After the boom in customer services vacancies of the late 90s early millennium, the Customer Services recruitment drive for jobs abroad has reached a plateau. 

Do not panic, multinational organizations still recruit regularly  with Customer Services job vacancies popping up all over the world.  The increase of Customer Services vacancies abroad can be directly attributed to the relocation of company associated service elements such as call centre's.  Companies pursue this course of action in order to reduce salary costs.

India and Pakistan are 2 examples of where call centre's and outsourced customer service centre's have become significant employers.  Obtaining contracts with these companies can be relatively straight forward although some will insist on trained staff from internal resources.  This may mean that you have to complete a predefined time within your own country working for the organization before they send you abroad.

The growth of the EU has led to an ever increasing number of families taking the expatriate lifestyle.  Increasingly, companies are becoming aware of the advantages of employing multilingual staff within their Customer Services departments.  A good example of this can be found with most major car manufacturers who increasing cater for travelers and non-natives living within Europe.

As always, the more languages you are comfortable with, the greater your chances of employment.  To meet the necessary job requirements for Customers Services vacancy that you desire abroad, you may need to add the additional language to your portfolio.