Is it possible to find a good job in Astana without knowing Russian?
I am a Kazakh who was born in Kazakhstan, but my parents are Kazakhs from China and I lived in China for most of my life. We came back to Kazakhstan in 2019. I studied 10th and 11th grade in Kazakhstan and after that I went to another country for university. Earlier I started learning Russian, but I wasn’t very interested, so I gave up many times. I graduated from university last year and did my internship in Kazakhstan for a short period, but it was a hard time for me because everyone spoke Russian most of the time at work and most of the documents were in Russian.
Lately I’ve been looking for jobs in Astana, but almost every job requires the Russian language. There are international companies that don’t require Russian, but their requirements are too high for someone in their early 20s. I’m feeling lost. I really want to start working, but I don’t know Russian. So are there any ways I can get a job in companies without knowing Russian, or do I have to learn Russian to get a decent job in Astana? (I’m really not interested in learning Russian 😭)