Can she find a good job?

[Ruemonst 0]

Hi Everybody,

My friend from Russia has been to some Russian immigration forums.

The concensus there is that you can only find a good job in the U.S. if you are a computer programmer.

What is your wife or husbands experiences in finding a good job in the U.S.

My friend does not want to work at Dillards or J.C. Penny's

[MrsAmera 41]

In my opinion jobs are hard to come by for anyone right now (guess it depends where you live). If I were your friend I would be happy just to be an immigrant and to find a job because there are a lot of USC working in jobs that they dont' want to have either.

[payxibka 10,045]

Hi Everybody,

My friend from Russia has been to some Russian immigration forums.

The concensus there is that you can only find a good job in the U.S. if you are a computer programmer.

What is your wife or husbands experiences in finding a good job in the U.S.

My friend does not want to work at Dillards or J.C. Penny's

You also have to start somewhere to prove your worth and to build up a stable of good references. Sometimes taking a less desireable job in the beginning will allow for something better in the future.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

It depends on what you class as a good job???? is it the amount you get paid and the benefits you get or the fact you are happy in your work and its something you want to do...

It took me 4 months to find the Job I have now.... yes I get paid well and I like my Job so I would say I have a good job...

Kez

[rob&ana 0]

In reality...

It all depends on your area of expertise and the place you're moving to...

if you are rocket scientist and you're moving to the Boondocks in the middle of no where, you are going to have problems finding a good job, but if you are a rocket scientist and you move to say FL, close to NASA, I bet you wont have a problem. But if you dont have a specific profession, then, as someone said before, you have to start somewhere, and there's is absolutely not problem with working at Penney's or at any other store for that matter.

Ana

[Dr_LHA 3]

if you are rocket scientist and you're moving to the Boondocks in the middle of no where, you are going to have problems finding a good job, but if you are a rocket scientist and you move to say FL, close to NASA, I bet you wont have a problem.

NASA only employs US Citizens.

[hockeygal 0]

As happy as I am to finally be with snugglebunny, I am really not looking forward to the new job part. I know I will never see the kind of money I am making now, or the benefits, or the vacation time etc.

Edited December 13, 2006 by hockeygal

[Muuuuah 0]

I am not doing the best job in the world...but when i moved here in Sept and got a job 2 weeks later (i had a temp ead)then i call myself lucky that i got a job at all...sometimes we can`t be to picky about our job...if we need the money then we will work whilst looking for the kind of job we consider good.

[rebeccajo 14]

Count me in as one of those Americans who has been looking (for several months now) for a better job.

The competition for jobs where we live is fierce. I've applied for jobs where there were literally 300 to 500 people applying for the same position.

My husband and I have talked about the search for work after immigration. We're both office workers who have good skills. I've told him that had it been me moving there, I would have been happy to start out in the damn chip shop if it meant us having some money and me getting out into society. His first job here was in convenience store - the thing he liked the most about it was meeting people.

Uprooting your whole life means bumps on both sides of the move. Finding 'a good job' is probably one of the bigger ones.

Edited December 13, 2006 by rebeccajo

[Canuck Carrie 1]

Define "Good".

Where I live there aren't big, corporate jobs where you'd make $100,000 a year. Something like Dillards would be the way to go in my town as it's a paycheck and gets you experience. I just started at Verizon for the same pay I made when I was 19 back in Canada, but for here it's a great paying job.

[Jasman0717 9]

I am in IT and coders are in high demand in my area. We have migrated from Mainframe COBOL to Client and the dot net world. If she has experience in client she should easily be able to find a good job. The only drawback is the language, does she program in English?

Good luck

[KiminON 0]

As happy as I am to finally be with snugglebunny, I am really not looking forward to the new job part. I know I will never see the kind of money I am making now, or the benefits, or the vacation time etc.

i'm in exactly thye same boat. i don't expect to make the same kind of money, but i really liked having loads of vacation time that i could take however i liked and good hours too. that and there aren't many office jobs where i'm at. so far only the funeral home is hiring.

k

[featherB 1]

As happy as I am to finally be with snugglebunny, I am really not looking forward to the new job part. I know I will never see the kind of money I am making now, or the benefits, or the vacation time etc.

EXACT same thing here. But it'll be more than worth it, and I'm prepared to take pretty much any job I can get. I'm thinking I should make the most of the time when I won't be working and try not to be too frustrated by it, because I have a feeling the pay/benefits/vacation time (or lack of it - how I will miss my 31 days a year, not to mention my lovely 4-on/4-off shift pattern!) is going to come as a major shock! But, like I said... more than worth it.

[hockeygal 0]

yes. Snugglebunny has warned me repeatedly that I am in for a shock, and he wonders how I will deal with it. I will deal, because that is what we have to do to make this work, and I am hopeful that I will find something unexpected out there and be happy, if not rolling in dough and benefits.

But given that nothing in life is ever certain, I have some concerns about my cv. Maybe my new community only offers a certain wage and a certain type of job, and maybe I have to deal with it to get what I want overall (ie. a life with him) but it might affect my cv and future career path. If things go belly up between us later on, I could be at a disadvantage.

There is risk to all of this. I am more than willing to take it, but I am not going to lie and say it doesn't pop up every now and then to rain on my happy love parade!

[Anna C. 4]

You can also consider moving. E.g. with my expertise there is nothing out here where I live. And I don't only have work experience from Europe, also from New York, still there is nothing. We will give it another 5 months and then good bye NC. Best bets for my area are NYC, Bay Area and Seattle.

And I was surprised too, since my hubbie always claimed that there were so many jobs in the US. Fact is, those jobs are jobs for unskilled workers, which is good for a lot of people, but after 6 years at university I want to put my knowledge to good use. And here is the problem: only certain areas offer jobs for high level education.

And one thing which is true: being a computer specialist will get you a job everywhere, but being a PR professional like me, you have to go where all the agencies are. Sad but true!!!!