastic economies. the only thing is that all three of those countries are very expensive to live in, but it makes up with high wages, because they don't have everything made in china and they don't have a huge group of minorities who do jobs that are undesirable, so wages have to be high to compensate, and they are, i think minimum wage in Norway is around $11 USD an hour, and people usually make very high salaries, alot of people move to Scandinavia looking for work, and another great thing is that the economy does'nt really go up or down it stays the same, usually because it is on a welfare system but I am not gonna go into a long explanation, I recommend Sweden, it is the cheapest of the three countries, and i think it is the most relaxed about immigration

Answer 6

try living in a place that is similar to europe first. Maybe Montreal, Mexico City, Buenos Aires.