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MikeySaid
Joined: 10 Nov 2004
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Location: Torreon, Mexico
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 Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: If you can't find teaching work... |
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...what do you do?
I was fired from a school where I had a horrible experience, and every Mexican I know took it as a blessing, not some horrible meltdown.
If you're committed to living in the location you're in and suddenly find yourself without the ability to get a j.o.b. in that place... what else can you do?
I'm not getting any responses from the schools in Torreon, and I desperately need to be able to work (don't want to be married and unemployed, and the wedding is in 8 weeks, still haven't been able to find work in the US either and I'm starting to freak out). What other kinds of work might be available to me? I've seen people throwing around the idea of teaching at companies... but I haven't a clue who to contact.
I've contacted all sorts of schools in the Laguna, with no positive responses.
Any ideas are appreciated. |
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notamiss
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
Posts: 908
Location: El 5o pino del la CDMX
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http://www.wataonline.net/site/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=747
Edited to add: Yes it's a humourous piece, but making a living from translation is no joke. It's lucrative if you can get into the right markets, and fun if you like it, is another way to leverage your expertise in English, and can be combined with teaching.
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 2236
Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: Re: If you can't find teaching work... |
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| MikeySaid wrote: |
...what do you do?
I was fired from a school where I had a horrible experience, and every Mexican I know took it as a blessing, not some horrible meltdown.
If you're committed to living in the location you're in and suddenly find yourself without the ability to get a j.o.b. in that place... what else can you do?
I'm not getting any responses from the schools in Torreon, and I desperately need to be able to work (don't want to be married and unemployed, and the wedding is in 8 weeks, still haven't been able to find work in the US either and I'm starting to freak out). What other kinds of work might be available to me? I've seen people throwing around the idea of teaching at companies... but I haven't a clue who to contact.
I've contacted all sorts of schools in the Laguna, with no positive responses.
Any ideas are appreciated. |
Did your last job pay you before they fired you? I mean they have to give you something like three months of pay. It's Mexican federal labor law. If you have your FM-3 and everything else is in order and they didn't give you a "poncho" parachute, you should go and speak with a lawyer.
Here in DF it never seems to be a problem finding a job. There are also jobs here working in cutomer service and tech support over the telephone with clients in the US. Those pay about 7-8,000 pesos per month.
What else to do? If there is much tourism you could try being a tour guide. You could also offer to help students and others by proofreading and correcting reports, and papers in English.
Private tutor to rich kids.
If you were right on the US border you could just cross over and work each day. Sounds like you're between a rock and a hard place. I was in a similar situation in a medium-sized Mexican city once. I needed a job ASAP, but all I got was "We''ll have something in a month...maybe" I had to go back to the US and get a real job.
I hope that things work out for you. Good luck and congrats on the wedding! |
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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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Location: Mexican Riviera
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:45 am Post subject: |
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Prof Gringo wrote
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| What else to do? If there is much tourism you could try being a tour guide. |
Uh, NO, this idea is out. There are extremely strong union protections in place in these areas and tour guiding licenses to pass (in Spanish). I live in a tourist area and I know ONE American who has passed the rigorous exam and is about 21st on the seniority list after being here over
20 years.
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| If you're committed to living in the location you're in and suddenly find yourself without the ability to get a j.o.b. in that place... what else can you do? |
I thought someone (maybe even me) answered you previously, but maybe I imagined it. You start your own business! Be an entrepreneur! One school doesn't dictate your destiny. |
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MikeySaid
Joined: 10 Nov 2004
Posts: 509
Location: Torreon, Mexico
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: Re: If you can't find teaching work... |
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| Prof.Gringo wrote: |
Did your last job pay you before they fired you? |
Nope.
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| I mean they have to give you something like three months of pay. It's Mexican federal labor law. If you have your FM-3 and everything else is in order and they didn't give you a "poncho" parachute, you should go and speak with a lawyer. |
Yep. Currently awaiting the audience or the appointment or whatever its called. I had to sign over power of attorney to a lawyer (family friend, all's safe) and he's handling the case.
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What else to do? If there is much tourism you could try being a tour guide. You could also offer to help students and others by proofreading and correcting reports, and papers in English.
Private tutor to rich kids.
If you were right on the US border you could just cross over and work each day. Sounds like you're between a rock and a hard place. I was in a similar situation in a medium-sized Mexican city once. I needed a job ASAP, but all I got was "We''ll have something in a month...maybe" I had to go back to the US and get a real job. |
Definitely a rock and a hard place, I went back to the states to find a real job and have been applying for anything and everything. Just so happens I went home to a tough economy where companies are tightening belts and budgets and have had several jobs slip through my hands. I've applied for general labor, ditch digging, temp agencies, everything, and it just hasn't panned out. I'm supposed to feel better about it because a friend of mine has been looking for more than a year, but I don't.
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| I hope that things work out for you. Good luck and congrats on the wedding! |
Me too, thanks!
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dixie
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
Posts: 644
Location: D.F
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Connect up with the Korean market, and see about tutoring their kids. It is at least a little something. I had one friend who was doing okay doing that in Torre�n.
For companies, there are quite a few foreign ones, so simply get email addresses, or phone numbers and call. I know they give Spanish lessons to employees, so I would have to assume that there is at least a small need to give ENglish to some of their national employees.
The best advice really, leave Torre�n! Get married, and move on.
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wildchild
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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Location: Puebla 2009 - 2010
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I would consider postponing the marriage.
Marriage is difficult work as it is; you don't need this added stress that just might break the relationship.
Getting married is supposed to be one of the happiest times of your life. come wedding day, you may find it extremely difficult to enjoy. Also, if you're unable to fulfill the many expectations of your new bride and family that come along with being married, it might prove disastrous.
I would postpone until I found myself in a more stable position from which I could really focus on my spouse and the relationship as to assure its survival.
In the mean time, I wish you the best of luck. |
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guatetaliana
Joined: 20 Feb 2008
Posts: 112
Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Le�n, Mexico
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| wildchild, I'd beg to differ. My husband had to quit his job 4 days before our wedding. Mine ended a month later. We left the US a month after that and headed into an uncertain future in Europe. After that adventure, we landed in Mexico with no idea what we would | | |
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