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Quack Addict
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ttompatz
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 Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: Americans Fleeing the U.S. to Work Overseas |
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America ... the new Mexico (millions trying to get out for better economic opportunities) ...
or perhaps more like the Filipino OFW (off-shore foreign worker) wave (currently ~10% of the population working off-shore to support families at home).
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pkang0202
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it any surprise when, for the past 10 years, media like the Wall STreet Journal, Money, etc... publish articles touting all the oppurtunities and jobs overseas? |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Americans Fleeing the U.S. to Work Overseas |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
America ... the new Mexico (millions trying to get out for better economic opportunities) ...
or perhaps more like the Filipino OFW (off-shore foreign worker) wave (currently ~10% of the population working off-shore to support families at home).
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 Yes, America is a third world country with only $1/hour jobs.
Hell, there are plenty of $4 an hour jobs in the states that Mexicans or Filipinos would love to have. Americans don't want those jobs.
I guess you could call us spoiled Filipino OFWs...until you see Americans going to the middle east to be nannies and maids, it's not much of an analogy. |
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rollo
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| U.S unemployment 8.6, Canada is 7.5 U.K maybe 13% |
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Paddycakes
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:54 am Post subject: |
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The article makes it sound like your average Joe can just pick up and leave Mayberry to work overseas at will.
Generally speaking, if you're a Westerner, to work overseas you need:
1. To be married to a local (easiest way).
2. To have a highly specialized technical skill that the foreign country is in short supply of.
3. To have your company send you overseas - but again, these are generally highly specialist technical and managerial positions. Not average Joe jobs.
4. To have A LOT of money.
5. And of course there's always ESL if you want to live in foreign country, but you still generally need a BA/BS to do that which most people don't have. |
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comm
Joined: 22 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| Paddycakes wrote: |
| The article makes it sound like your average Joe can just pick up and leave Mayberry to work overseas at will. |
"In-demand skills include IT, engineering and teaching."
That sounds like a pretty reasonable claim for the article to make. If Joe from Mayberry has some experience in IT or engineering, it may be relatively easy to find employment overseas. |
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