Thread: Careers in St. Petersburg

There is a trend of people with educations like yours leaving Russia, not moving there. Another thing to consider is the language.
Sounds like you might find something in the IT market though, or maybe as a financial analyst.

As I understand, there is not a massive amount of such jobs in St Petersburg, the majority are in Moscow and for IT, possibly Novosibirsk. You have to be very cool headed and realistic about salary and living expenses if you were to work for a local company or as a local hire employee.

Odds that a US company will hire you as a new graduate and send you to Russia, seem relatively slim - it tends to be more experienced employees that are seconded on expat packages.

All and all I think this idea would only work if you can speak decent Russian and find something that requires both a smart science graduate and also fluent English.

And don't forget that your employer would have to set you up with a work permit.

I think this CAN be done, but it would require enormous commitment and a lot of risk taking and hard work to make it happen.
What motivates you?

Originally Posted by Hanna

There is a trend of people with educations like yours leaving Russia, not moving there. Another thing to consider is the language.
Sounds like you might find something in the IT market though, or maybe as a financial analyst.

As I understand, there is not a massive amount of such jobs in St Petersburg, the majority are in Moscow and for IT, possibly Novosibirsk. You have to be very cool headed and realistic about salary and living expenses if you were to work for a local company or as a local hire employee.

Odds that a US company will hire you as a new graduate and send you to Russia, seem relatively slim - it tends to be more experienced employees that are seconded on expat packages.

All and all I think this idea would only work if you can speak decent Russian and find something that requires both a smart science graduate and also fluent English.

And don't forget that your employer would have to set you up with a work permit.

I think this CAN be done, but it would require enormous commitment and a lot of risk taking and hard work to make it happen.
What motivates you?

I've been talking to this girl online since the end of February. We're planning on meeting and spending a week in NYC the first week in January. Nothing is definite yet. Her busiest time of the year is the end of year. If everyone goes well, and of course that's a big if, moving would be an option. Why? Well, she's a working professional and has a career. I work, too, but I haven't finished my degree yet. I'm a late bloomer. Basically, I'm just wanting to get a picture of the possibilities if everything goes well. We're both in our mid-to-late twenties.