Your Career Abroad: The Starter Guide with Akanksha Verma

Moving to a new country is one of the biggest career moves you’ll make. Most newcomers are told to start lower, take any job first, or wait until they have “local experience”. Many end up working well below their level for years, not because they lack skill, but because no one showed them how to translate it.

Your Career Abroad is a three-page starter guide to building your career in a new country at the level you’ve already earned:

1. Myths you’ll hear, and what’s really true: four things newcomers are often told, from “You have to start at a lower level” to “Your degree won’t count here”.
2. Translate your experience: rewrite past employers, job titles and qualifications so local recruiters understand them, with worked examples.
3. Local CV and LinkedIn check: six things to adjust when you move countries.
4. The “no local experience” answer: an example answer, plus a fill-in version for the question every newcomer hears.
5. Build a network from zero: five ways in, from former colleagues and alumni groups to specialist recruiters.
6. Your first 90 days: a three-phase roadmap you can tick off, starting before you land.
7. Your money runway: work out how long you can search, and set your decision point before you need it.
8. Workplace culture decoder: feedback, email tone, speaking up and self-promotion, and how they can differ.

For anyone moving countries for work, whether you’re planning the move or have just arrived.

What you get:

• A 3-page fillable PDF with examples throughout
• Works on screen in any PDF app, or printed

Created by Akanksha, a career coach with experience in HR and workforce strategy, who has built her own career across countries. I know what newcomers are told, and what actually works.

Want a plan for your move? Book a 1:1 career strategy call with me here on Topmate.