I don't really know, but I think in Australia the laws regarding CRM are very similar to those in the US. Thus, the industry is also very similar. There was a guy who worked at our company that did his masters in Australia and eventually returned there to work. He is working for a small CRM firm down there pretty much doing the same kind of work he did here. Granted he had a foot in the door by doing his grad work there. I guess the question is other than going to grad school in another country, how do you get your foot in the door.

I would bet there are few CRM related firms or agencies that hire outside the country anywhere. I imagine if you lived in another country it would be easier to get things going.

Well I can only speak for the UK, but basically you can't be an archaeologist here and qualify for a visa. The highly skilled migrant visa is based on salary - and archaeologists just don't make the cut.

I was able to do it because I got my masters over here, then was able to extend my visa under a different category. At the moment, in order to stay in the UK I had to take a different job (I work in politics at the moment). I was laid off any way at the start of the recession. I am sticking it out in politics until I've been here long enough to apply for a permanent visa (another couple years) - then I can go back to archaeology. I don't want to go back to the states so bad that this is the route I'm now taking.

The sponsorship route is lengthy and costly for the company, and a general pain in the ass. I don't know of any firm that would or could do it, since pretty much 100% of the time you are hired on a very short contract. I was on week to week contracts for a year with the company I worked for!