How should i send a resume?

Do they have a different format?
What is the national area code?


Any ideas on the cost of living? I know its high but i don't know how high.

6/28/2006 11:35:12 AM

good luck

make sure that you get them to pay for the visa and get some trips back to the states in your contract at the companies expense if you get the job

6/28/2006 11:37:21 AM

hope you like paying a lot for gas

6/28/2006 11:39:57 AM

I know a guy who is going to move there and he says by the time you pay all your taxes, you've lost something like 65% of your salary. I don't know how accurate that is, just conveying what he said...

6/28/2006 11:40:00 AM

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"How should i send a resume?"

ON A BOAT YOU IDIOT

Quote :

"Any ideas on the cost of living? I know its high but i don't know how high. "

CONSIDERING 1 GBP = 2 USD.....THE COST OF LIVING THERE IS DISGUSTING.....LONDON IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN THE WORLD TO LIVE IN OTHER THAN TOKYO......

Quote :

"Do they have a different format? What is the national area code? "

YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY SHOOT YOURSELF FOR BEING SO STUPID.....I DIDN'T KNOW AREA CODES WERE USED TO CLASSIFY MAILING LOCATIONS??

THEY HAVE ALPHA NUMERIC POSTAL CODES IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE ASKING.....SEND YOUR ORIGNAL RESUME VIA FEDEX, UPS OR DHL.....THEN SHOOT YOURSELF

6/28/2006 11:40:14 AM

Cost living depends highly on where in the UK you plan on moving too. The cost of living in London for example, is ridiculous even when you don't consider the exchange rate (I haven't checked recently, but when I last visited in March 2005 £1 = $2, but I would imagine it has gotten a little better since then). I think the rent you would pay for a single room in London would probably be more expensive then a high end apartment here in Raleigh.

[Edited on June 28, 2006 at 11:42 AM. Reason : ]

6/28/2006 11:40:39 AM

a job in the uk will probably want a cv instead of a resume

6/28/2006 11:42:45 AM

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"but when I last visited in March 2005 £1 = $2, but I would imagine it has gotten a little better since then). "

ITS STILL THE SAME

6/28/2006 11:46:21 AM

also, I would email a pdf copy of your cv, not post mail a resume.

6/28/2006 11:52:20 AM

Yeah it is a CV but what is the difference?

It will be sent electronically.
I want to know our national area code so they can call in return.
How much does a work visa cost?

So Mr. spida everything you said in your all caps post was incorrect as far as assumptions and information other than the currency.

So i should be looking for about 50k Gbp to be equivalent to $50k here as far as living expenses go?

6/28/2006 11:52:48 AM

People in the UK use the CV format instead of resumes, find someone from Europes resume and mirror that

You must apply for a visa from the Home Office

You can interview for job, but must return to the US before you can legally be hired

Its a big pain in the ass

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/passports-and-immigration/

6/28/2006 11:54:09 AM

1. double click internet browser icon of choice.
2. type "google.com" into url
3. hit enter
4. search "example CV"
5. hit enter
6. $texas profit
7.repeat steps 1-6 for national area code (replacing "example CV" with "national area code")


just not to be a dick, cvs are usually about 2-3 pages vs. 1 for a resume, and go a lot more into detail about education, research, awards, certifications, etc....depending on for what kind of job you are applying.

[Edited on June 28, 2006 at 11:57 AM. Reason : not to be a jerk]

6/28/2006 11:55:44 AM

The only reason any of this is remotely worth it is because this job is pretty much my dream engineering job....

Its for a racing engineering firm/ special interests car company similar to McLaren

6/28/2006 11:57:47 AM

YOU ARE A TRUE MORON......YOU ASK A BUNCH OF STUPID RANDOM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UK....YOU DESERVE TO BE YELLED AT.......YOU OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T CATCH THE SARCASM......YOU ARE ABOUT AS RETARDED AS THE DOG YOU HUMP EVERY NIGHT.....

