Advice for working in the UK

JCDMG

I am a professional with +25 years career managing operations / logistics.

In my country, Portugal , cannot find professional challenges (or I have too many qualifications, or I do not have the appropriate age, etc.).
Looking for more dynamic markets I found that the UK market could be a solution for someone with my professional path. But, regardless of the method (spontaneous job application , job-offer sites , direct response to adds placed), I cannot get any work proposals.
What am I doing wrong? Can someone give me advice or pointing the way.

Thank you, in advance, for any suggestion.

HappyMJ

Are you living in the UK?

Sometimes it just helps if you actually are in the UK. If you are in Portugal and know someone with a UK address then I would use that as your address on your CV. I would also get a UK phone number so the recruiter doesn't need to make an international call.

JCDMG

Thanks for your advice.

I'm not, living in the UK.
Finding a UK address would be quite easy but, also, it would be a lie (and I don't want to start any kind of relationship with a lie).
By other side, a UK phone number seems a good suggestion.

Thanks

Dan-Dan

JCDMG wrote: »

I am a professional with +25 years career managing operations / logistics.

In my country, Portugal , cannot find professional challenges (or I have too many qualifications, or I do not have the appropriate age, etc.).
Looking for more dynamic markets I found that the UK market could be a solution for someone with my professional path. But, regardless of the method (spontaneous job application , job-offer sites , direct response to adds placed), I cannot get any work proposals.
What am I doing wrong? Can someone give me advice or pointing the way.

Thank you, in advance, for any suggestion.

I worked in freight for many years , and the big players were always interested in adding multi lingual logistics operators to their various country departments

Have you approached any of those directly?

JCDMG

Yes, I had.

In the last months, I've replied to all job offers, posted on web-sites, where my language skills (I speak Portuguese, Spanish, French and a little bit of German and Italian) could make a difference (including job offers, posted in the UK, to work in Latin America).
I've have not received any contact for follow up. Just the standard rejection emails:(

Dan-Dan

I will PM you a contact within a large european freight operator , along with phone number , and my name , you never know your luck

JCDMG

Thanks Dan.

Never give up!!!