Comments on: Candidate Question: How do I get an overseas PR job? http://lindsayolson.com/candidate-question-how-do-i-get-an-overseas-pr-job/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leslie Formanhttp://lindsayolson.com/candidate-question-how-do-i-get-an-overseas-pr-job/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Leslie Forman Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:26:45 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=1205#comment-240 I've lived in China for almost two years and I know many young foreigners that work in PR here. It seems to me that important qualifications are excellent English writing skills and conversational Chinese. For many of my friends, the informal conversations are in Chinese but the writing and editing are in English. The people I know were all living in China when hired (either studying Chinese or teaching English or both.) In my experience only senior people will be sent over from HQ, but young people can be local hires. Local hires (or "halfpats") earn wages that are higher than Chinese staff of the same age but nowhere near what they would be earning in the US. Good luck! I’ve lived in China for almost two years and I know many young foreigners that work in PR here. It seems to me that important qualifications are excellent English writing skills and conversational Chinese. For many of my friends, the informal conversations are in Chinese but the writing and editing are in English. The people I know were all living in China when hired (either studying Chinese or teaching English or both.) In my experience only senior people will be sent over from HQ, but young people can be local hires. Local hires (or “halfpats”) earn wages that are higher than Chinese staff of the same age but nowhere near what they would be earning in the US. Good luck!

]]> By: Honzahttp://lindsayolson.com/candidate-question-how-do-i-get-an-overseas-pr-job/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Honza Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:34:41 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=1205#comment-239 Plainly from the Czech perspective, international agencies do hire foreigners, but only to higher functions, like Account Director. The reason for that is an extensive language barrier in CZ.I encourage you to try all possible foreign opportunities, because it is going to benefit you a great deal! Plainly from the Czech perspective, international agencies do hire foreigners, but only to higher functions, like Account Director. The reason for that is an extensive language barrier in CZ.

I encourage you to try all possible foreign opportunities, because it is going to benefit you a great deal!

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