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Websites are usually a good starting point. Here are few websites that usually have quite a good number of job offer:

vietnamworks.com
careerjet.vn

There are also head hunters such as:

hr2b.com

Cheers

That all depends on who you are, where you're from, what qualifications and experience you have, etc, etc, it's not just  simple questions of where to look and what to do, ( unless you're a VN, but then they wouldn't be asking that on this site? ).

bluenz wrote:

That all depends on who you are, where you're from, what qualifications and experience you have, etc, etc, it's not just  simple questions of where to look and what to do, ( unless you're a VN, but then they wouldn't be asking that on this site? ).

I agree, it's not just one size fits all and in any case, I think looking for a job in VN or any other place is about the same. The rest you could ask Google

As per the original post, be a 'young' professional...some language schools are now advertising upper age limits for the applicant as young as 30..other areas of work I would not know...SO, if you are not 'young' try to be 'young' again lol...AND, not always easy I know but try to bring a decent 'float' so you do not get too desperate and work for a relatively low salary..and, if you can, try to get paid weekly/daiy so you are not working too far in advance

NETWORKING. simply the best way. wide range of networking events exists both HN & HCMC.
the best thing is to find several LOCAL fireds or close connections with experts in the field you would like to work.
you can also use linkedin to find people in your industry.
online job resources are good and easy, BUT:
you just cant find all  existing vacancies on vietnamworks. (expecially top management level)
employer need to pay for both - advertisement and cv views, so if you dont have any expirience in VN, its quite hard to stand out.
even if you submit the cv online, sometimes you canot get a clear feedback, which is important to understand where to "dig".

We have to continue our efforts until and unless we achieve our goal. Never look back and tired. The output will be a must.

From my personal experience there several strategies that work best for finding a job in Vietnam:

1) Networking: meeting new people, besides widening your social circles, open a huge range of opportunities for future jobs. But, even if you don´t have job yet, consider you are in Asia and the protocol (and best way for the people you meet to contact you in the future) is through business cards. Print some with your name and your profession / skills, email address and a Vietnamese phone number.
Some of the best networking events you can find are:
- Internations
- events organized by chambers of commerce (eurocham / amcham / auscham / cancham)

you can also find most of them listed on citynetevents.com

2) As a temporary resource and way to get some extra money you can try modeling opportunities (easy for °µÍø½ûÇøs in Vietnam). The modeling agencies I know are:
- Dragon Images (dragonimages.asia)
- Elite model (elitemodelvn.com)

Anyway there´s a good listing in °µÍø½ûÇøblog itself in entertainment section (/en/jobs/asia/viet … nment.html)

3) for native English speakers is easier to find job as English teachers, having the CELTA certificate helps to get good job in some of the big English schools (ILA, Apollo). If not there are many others throughout the city

4) Recruitment agencies are there but not very useful from my experience. Anyway it´s good to have your profile listed and completed in full details. Here is a list of the ones I know:

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Hope it helps job searchers!

Carlos