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After graduating from college I spent two years in Southeast Asia teaching English; one year to young children and another year to students and professionals. I will be returning to the United States this coming January and will obviously want to start working as soon as possible. My dream job would be teaching history (I was a history major in college) ,but I do understand that teaching jobs, are very hard to get at this point, especially without any prior experience. This being said I am an incredibly flexible guy and would be willing to work almost any job any where in the US. My only requirement would be that I make at least $25,000- $30,000 a year.
I'm just worried because I have heard horror stories from my friends back in the United States saying they have been unable to find a job that pays them enough to move out of their parents' house. However, on the same note, many of my friends have not been willing to move out of their comfort zone (New York, Tri-State area), which I believe has limited their options a great deal. So how bad is the job market for individuals like myself who are willing to a accept almost any salary, work any job, and move anywhere in the US? I will be twenty five years old by the time I return to the US if that is any help. Thanks!
I know people with bach or graduate degrees and job related experience who struggled for a long time or are currently struggling to find work. There are jobs available but they may not be what you want nor will they pay what you want. You don't have in demand skills or an in demand degree, so unless you luck out you will find a job in the mid west in the 9-12 dollar an hour range. This isn't for everyone but you may want to look into manager training programs for major retail business. A degree is a plus (in some chains a degree in ANY field is required) and it will put you within or close to the range you are looking at.
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A lot depends on where you are and what kind of work you do. Teaching jobs are fairly similar in pay regardless of the state, so you are much better off in a place with low cost of living. Here in the Seattle area, for example, teachers starting out may have to live with parents, have a roommate, or commute a long way from a cheaper area. The more popular areas are more expensive so people move their and those school districts have the greatest need for more teachers. Meanwhile you should look into the educational certification requirements for the states you are considering, you may have to go back to school before you can teach.
Easy To Get fired hard to get hired so many steps required. apply online interview by phone say the right things in professional tone hope for a face to face sit around and wait said i was flexible with start date the old days are gone used to be able to walk right in get hired with ease now they have us on our knees so much bureaucracy aimless wondering job song keep the faith stay strong something good will come along. Aimless wandering job song.
I think your prospects are good. Many people are willing to limit themselves, you don't sound like one of them. I suspect if you look into moving into an area that has an abundance of Asians new to the country and the language, you'd find a spot for the exact same work you were doing in Asia. With the added plus that you have experience with current local dialects and pop culture references which probably aid in the teaching process. Even if not a formal position, I'm willing to bet you can turn that into a part time tutor business, especially for those who work full time or odd hours and can't attend formal English classes.
Teaching people arent going to have as much trouble as most other professions, so you should be OK, but the rest of the world, real jobs are very hard to come by.This, combined with an attack on workers by politicians and corporatations make it the most worker unfriendly market Ive ever seen. I lived in Florida and Vermont and there was NO, NO real work for professional people. Just no pay, no-benefit service related McJobs. I looked for 3 years and couldn't get any real work. I moved to a major city in another state and found work right away, but I think that was due to luck -- right place, right time.
But, as mentioned, I think an educator wont have as many issues as most people. Good luck . . .
Jobs in the US vary greatly by location. Its not very complicated to figure out, places that bash business and view them as the enemy find that jobs move away and are scarce. Places that recognize business provides a necessity and regulate them reasonably have plenty of jobs. A place with manufacturing jobs will have the best economy since manufacturing products are sold out side the local area where the jobs are. So money from outside the local job area flows into the area which adds new money to the local economy. Jobs that simply trade things within the local economy do not have the same impact as these so called base jobs. Some gov understand that and are not afraid of manufacturing jobs for this reason. Houston and Dallas/FtWorth have more manufacturing jobs than other areas. Only NYC has a few more of these type jobs than DFW, Houston leads NYC in manufacturing jobs.
Your flexibility and open mind and wanting to work area great assets, move from the tri state area and not to california and you will find jobs not that difficult to find.
Teaching people arent going to have as much trouble as most other professions, so you should be OK, but the rest of the world, real jobs are very hard to come by.This, combined with an attack on workers by politicians and corporatations make it the most worker unfriendly market Ive ever seen. I lived in Florida and Vermont and there was NO, NO real work for professional people. Just no pay, no-benefit service related McJobs. I looked for 3 years and couldn't get any real work. I moved to a major city in another state and found work right away, but I think that was due to luck -- right place, right time.
But, as mentioned, I think an educator wont have as many issues as most people. Good luck . . .
Depends on the area, the northern front range of Colorado especially Fort Collins has no problem getting teachers, in fact I have heard you have to know someone or work as an aid to get into the school district in Fort Collins as a teacher.
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