10 best countries to live and work abroad

[TEFLXpat]

The Czech Republic, specifically Prague, is also a great country to live and work abroad, especially if you're American. There are tons of opportunities to teach English (the easiest way to live and work abroad), and it's also an up and coming startup market. If you choose to come to Prague, I'd recommend TEFL Worldwide Prague (www.teflworldwideprague.com). Here, you can get certified to teach English and start living and working abroad.

[eurobookereu]

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[retiredgustav]

Interesting , most of these countries are perceived as being Socialist.

[isafaqir]

bizarre english in this article: CBS has no proof readers?

[frostproofgrapefruit]

'Proofreader' is one word, so watch your criticisms, champ.

[isafaqir]

headlines should at least pretend to be grammatical: how do you "work" a country? Abroad- of course it is abroad. the dumbest headline ever. i only looked to see how much worse it gets.

[SaffaKiwi]

You should probably start your sentences with capital letters. Try proofreading your sentences before replying. Good boy.

[King_Ummbarrii]

If those countries are so great why do those people come here?

[FLC44]

Surely you don't believe that America is the only country with immigration?.

[SukmyBollix]

What gives you the notion that everybody wants to come here .

[Barc777]

The idiom is "shoo-in" not "shoe-in".

[fitstshu]

One of the things that people fail to mention is making friends with the locals. Working and living in a foriegn country can have many rewards. Not so, if you are only going for the almighty dollar.

[saucymugwump]

"14 percent of global companies cited China as one of the top ten international relocation destinations" not because it is a place any civilized person wants to live, but because capitalists are busy moving all factories there. Any person with a peoperly functioning brain would choose the UK, Germany, or another place with culture, intelligence, clean air and water, food that won't kill you, and minimal corruption.

Everyone should read the following article, as it details how one in ten meals in China is cooked using oil dredged from the sewer, called "drainage oil." Bon appetit!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7971983/China-goes-organic-after-scandal-of-cooking-oil-from-sewers.html

[saucymugwump]

Change "peoperly functioning" to "properly-functioning".

[costaricaenvy]

I can see there is a lot of confusion in the comments about why someone's favorite country was left out. The title of the article is very misleading. It's not the 10 best int'l destinations for the employees, but for the employer. The countries were not selected by some set of criteria or by a poll. They are simply a reflection of where the transfers are happening. Personally, I could name 10 best countries to work on my own and none of the ones in this article would be on my list!

[richarda_ga]

To costaricaenvy - I had exactly the same reaction when I read the article. The title is completely misleading. Just because a certain percentage of companies are sending their employees to work in a country doesn't make it a top place to live and work. I've lived, worked, or frequently visited 9 of the 10 countries on the CBS list, often living on the economy and covering expenses myself, rather than having a decent expat package. I've found different things interesting and satisfying about each, but most of them would not hit my list of top places to live. For many of the places on this list a huge expat package would be necessary to even be moderately decent for living at anything close to the standards of your business peers, especially by expats who are on shorter overseas assignments (the article mentions these are more common now). Unfortunately, that would also likely mean that the person would be segregated in the very comfortable, very well appointed "expat ghettos" that have developed in various places and be insulated from much real interaction with the local population. I've always felt that the contact I had with the local people was the most beneficial part of my stays and I only got that because living on the local economy and paying much of my own costs, I could not afford the segregated business expat life style.