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time to ask again... how is the job market or econamy to you?

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Mikezilla:

--- Quote from: Blanka on February 22, 2011, 02:06:26 am ---
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on February 21, 2011, 08:15:46 pm ---Blanka, where are you? I havent seen a beer in a tin (iron, whatever) can since I was a kid (1960's maybe early 70's)

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Well here in Holland they are plain 'ol steel. People don't want aluminium because of the taste. Guess Brussels want to convert us to aluminium, but without success. Don't know how other European countries do, mostly if we do something it's because the Germans do so, so lets open a topic for regional can materials used.

Regarding the job market, it is really good here. But our region is really on the high tech ups and downs, an when the largest integrated circuit lithography company (70% marketshare) is doing well (Apple, Intel, Samsung they all need them), all Eindhoven is doing well. Even our truck factory is doing great again. A few years ago the traffic jams were outward, in the direction of Utrecht and Amsterdam. Now they are inward.

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Not to derail this thread or anything, but Blanka, have you heard of Dutch beer? Thats the brand name. Says its brewed in holland. My local market picked it up, and it tastes like a poor mans Heineken. But man, it was 3.99 a six pack of bottles! Gotta love that!  ;D

shmokes:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 22, 2011, 01:13:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 22, 2011, 01:01:51 pm ---Ark, I said that the legal job market is awful.  The nursing job market is another thing altogether.

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True, but there alternatives than having someone emigrate on the notion that there is sustained employment, when there is an active job market in this country.  The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the pond.

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No . . . but sometimes it is.  I don't know anything about the nursing market in the UK, but having the opportunity to emigrate is a powerful reason to make the move even if your local market is moving.  Not many people even have the option and it's a great adventure that exposes you to so many new experiences. 

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: shmokes on February 22, 2011, 01:48:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 22, 2011, 01:13:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 22, 2011, 01:01:51 pm ---Ark, I said that the legal job market is awful.  The nursing job market is another thing altogether.

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True, but there alternatives than having someone emigrate on the notion that there is sustained employment, when there is an active job market in this country.  The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the pond.

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No . . . but sometimes it is.  I don't know anything about the nursing market in the UK, but having the opportunity to emigrate is a powerful reason to make the move even if your local market is moving.  Not many people even have the option and it's a great adventure that exposes you to so many new experiences. 

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I'm just saving them for the possibility of losing large amounts of cash and anguish.

My family is 99% British, which I am the only one who is American (born).  My family was bitten by the emigration bug, only to find themselves torn between the US and the UK.  It is not like you are moving from Somalia to the US.  The UK and the US is very similar.  It was a completely different point in the 1950's when my parents settled in Southern California.  The UK was still in rationing, and the US looked like paradise to them. It was.

Today it isn't the same.  It costs a lot more to get started and the borders are more tighter today then what it was.  You leave loved ones in the UK and then eventually you feel very homesick, you move back and forth and get stuck in a cycle, never completely happy as you want the best of both worlds.  Believe me, our family all have the T-shirts.  You have to be 100% committed, otherwise the venture is hubris.

I would love to go home permanently, but I am better off here financially.  I do go back, not as much as I used to before the recession, as you can see the cycle is still effective.  I agree. The US is a blast.  The best place on earth. Opportunities abound.  I think of home and the life I had, then I think of the UK.... and it is not so bad.  Well I would like a bit of warm LA weather.  ;D

My older brothers are still in the US, and I just got word, that my brother lost his job of 20 years last week.  He was top of his game 2 years ago.  The bills still need to be paid.  No NHS over there, or extensive benefits like in the UK.  Cobra is expensive too.  Scary place to live in, without a job.  He is a fighter, and I bet he will have a job by the end of the month.

I know you guys can relate to that.  Sometimes a simple choice might become a huge personal risk, in this climate.  Something I wouldn't want to anyone to go through.  Nice to go on holiday, nice to come back home.  BTW: stay liquid and buy gold, and leave the globe trotting to those who can afford it.

Something rather pertinent considering the aptly titled thread.  ;) 

shmokes:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on February 22, 2011, 05:08:01 pm ---
I agree. The US is a blast. 


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The US is a blast.  But lest you think I'm just promoting my country it's worth mentioning that I am actively trying to leave.  My first choice for a job is in Paris and that's my primary destination for resumes.  I'm also working on getting a long-term work visa there, which is extraordinarily difficult (stupid French).  Beyond that I'm looking for work in London, Brussels, New York and D.C. (and one thing in Miami, for good measure).

I know that leaving your country isn't for everyone, and it definitely puts you outside your comfort zone.  But I sort of feel like I'm never really learning unless I'm a bit uncomfortable.  Obviously garwil has to look at the pros and cons to see if it's feasible, but if it is, it's a hell of an opportunity, not just to find a good job, but to find any job that will allow him to be completely immersed in a foreign culture.

Ginsu Victim:
My wife and I are still out of work. (Since beginning of Dec)

Thinking we might take some classes.

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