May 5, 2025 - Which Countries Are Hiring?

Happy Monday!

Here’s what’s on the job description for today:

1. New roles include an opportunity at one of the world’s most prestigious private equity firms.

2. A graph showing the number of openings per candidate.

3. Today’s Question: “I’m agnostic to which country I work in for the most part. Which countries are easiest for international candidates?”

IN HIRING

Consulting

• BCG has MBA-specific roles up alongside non-degree specific Associate and Consultant roles across their global offices (link)

• Technology and strategy consulting house, Capco Consulting has a whopping 600+ roles live right now, with new roles focused in Canada and Germany (link)

• Alvarez & Marsal, the company which helped Lehman Brothers unwind in 2008/2009 is hiring for many roles including on their tax team with other notable roles in private equity and infrastructure consulting (link)

• Guidehouse, a carve-out of PwC’s public sector business, has new roles across financial services, life sciences, and business transformation (link)

Finance

• Mastercard has over 200 live roles in each of it’s product and consulting teams, with roles available across many of it’s offices in US, Canada, UK, and Europe (link)

• JPMorgan Chase is hiring for many roles in private banking across many of their offices including the UK and USA (link)

• Standard Chartered has a number of open roles with some highly interesting openings in their corporate and commercial banking team (link)

Tech

• Google is currently hiring across their teams with a few ideal positions in product and strategy & operations (link)

• Lenovo has opened roles for product and program managers across AI, cloud and even supercomputing (link)

• Amazon Web Services has a variety of roles open for those interested in cloud computing (link)

Unique Opportunity

• KKR, the Private Equity powerhouse, is currently on the search for an MBA intern in their Singapore office. While the work is likely very interesting and you’d be working with amazing colleagues, the real value is in making your friends jealous (link)

EMPLOYMENT MARKET

I had a client recently complain that there felt like there “are no jobs”. I wanted to do some digging and once I started looking, I realized that things look awful when compared to the post-covid highs but less terrible when compared to long-term averages.

As of now, it looks like in the US, there is currently one open job for each unemployed worker. The number actually looks pretty strong relative to the years following the early 2000s but when we add onto that falling pay in the private sector and fake job postings and the picture becomes less rosy for job seekers.

TODAY’S QUESTION

Today’s Question: “I’m agnostic to which country I work in for the most part. Which countries are easiest for international candidates?”

• First, figure out what your main priority is.

  • The most common one I hear is “I just need a job”… but after digging a bit, it turns out it needs to be of a certain salary and in a country with a certain standard of life.

  • For money, look at the USA and Middle East (visa dependent).

  • For lifestyle, try Western Europe (where travel is easy and cheaper).

  • For ease of visa sponsorship, keep reading.

• Second, don’t feel the burning need to pick the place you completed your degree/education.

  • Most of the candidates I meet are looking in the major city near their school. It’s where their friends from the program went and it makes logical sense.

  • Having worked with candidates from all over, I can say that it’s usually better to be looking in 2-3 countries. I’ve found Germany, Netherlands, and Estonia (good luck in answering why Estonia for every interview) to be especially hospitable to international candidates.

• Finally, if you need a place to stay while you look, check out this list:

  • (This information is based on my research and further due diligence is required before making life-changing decisions)

    • Germany: for €75, you can get a 6-month job-seeker visa (link)

    • Austria: for €150, you can get a 6-month job seeker visa and it can be moved into a longer term work visa once you find an offer (link)

    • Sweden: for €150, you can get a 3-month job seeker visa, which can be extended up to 9 month (link)

    • UAE: you can get a 60, 90, or 120 day job seeker visa, which needs to be used up during one single visit (link)

Conclusion:

Once you figure out where you’re going to stay while you find a role, keep your options open and talk with as many people living and working around the world from your school or program. You never know what location will be the one you spend your next 12-24 months in.