Take Your Career to Dubai, Hong Kong and Abroad

At BCG Attorney Search we have been doing placements in Hong Kong, China, Dubai and other markets since the year 2000. We were one of the first placement companies in the United States to start doing aggressive placement in Asia and Europe. It is extremely important that you give yourself the most options when you are looking for a job. A search for a job in all corners of the world will help you tremendously. Look everywhere you possibly can for a job.

I have seen some of the strangest miracles occur when people give themselves the leverage to search internationally. A few years ago I was working with an attorney from a major American law firm who had lost his job and had two weeks before he would be jobless. He was in a nice practice area (project finance) that had few opportunities–if any–at his experience level in the United States at the time. I spoke with the hiring partner of a major UK law firm in Hong Kong and he agreed to interview my candidate over the phone. Less than 36 hours later my candidate received a job offer via Federal Express to work in Hong Kong which (with a special housing allowance) paid close to $100,000 a year more than he was making at the time.

This is the kind of stuff that can happen when you give yourself options.

On any given week we have tons of interviews occurring all over the world. In terms of looking for positions in other markets, I highly recommend the experience of working internationally. One of my favorite markets to work in is Dubai. I have visited Dubai recently and law firms in the Middle East are very eager to hire the right candidates there.

The growth in the Asia and Middle Eastern markets has been staggering. For example, a recent statistic I read from the National Law Journal stated that there was a 48 percent increase in the number of lawyers practicing in these regions from the 250 largest American law firms between 2007 and 2008. This is a massive increase. The market of Abu Dhabi grew the most–an astonishing 144 percent.

As an attorney I highly recommend always leaving your options open. You need to pursue a global strategy with your career. The biggest mistakes that most attorneys make is not marketing themselves enough and not getting out there. Whatever practice area you are in, if there are opportunities internationally as well as locally you need to do whatever you can to take advantage of these opportunities–it is best to give yourself the most options.

Getting a job overseas is never all that easy. The issue, however, is that you need to make an effort to do so. If things are slowing down in your current job, or you are facing a potential layoff, giving yourself an extra option is always a good idea. Plus, it is always a lot of fun living in another country.

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One Comment

tanama  on December 18th, 2009

this sounds so awesome but how can I make this happen? This article is not useful, nor is it pragmatic for us attorneys that are interested in exploring our options overseas because of different skills sets like language or areas of the law. There is no link, strategy, website or core strategy. This article is a huge dissappointment and would’ve wished it was more practical, useful and filled with useful information or at least point to the direction of someone that could have this information or an article/book that would be more resourceful.

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