The importance of legal employment

If you are looking for a job through a professional recruitment agency, they will help you go through all the steps as easily and quickly as possible. Depending on the place of work, the process can take between 2 and 18 months, in extreme cases even longer.

Although positive experiences prevail, the search for a job abroad sometimes end in unpleasant situations in which candidates, at best, experience fraud and loss of invested money. Unfortunately, there are examples of tragic cases, such as the loss of human life or ending up in white slavery. Going to work abroad legally is therefore of crucial importance, and one of the professional employment agencies can help you with this.

In Serbia, there are around 60 agencies licensed for employment in the country and abroad.
It is very important that the agency you choose has a license and all the necessary work permits. After checking the legality of the job and the Agency, the next step is to prepare documentation for the work permit/visa. Obtaining a work permit is mandatory because any work without it is „illegal work“, which entails many negative consequences. In the case of EU candidates, a work permit is not needed for jobs in the EU, but a legal contract is.

Promises that you can work without a visa, as well as that it will be issued in a few days, are usually not true.

If you were to work without the necessary permits, you could be deported if you come into contact with the migration services, and then be banned from re-entering that country or get into much more serious trouble.

The most common form of recruiting people into the human trafficking chain is through business offers and advertisements, such as those which can be found in newspapers and on unverified portals on the Internet, with promises of good earnings, accommodation, and starting work in a very short period of time. An indicator that something is wrong can also be the fact that only a mobile phone number or e-mail address is left in such an offer.

Citizens who work illegally, mostly do so for monetary compensation far below the agreed, without respecting the agreed working hours and other working conditions. Often, there are cases of violation of worker’s rights. Therefore, it is extremely important that you do not agree to work abroad without a contract and a work permit. You need to be informed about the exact procedure for obtaining necessary permits and you have to be involved in all procedures for obtaining them.

Employment abroad is a long-term process, so be prepared to commit to it so that all steps are adequately completed and in accordance with the law.