THEIR COUNTRY CODE IS 44......REMEMBER TO DIAL 011 FIRST........THIS COMPANY MUST BE DESPARATE IF THEY ARE CONSIDERING HIRING AN IDIOT LIKE YOURSELF

[Edited on June 28, 2006 at 11:59 AM. Reason : OUR NATIONAL AREA CODE IS 1....FUCKFACE]

6/28/2006 11:58:55 AM

so what would you be doing? mechanical engineering on the actually auto designs, or aero engr stuff?

6/28/2006 11:59:20 AM

Graduate Engineer (dynamics and powertrain)
^ their title for the job.


[Edited on June 28, 2006 at 12:01 PM. Reason : .]

6/28/2006 12:01:05 PM

cool, gl

6/28/2006 12:01:53 PM

Damn work visa stuff sucks.

Dual Citizenship FTW!

6/28/2006 1:06:10 PM

^hell yeah, it is a pain in the ass for most countries in europe these days. That is why I am seriously considering getting my irish citizenship despite never having been there.

Luckily my residence visa for sweden is fairly easy to get since I will be in a master's program.

6/28/2006 2:30:15 PM

^Well what line of work do you do?

Some places are kinda wierd about visas. I have to go work in Central and South America for 6-9 months through UNESCO and the FAO, so I am going to have to get dual citizenship in Chile in order to stay down there without any problems.

[Edited on June 28, 2006 at 3:53 PM. Reason : oops]

6/28/2006 3:49:53 PM

^ In the past I've done International Relations/Diplomatic work of sorts and the only delays in getting visas were expected and sadly predictable. However, I have been in line for a few positions overseas and work visa requirements made it difficult. Now I am working on getting a residence visa to live in sweden while I get my Master's degree there. Hopefully it will be processed without a problem

6/28/2006 7:11:50 PM

go to uk-yankee.com - they've got a forum with answers to any question you could ever want.

also, hit me up if you have specific questions, through researching for my own visa i've come across form valuable resources for work visas.

<3

6/28/2006 7:56:56 PM

also, to quickly answer your questions:

1) send your CV (what they call a resume) in whatever format is specified by the company.
2) yes, their format is 2 pages as standard, and it's a CV - not a resume. I'd do some research on this as I dont think I'm the one to give advice on the topic.
3) if you want to dial the UK, you dial 0 11 44. If you're putting YOUR phone number on a CV for them to call you, you put +1 (areacode) number (ie: +1 919 555 5555) - they would dial 00 1 919 555 5555.

All UK cell numbers start with "07" and all other numbers don't. London numbers (from Zone 1) typically start with "0207" though this has changed somewhat in recent years.

Cost of living depends on where you move.. bigger cities are obviously more expensive - BUT - in general, you earn a lot less (but can still afford to live) than the US counterpart job.

IE: if I was to get an average marketing job in the UK for a college grad, my average salary would be 18k GBP per year. Here that figure is more around 30-35K USD. You can't really do the currenct conversion to say "oh well 18k = 30k" BUT, in my experience - at the end of the day I can live of 18k in the UK (Bristol to be specific) just as well as I can off 30-35k in the US. (in other words, the numbers are different, but I find I live for much less money in the US than I do in the UK, yet still do the same things every week in the same quantities).

If you want, I can give you a list of what is more/less expensive so you can go into this search prepared.

6/28/2006 8:03:20 PM

http://www.uk-yankee.com/

A really helpful site about resumes, visas, taxes, etc..

6/28/2006 9:02:54 PM

They love non pomes.

6/28/2006 9:20:17 PM

^^ youwould knows what i'm talking about!

srsly, uk-yankee.com is THE resource for your question.. applying for the job, visa processes and stories, what to bring/not to bring, slang translations, how bringing pets over works, banking, investing, retirement, play time, travel, you name it - they have advice on it.

6/29/2006 2:56:15 PM

I have no help to give (sorry!) -- but all the best to ya. If I could afford it, deal w/ the pain of legally moving/working there, and not miss the US, I'd be all over it too. Hope it works out for ya

6/29/2006 4:36:37 PM

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"That is why I am seriously considering getting my irish citizenship despite never having been there."

