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[new horizons]

I don��t know where to put this, so I��m just plopping it here.

My brother came here right out of university. He was here for 3+ years. Now he��s back home (the U.S.), married, job hunting and having a hell time of it. He has an engineering degree, but no engineering experience. He��s now looking at working offshore in the North Sea. Yes, he saved up a good bit of money, but they��ve had to live off that cash for a few months now. It��s not funny how fast that can go.
The spousal unit and I have been in SK for a year now and plan on doing at least a couple of more here plus a few more years in Asia and beyond before (maybe) heading back to North America. We kinda have plans��so did my brother.

What are your plans for after Korea? Particular those of you who have been here two years or more.

[deetah]

I'm planning on spend ing another two (three max) years here in Korea, chipping away at the behemoth student loans. Then, maybe a semester at uni doing a couple post-graduate courses. After that, moving west to British Columbia for the rest of my life

[SuperFly]

It may be hard for someone with an engineering degree to find something that pays well, but if you're a communication major like I am and you don't mind starting out at the bottom, there is work. I know at least five people that started out with a crappy job and worked hard, had ups and downs but finally got what they were looking for with persistance and patience, myself included. I know another guy that gave up his job (engineer) in Oklahoma to be with his Korean wife and has been looking for a job now for 8 months in Phoenix. Lucky for him his wife makes 50K a year.

[on_me_head_son]

[Demophobe]

[krats1976]

I think I'm one of those lucky few for whom time in Korea will actually benefit me when I go back. I'm a certified teacher in the States and I'm working at an accredited foreign school here. So, I'll go back with 3 (or more? Dunno how long I'll stay) years of teaching that will count towards both pay scale and experience.


...That is IF--big if--I decide to go back to the States. I dunno. I just found out that my baby brother is getting married this Christmas. That makes me the last single person in the family. Ugh. Do I really want to go back and hang out with all my married-and-having-babies siblings?

[ubum]

[sheba]

Hopefully Ill stay here for another couple of years until Im debt-free and then have a whole of money saved up.

Then its back home for a 3 year post-grad degree of which the 3rd year is placement experience. Usually the employer will keep you on as an employee after your year experience is up so its like walking into a job.

[Tiger Beer]

I've gone back and forth between living in Korea and North America several times.

After two years teaching in Korea and Brazil in 1996-1998.. I arrived back in the U.S... New York City to be exact. Started training on powerpoint, excel, word (while doing other temp jobs).. and six months later found myself creating presentations for an investment bank at $25/hour.

In 2000 came back to Korea.. only to return back to the U.S. again in 2001 living in San Francisco.. ended up working at City Hall Election Department (only $14/hour though) as well as tons of various temp work at temp agencies (before that job)... but then came back to Korea again.

Whats next?

I'm not entirely sure.. looking at an online export/import course.. to see if I could get into that. Thinking next time I might just try living in Honolulu (and taking on whatever I can).. or Seattle (huge port city - must be somewhere there import/export related just to try for).

I'm one of those guys thats just lands on his feet somehow or another whever I go. Honestly I don't understand how some guys can't find any work in major cities and go unemployed for more than a week or two at a time. I generally hit up every single temp job employer in a city.. and you'll be placed somewhere within a week tops.. two at the most. Just interview at every single place until you are in all of their databases and just keep calling.

[billybrobby]

[Zyzyfer]

U.S./Japan. Either or. Prefer not to go back home yet, since Bush is still in office. >_<

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

I'm never going home!

Sparkles*_*

[Bo Peabody]

[Wrench]

I will probably spend 1 more year here then, I am off to Europe for 9 months gone get teaching job probably in Poland. Then I am coming back to Canada then most likely since I will be scared by the years of teaching I will join the army and kill some people.

[desultude]