Work Abroad (After College)
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Topic: Work Abroad (After College)
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Subject: Work Abroad (After College)
Date Posted: June 08 2009 at 00:15
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Hey, I was wondering whether any PA forum members did or do work abroad? Moreover, I seek answers to how to approach work abroad by outlining by current sistation for the all the readers of PA.
My father once told said, "Later in life, your friends will either have the time but not the money or the money but not the time." I always wanted to disprove the veracity of my afther's words, but I have sadly resigned to their enduring truth, for I have the time and not the money and my friends have the money but not the time.
With that said, these are my intentions for working abroad.
1. I would like to work in South America or Spain (Since I speak Spanish and Portuguese)
2. I would like to have a white collared job in these locations
3. I would like to work immediatel after college (I study Economics and International Relations)
My Reservations:
Do most Americans idelaize the image of working abroad and confuse it with their experiences of leisure travel?
Do Americans benefit by studying in the location for a semester abroad, then resume their work in the country after college?
Does my fascination for working abroad reveal my ignorance to the virtues and possibiliteies of American society? In other words, does it show lack of appreciation for the United States?
Am I asking for too much by wanting to work abroad? Is it a popular desire or reqest for American workers?
Am I at an disadvantage with Eu workers since I am american?
Final Thoughts:
I have wanted work abroad since I was eight; I don't mind making less than I would in America; I don't plan to marry.
Is it a pipedream?
Your thoguhts would be greatly appreciated.
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Replies:
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: June 08 2009 at 00:26
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http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/05/creativity_and_living_abroad.php - http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/05/creativity_and_living_abroad.php I hope to work abroad after college. I do have family in Spain and a Spanish passport, so I have those things worked out for me. My family over there has already talked to me about entry level teaching/tutoring positions. My brother is going this summer to tutor English( I got stuck here taking a math class  ), I will hopfully go next year though. |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 12:30
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Yeah I appreciate it, I feel like the Eu is tightening their immigration polciies; I'm going to have a harder time findinng work there.
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Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 12:47
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Hi. I see a lot of post-graduate positions being advertised. Some of these are for non-EU citizens. The advertizers are the big 50 companies world wide. Get in touch with them with spec letters and CVs. That's your best hope. Santander in Spain is also a company you should contact. They are big, big, big. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 12:55
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I'm not American, but I worked abroad before and after college. Spent time in Australia after high-school, then after college I went to work in Japan as a teacher. It was a great cultural experience -- my only regret is that I've wanted to go live in Japan ever since (visited a number of times), but my wife's career (I met her in Japan), and now kids, keeps me here. I left my heart in Kyoto.
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Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 22:17
Okay. I don't know how to respond to this statement.
If you wanted to live in Japan, why did you marry your wife in America? Why marry at all? marriage holds you back. I don't mean to be rude, but a spouse is a common setback for working and living abroad.
And children? children only make it harder to live baorad with new schools, not mention a language barrier.
Personally, marriage makes living abroad a lot more difficult.
I value living and working abroad more than a family; but Logan, you must feel otherwise.
It seems like stupid a question, but why did you marry if it made it harder for your to realize your dream life Kyoto, Japan?
I guess I'm passionate about this because I'm afriad that I'm going to make the same mistake.
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Logan wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 23:49
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Matters of the heart.... Sorry, I feel like I'm getting too personal. I don't think of it as a mistake. Despite any regrets I might feel, my life has been good. Had I followed a different path I expect that I'd have other regrets, and my life might be a lot worse and lonely. I could've gone back to Japan as a married man, but decided not to. I like having kids -- they bring me a lot of joy. Perhaps I made a mistake not pursuing a serious relationship with a certain Japanese woman -- then I could've settled in Japan. *erm, just kidding dear* ;) I made my choice. As it is, I married, in Canada, a non-Japanese/ non-Canadian teacher whom I happened to fall in love with that was a colleague of mine in Japan. The plan was for us to go back to Japan, but my wife found a job here as an engineer in her field, and for various reasons (partially involving our financial future and her career as well as mine) we stayed here. I don't much like teaching, anyway, and might have had problems finding and holding onto other work in Japan (though a friend of mine from here managed). As for kids, we waited quite a few years, and I don't regret having them. It's not like living in Japan was my only wish in life, even if I hold a sense of regret that some things might have been better had different paths been taken, but who knows? I don't really regret the life I have even though I have yearned for Japan because it feels like I left big piece of me there, and whenever I go back there for visits, it almost feels like coming home (or like re-connecting with a magical time from my past). It holds nostalgic value too for me, and as the place where I met my future-wife and had such good times with her, even more-so. That said, if I stayed in Japan I'd probably feel the same way about where I come from. Sometimes I've felt that the more one travels and lives abroad, the more pieces of oneself one leaves behind. But it's not just the place I realise, it's "the time" that one leaves behind -- something one might yearn to recapture. And it's a part of my youth that I wish to recapture. I was in Japan for a bit a few weeks ago; that was nice. Incidentally, I don't really think I would particularly like spending the rest of my life in Japan, but would appreciate spending more time living and working there (but not without my wife and kids -- that would not be enjoyable for me). It is possible to do that with the familly still, and might well do that in a few years (sell off our shares and do what we want). I'm glad I went, and appreciate the life that followed because I went even though I'd make certain changes if I could. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |