Two things to consider:
1) If you are an EU citizen, you must be the worst one, not able to grab a long term job to choose to work as consultant.
2) If you are not from EU, to be able to work in EU, you must catch a bird with your mouth! You must be the best of bests to get a work permit. And you must speak local languages fluently (in Italy Italian, in Germany, German etc)
As a 17 yrs IT professional employed in EU without citizenship, this is my observation:
Most IT consultants in EU with EU citizenship suck, because if you are very good at what you are doing, you can easily get a long term, well paying job. EU is totally different than USA. Europeans have great benefits (health insurance, stable salary, pension security etc) when they become an employee, contracts are very long and they do not change job as frequently as Americans.
Therefore most consultants are freshmen, rookies and low grades who cannot get a long term job after many attempts and had to chose to work as consultant! When we have to work with consultants, they really search a lot and most they find are inexperienced. I can say only 1 out of 5 hired turns out a really competent consultant.
Those good ones are mostly aged and experienced ones, who lost their job or contract temporarily. And for people who are from outside of EU must be the top one or having rare specialty to get a consultancy position in EU.
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I disagree with the last answer. If you are looking to be a consultant on a permanent basis then this is a stable avenue, certainly. In order to work in the EU, have an agency sponsor you for a visa. This will enable you to work in whichever country is required. As long as you speak English and the language of the country you wish to live in, you will not have a problem.
If you are looking to be contracted out, this is not as stable but as an experienced Oracle Apps TC in the UK you can command up to £600.00 a day for short to medium term contracts.
Prospects for Oracle technical consultant is good in EU but better in UK. The last two answers were in sync if one realize UK is not part of EU.
Language skills are always helpful.
Hate to say this in a public forum, it is easier for a male than a female to find a job in EU particularly technical fields. Although Italy and many countries has female in the highest office of their governing body, many private sector are still very male dominated.
My suggestions:
- Start with UK if you can
- Start contacting the top-tier consulting firms, not just the Big4 but also McKinsey, Bain, AT Kearney, Booz Allen Hamilton, Arthur D Little etc. Management consulting is bigger in Europe than in the North America.
You let me know what you find out! I wanna move to Italy and I know Oracle!
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LikeDislikeTwo things to consider:
1) If you are an EU citizen, you must be the worst one, not able to grab a long term job to choose to work as consultant.
2) If you are not from EU, to be able to work in EU, you must catch a bird with your mouth! You must be the best of bests to get a work permit. And you must speak local languages fluently (in Italy Italian, in Germany, German etc)
As a 17 yrs IT professional employed in EU without citizenship, this is my observation:
Most IT consultants in EU with EU citizenship suck, because if you are very good at what you are doing, you can easily get a long term, well paying job. EU is totally different than USA. Europeans have great benefits (health insurance, stable salary, pension security etc) when they become an employee, contracts are very long and they do not change job as frequently as Americans.
Therefore most consultants are freshmen, rookies and low grades who cannot get a long term job after many attempts and had to chose to work as consultant! When we have to work with consultants, they really search a lot and most they find are inexperienced. I can say only 1 out of 5 hired turns out a really competent consultant.
Those good ones are mostly aged and experienced ones, who lost their job or contract temporarily. And for people who are from outside of EU must be the top one or having rare specialty to get a consultancy position in EU.
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LikeDislikeI disagree with the last answer. If you are looking to be a consultant on a permanent basis then this is a stable avenue, certainly. In order to work in the EU, have an agency sponsor you for a visa. This will enable you to work in whichever country is required. As long as you speak English and the language of the country you wish to live in, you will not have a problem.
If you are looking to be contracted out, this is not as stable but as an experienced Oracle Apps TC in the UK you can command up to £600.00 a day for short to medium term contracts.
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LikeDislikeProspects for Oracle technical consultant is good in EU but better in UK. The last two answers were in sync if one realize UK is not part of EU.
Language skills are always helpful.
Hate to say this in a public forum, it is easier for a male than a female to find a job in EU particularly technical fields. Although Italy and many countries has female in the highest office of their governing body, many private sector are still very male dominated.
My suggestions:
- Start with UK if you can
- Start contacting the top-tier consulting firms, not just the Big4 but also McKinsey, Bain, AT Kearney, Booz Allen Hamilton, Arthur D Little etc. Management consulting is bigger in Europe than in the North America.
Best wishes.
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