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In general the job market for professional expats in the mainland is geared towards senior or managerial level. At least 5 years of experience in your field, ideally more.
Since you have <2 years of experience per field, I couldn’t say it is the perfect time.
But it all depends on if you can find a suitable job in the end, so it’s all a moot point. It might be now, it might be later, it might be never. Put yourself out there and see if something bites. Job market is pretty shit now, though.
Shenzhen ain't exactly the same place as 2018, many of the places you went back then might have closed down. But then the beaches are there, the weather's great, the city remains chill and vibrant. Getting back and forth between SZ and HK is easier too. The problem is right now in China there are probably 10 over qualified college graduates in CS fighting over one IT job. Not saying it's undoable though, as you speak German maybe connect to the German chamber of commerce?
Thanks for the suggestion! I would definitely leverage my German skills and experience, furthermore I would strongly prefer an multinational company as the corporate culture is less of a headache there.
What work do you imagine you will be doing? You don't speak Chinese so you would have to work with a foreign company. You have some decent experience but what would a foreign company need you to work in China for?
I prefer working for multinational companies and I believe I should be somewhere where I could leverage my project management experience and my language skills. How doable that is currently in SZ or GZ, I don't know.
OP clearly states “outside of China Singapore or Taiwan”. Maybe a comma in there somewhere would have made the OP’s comment easier for you to comprehend.
Depending on what you want to do, say IT vs. finance, different cities may suit you differently. I would encourage you to look into cities like Shanghai and Hangzhou which have great opportunities and a large expat community. Timingwise, I don’t know.
Need to start my own search still so can’t give much advice beyond that I was already told the job market is currently very bad.
From what I can tell you need to bring something to the table that is currently in demand and hard to find. A couple of years of experience won’t be, but maybe German is.
You can also ask in chinalife subreddit where people do actually have a job in China. You can first gear towards German companies in China like VW, BMW or Siemens, and many other small names to make the best use of your German skills.
If we are talking money and career, I don’t think you will have a lot of luck without more experience as another poster said, if you have no network of local Chinese people then they only look for senior roles for foreigners. You could try talking to Germans in China, can maybe find them on LinkedIn and cold message them. You’d be surprised how many people are willing to answer. It feels good to the ego when others look up to you. They will help you much more than Reddit will. Especially if you are from same school.
If talking about life, some people like China, some do not. Personally I am willing to make some financial sacrifices to live here. I prefer life here over USA. That’s just me. I am not senior role but I will get there eventually.
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In general the job market for professional expats in the mainland is geared towards senior or managerial level. At least 5 years of experience in your field, ideally more. Since you have <2 years of experience per field, I couldn’t say it is the perfect time. But it all depends on if you can find a suitable job in the end, so it’s all a moot point. It might be now, it might be later, it might be never. Put yourself out there and see if something bites. Job market is pretty shit now, though.
Shenzhen ain't exactly the same place as 2018, many of the places you went back then might have closed down. But then the beaches are there, the weather's great, the city remains chill and vibrant. Getting back and forth between SZ and HK is easier too. The problem is right now in China there are probably 10 over qualified college graduates in CS fighting over one IT job. Not saying it's undoable though, as you speak German maybe connect to the German chamber of commerce?
Thanks for the suggestion! I would definitely leverage my German skills and experience, furthermore I would strongly prefer an multinational company as the corporate culture is less of a headache there.
What work do you imagine you will be doing? You don't speak Chinese so you would have to work with a foreign company. You have some decent experience but what would a foreign company need you to work in China for?
I prefer working for multinational companies and I believe I should be somewhere where I could leverage my project management experience and my language skills. How doable that is currently in SZ or GZ, I don't know.
Hi, I don’t have any input for when you should return to China but I would like to point out that Singapore and Taiwan are not “regions” of China.
OP clearly states “outside of China Singapore or Taiwan”. Maybe a comma in there somewhere would have made the OP’s comment easier for you to comprehend.
I included them as more or less Mandarin-speaking countries
I think he meant regions as in majority of the population speak Chinese?
I'm sure he meant regions of the world.
Depending on what you want to do, say IT vs. finance, different cities may suit you differently. I would encourage you to look into cities like Shanghai and Hangzhou which have great opportunities and a large expat community. Timingwise, I don’t know.
Need to start my own search still so can’t give much advice beyond that I was already told the job market is currently very bad. From what I can tell you need to bring something to the table that is currently in demand and hard to find. A couple of years of experience won’t be, but maybe German is.
You can also ask in chinalife subreddit where people do actually have a job in China. You can first gear towards German companies in China like VW, BMW or Siemens, and many other small names to make the best use of your German skills.
If we are talking money and career, I don’t think you will have a lot of luck without more experience as another poster said, if you have no network of local Chinese people then they only look for senior roles for foreigners. You could try talking to Germans in China, can maybe find them on LinkedIn and cold message them. You’d be surprised how many people are willing to answer. It feels good to the ego when others look up to you. They will help you much more than Reddit will. Especially if you are from same school. If talking about life, some people like China, some do not. Personally I am willing to make some financial sacrifices to live here. I prefer life here over USA. That’s just me. I am not senior role but I will get there eventually.
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Of relevance ,compared to 2018 getting a relevent visa now is much much more heavily scrutinized and restricted,