I keep reading from many people's post that quality of life is better in UK. Can someone explain more on this? What factors do you consider and how are you comparing?

Distance from India is very enticing for me after being in US for many number of years. While I want to go back to India, I still feel the potential to make money is more in countries like US and UK(N+1). At least, earlier US used to be the top option. Now with Dollar going down and pound going up ...

Add to that the travel time to India is lesser from UK and it is cheaper too I guess.

There are respective pros and cons of working in IT sector in US and UK. 1.) All latest technologies are first practised in US and later in European markets, but lot of US companies earn a major share after selling their technologies in European market. You get to taste new technolgoies first in US ...

It depends on where you are looking at. If you take for example , the suburbs of Newyork city, the house prices are around 500k USD for decent houses. One should compare this with London suburbs to get a close "apples to apples comparison".

thanks pantaiema

Thanks guys. I guess the only way to know is to try, as mentioned. thanks again for all your input.

hsmp holder, I understand your points. Infact I was under the same impression until I started searching the job sites. It could be that these numbers are just inflated numbers or it could be that certain skills deviate from the general market trend. However I am not sure which is true. I can talk ...

How about the permanent salaries of 60-70K for "Solaris administrator"? At least the site returns such results.

Do I believe them?

The skill set I am referring to is Unix(Solaris) and Storage. Even though I am managing a team of Unix and Storage professionals, I just searched for "Solaris administrator" in Planet recruit site. Please check the below link. Am I missing something here? http://www.planetrecruit.com/search.cgi ...

thanks apeterso925

congrats veera_simha!!

1) Do you have to send the passport? or copy of it?
2) Do you have to send originals for NARIC evaluation?

thanks

I browsed through jobserv and planrecruit job sites and surprised to find so many well paying jobs in UK in the IT field. I have been working in IT field in USA for many years now and honestly I thought in general you get more salary in USA. If I have to believe what these sites tell me, then UK is ...

isn't it better if we maintain this in a spreadsheet? It will be easy for those who need to refer. Just my 2 cents.

are the rules changing for the worse?

I will be watching this thread as well as I am interested in the same information.

Isn't notarised copies of document sufficient? Do we need to send original?

pateketu,

I hope you are in UK by this time(almost a month right?). Since you have seen both US and UK, can you share your experiences in comparing these two places in terms of work and life? This will be helpful for those of us who aspire to come to UK from US.

thanks

Are there any reliable list of consultants through whom people(HSMP approved) have landed in good deals?



- Ragu

thanks

Is there a thread to discuss the issues and experiences related to job search? Excuse me if one is already there ( I couldnt find any) If not can we start a thread which can discuss these issues? People who have already gone through this route can shed light on these issues which will help HSMP ...

thanks pateketu. How are you guys planning on searchin for jobs? . JobSite.Co.uk, JobServe.com, Monster.co.uk, Reed.co.uk, totalJobs.com etc... Post your CV/start applying and you will get calls from recruitement agencies. Get a vonage/Skype and get a UK number I guess we may have some advantage ...

How are you guys planning on searchin for jobs? I talked to my friend in London and he didnt sound as if it is going to be easy. However in various UK job sites, I see a healthy requirement and salary for IT jobs. Just want to get a feel of your thoughts on this. I guess we may have some advantage ...

dcguy: How much does it cost in total ? (for the agent services+HSMP Fees+misc)

If you dont mind can I ask which agency did you use?

thanks

thanks dcguy. I thought you get 2 year extensions for HSMP. I dont understand what FLR means(probably I have to read more about the whole process). Is there a site that gives a comprehensive information about all this? thanks Raguraam: Sorry, I meant to also answer your question in my last post. As ...