I need to vent because I can’t handle job hunting anymore. I’m a Brazilian graphic designer with dual citizenship, living in Ireland. I’ve applied for so many jobs and rarely get interviews. When I do, I’m told I lack Irish experience. I have years of formal work in Brazil! No degree, but I’ve studied hard and keep learning. I just want one chance to work doing what I love. If anyone feels the same, please tell me I’m not alone.

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When I arrived in Ireland, I was told I didn't have enough European experience, so I applied for an MBA. After completion, I got several job offers.
I recommended the same to friends of friends in Brasil that were struggling to get a job in the UK. One did a masters program and got a management position. The other couldn't bother ("I already have a masters!") and has a business walking dogs in the park.
The secret to a good job in the EU is formal education or job experience in Europe. Only when you have that will companies take you seriously.
Or start at the very bottom and go up from there. For example, instead of applying for experienced hire jobs, apply for graduate roles or, depending on your age, (paid) internships. I already had 2 years experience, but applied for the graduate roles anyways. The job offers were in the 35-45k range per year.

Within 3 years, I was earning 70k per year. So don't look bad at graduate roles. They usually include a lot of training and opportunities to go into different roles, or even countries.

I'm an EU IT Professional already for 20+ years, when I came to Ireland in 2015. I ended up as an Administrator on the Multilingual Helpdesk. I was surely over qualified, but did it anyway.
Ireland did not recognize my Qualifications Right away.
I had HP Server Engineer and Microsoft Qualifications and ended up after several months with an interview at HP Server Helpdesk also not what I wanted.
At the end I needed to re-think what I wanted, ended up not that bad.
Did level 2/3 projects, but I don't want to stay in these roles.
Ireland says they accepting Diplomas and other qualifications, but they are not doing so.
I had a colleague, who even went to court, because the Company's didn't recognize his Qualifications.

Sorry to hear you're having such a hard time finding work...
I think you should probably take into consideration that most people in Ireland have third Level qualifications so you are up against people with degrees and masters in this area.
Try and get some exposure doing local work for companies for free.... the likes of flyers and magazines, even church newsletters! Good luck with the search...

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