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venkata asks: I am looking for a 28/28 rotational job in Atyrau.
Expert's answer:
I found the following list of oil and natural gas companies located in Atyrau, try to send them your request, check their sites. You can use the following service to translate the page from Russian if necessary.
Roy Bellard asks: What is average salary for software engineer with around 20 years of experience in Kazakhstan? Where some one can job in software field - Almaty or Astana or other city?
Expert's answer:
Almaty as the largest city of Kazakhstan is the best place to find the job you like. Here are some sites with job offers in IT field in Almaty (list#1, list#2, list#3. The following service to translate from Russian when necessary. The exchange rate is about 148 Tenge for 1 USD.
Aji asks: How much is the average salary for an electrical engineer in Kazakhstan?
Expert's answer:
The average salary of electrical engineer in Kazakhstan according to the job offers I have found is about 700-1000 USD per month.
Mark asks: What is average salary in Kazakhstan for hotel Receptionist? What is average salary for software engineer?
Expert's answer:
According to the job offers I have found the salary of hotel receptionist starts at about 300-400 USD and 500 USD for software engineer.
MTH asks: My wife is a medical student from the USA interested in doing a 6-8 week clinical rotation with a doctor in Aktau. Is there a public hospital there with doctors who speak English? How much is cost of living in Aktau? We would like to rent a small apartment for 2 months and would like to know general prices on things.
Expert's answer:
You can contact the following hospitals located in Aktau city to have the info if such rotation is possible. First one is Mangistau oblast hospital (contact email: mte@topmail.kz and contact phones: +7 7292 210275, 77292211273, +7 7292 210327. Second one is Regional hospital for children (contact email: odb516@ok.kz and contact phone: +7 7292 210369, fax: +7 7292 210362). As for the renting of an apartment the cost of 1 room apartment starts at about 50,000 tenge per month (about 340 USD) (2010).
Syed asks: Which are the oil and gas projects in progress and which companies are doing these projects. Can I search and get a job? I am civil engineer, having 30 years experience in Saudi Arabia.
Expert's answer:
Here is Kazakhstan oil and gas projects information (May 2008). And concerning getting a job I have found the following opportunities as civil engineer in Kazakhstan oil and gas industry.
Azali asks: I am an Iranian agricultural engineer and want to immigrate and live in Kazakhstan. Is it easy to start a simple life and start a suitable job in Kazakhstan?
Expert's answer:
I think you should contact Kazakhstan embassy in Iran (Kazakhstan embassy contact info).