Newcomer Any ideas? - unemployed.......

[DanielCaught]

For those of you who know of me, since I closed my store down last year, I decided not to start any new business ventures for now and look for a job. I was working at one small company doing their financials, HR and office managment and the owner got so tired of the constant problems here that she packed up and went back to the USA. All of the clients were in the US and she couldn't wire money into the country. Then I got a job doing sales, marketing, translations, etc for a USA based company, that decided after 4 months to restructure and not continue the Argentina project. So here I am looking for work again. If anybody has any ideas for me, I would really appreciate them. I am 42 (I know thats old for here jajaja) have lots of business experience, translation both written and oral, have worked in both banking and am very technology savvy. I am also fully bilingual and I am a permanent resident with a DNI. Any leads would be greatly appreciated! Thanks all.......

 

[BenColins]

maybe on a temporary basis, english teaching till you get something better

if you are a people person and are business and IT savvy, should be no problem

I teach full time and run a virtual team of 10 teachers

minimum pay per hour is 50 pesos which is something

i could recommend which institutes to avoid or flock too

through teaching, you may get something else

most of my students are either high ranking bank people or own IT start ups

hope this helps

 

[earlyretirement]

First of all, to Daniel and others that have recently lost your jobs I'm really sorry to hear that and hope you find something soon.

I did have a question to some of you in similar situations. Why stay in Argentina? Why not move to another country (possibly your home countries) where it would be much easier to find a job?

Do you all have quite a bit of savings/assets to fall back on for the future or retirement? I was just curious because when I lived in Buenos Aires, I met a few expats in their 30's, 40's and even 50's that didn't seem to have much in savings, no big retirement planned or too many assets. So I was always curious what the game plan is for retirement if you have been living out of the USA (or your home countries) for a while and then can't find work in Argentina for a while.

Most of the ones that I met over the years made it back to their home countries. I'm not sure how things turned out for them as I didn't keep in touch. But I always wondered about the implications for future retirement for some of these people.

Do you all worry about it much? I know many ex-pats living overseas have the "I'll worry about it later" attitude but do you worry about this?

Again, good luck with everything.

 

[DanielCaught]

First of all, to Daniel and others that have recently lost your jobs I'm really sorry to hear that and hope you find something soon.

I did have a question to some of you in similar situations. Why stay in Argentina? Why not move to another country (possibly your home countries) where it would be much easier to find a job?

Do you all have quite a bit of savings/assets to fall back on for the future or retirement? I was just curious because when I lived in Buenos Aires, I met a few expats in their 30's, 40's and even 50's that didn't seem to have much in savings, no big retirement planned or too many assets. So I was always curious what the game plan is for retirement if you have been living out of the USA (or your home countries) for a while and then can't find work in Argentina for a while.

Most of the ones that I met over the years made it back to their home countries. I'm not sure how things turned out for them as I didn't keep in touch. But I always wondered about the implications for future retirement for some of these people.

Do you all worry about it much? I know many ex-pats living overseas have the "I'll worry about it later" attitude but do you worry about this?

Again, good luck with everything.

First, thanks for your kind wishes. I am confident that I will find something soon. I stay in Argentina because the person who I love is here. We are going on 4 years, while not a lifetime, it's something I am not willing to let go of just yet and especially not for financial reasons that thank goodness are not dire but I do need to work. If it were totally up to me, at this point we would leave and move to New York where I am originally from. That's not a possibility though for my partner as he is a long established professional here, speaks basic english and would be hard for him to get up and running in the USA, and then there is the immigration problem as well. We visited New York last year (his first time ever in the USA and he loved it). Without going into too much detail, I have planned somewhat for the future, I own some property and my 401k which I started when I was 18 years old. So while I do need to work to cover my everyday living expenses, while not wealthy by any means, I think I will be okay when I get old and want to retire.

 

[earlyretirement]

First, thanks for your kind wishes. I am confident that I will find something soon. I stay in Argentina because the person who I love is here. We are going on 4 years, while not a lifetime, it's something I am not willing to let go of just yet and especially not for financial reasons that thank goodness are not dire but I do need to work. If it were totally up to me, at this point we would leave and move to New York where I am originally from. That's not a possibility though for my partner as he is a long established professional here, speaks basic english and would be hard for him to get up and running in the USA, and then there is the immigration problem as well. We visited New York last year (his first time ever in the USA and he loved it). Without going into too much detail, I have planned somewhat for the future, I own some property and my 401k which I started when I was 18 years old. So while I do need to work to cover my everyday living expenses, while not wealthy by any means, I think I will be okay when I get old and want to retire.

Thanks so much for sharing your story David. I always find it interesting to hear about different personal stories. Definitely it sounds like in your situation it would be difficult to move back to the USA without your loved one.

Definitely great as well to hear about the property ownership and also the 401K. It sounds like you've thought it through and have that to fall back on. That is far from some of the other ex-pats I met in Buenos Aires over the years.

Some of them had no savings at all and didn't own any property (where they could receive cash flow from rentals).

Thanks again for sharing your story. I hope you bounce back quite soon. I don't blame the business owners for leaving Argentina however. It's a brutal place to own a company.

 

[DanielCaught]

I just wanted to send a really warm and heartfelt thanks to those of you who have offered me first and foremost moral support, helpful ideas for job searching and to those who sent me private messages with job leads and offers to distribute my résumé I am really really thankful for this wonderful group of people here. I have been a member going on 6 years now, have met some of you, and have communicated with others. I really cherish the support and friends I have made here. Thank you all, very very much!