FYI: http://www.oasis.gov.ie/moving_country/migration_and_citizenship/irish_citizenship_through_birth_or_descent.html

If you have an Irish parent or you were born here, then it's easy. If you have an Irish grandparent, you have to apply to be included in the Foreign Births Registry, which can take 12-15 months depending on the embassy. If none of the above applies, you're not entitled to citizenship.

6/30/2006 10:44:46 AM

^ Yeah, I'd be applying for citizenship based on a grandparent. I'll be in Sweden for the next year in Grad school so I'm totally cool with it taking a long time.

6/30/2006 12:32:25 PM

^^ woah - long time no see or talk! glad to see you're still about!

6/30/2006 8:20:17 PM

bump

3/12/2010 1:32:48 PM

thanks

i'm filling out a job application for a position in the uk and was wondering if anyone could help me decipher the education section:

the application has a place for "Details of schools attended, examinations/qualifications taken or to be taken (include subjects)" and next to that "Results and grades"

and below that is a place for "Name of University, College(s), Further Education" and next to that "Full details of qualification obtained (Including Classification, if relevant)"

i feel like i would only fill out the second section with my bachelors and graduate degrees but should i be putting something in the first section? is it asking for the equivalent of high school info?

i'll ask a british friend of mine this weekend but thought someone here might know...

3/12/2010 1:35:57 PM

Yes it's asking for high school info there. For some reason Brits have a hard-on for high school stuff well after it should matter.

(This info coming from my Manchester friend whom I just asked what this was )

3/12/2010 1:53:45 PM

^

Yes, and in the UK [the world - US]:

school = K-12
college = maybe university, maybe last 2 yrs of secondary school
university = college/university


[Edited on March 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM. Reason : ]

3/12/2010 2:21:58 PM

thanks, i figured that was the case -- just seems silly to include high school info, especially my grades and stuff, when i'm 10+ years removed and have an advanced degree...

3/12/2010 2:27:55 PM

This is referring to performance on the British "A-Level" (Advanced) GCE (General Certificate of Education) examinations that are used as a performance assessment to get in to universities. In the British system, you typically take 3-4 A level exams in subjects related to what you want to major in, and your admissions offer might be contingent on (among other things) getting certain minimum scores on those exams.

The A level classes and examinations are more or less on the level of first-year college courses in the US, so the closest American approximation to them are AP scores. You might explain what those are if you include them on your app, and make clear that they are optional for Americans and not necessarily all in topics related to the student's interests, so they shouldn't hold scores to the same high standard across the board.

On the other hand, you're right that with an advanced degree and a decade of work experience, A-levels should be irrelevant at this point. I would probably just leave them off and make a note about not having them in the US.

3/12/2010 9:34:38 PM

I wanna work in the UK...I've never been

3/12/2010 10:46:53 PM

so i got shortlisted for an interview for the job i applied to in southampton -- and they want to fly me to the uk for a wednesday interview at the end of the month

i was expecting a phone interview or something instead, i feel like that's a long way to go for an interview for a somewhat temporary position (max 3 yrs) and i'm currently pretty busy with work here -- we'll see how this goes...

4/16/2010 12:09:47 PM

I'd roll with it! Would be a good experience!

4/16/2010 12:46:31 PM

I'm living in the UK and it's an awesome experience. We are only here for 3 years (just over 2 left). It's expensive. I'd really weigh that if the company is not going to pay housing, etc. Our visa's were around $500 (each...and there are 3 of us...soon to be 4 of us...and we'll have to get him/her a visa when they are born). Gas is expensive (easily 3-4 times as much as in the US). Food is mediocre...but the experience has been AMAZING so far...we can travel so easily (except for this damn ash cloud now) and see things we previously wouldn't have been able to. We are hoping to extend our stay for another 3 years before coming back to the US (when the kids are school age). We'll see if it's possible. Feel free to PM me with more specific questions should you have any.

4/20/2010 4:39:16 AM

grrr, looks like the volcano is changing my in-person interview to a video conference next week instead -- i rearranged some work stuff to be available for the interview and had started to look forward to taking the trip, oh well

4/20/2010 12:00:56 PM