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Hawaii is the last place to come to especially with no money. You have to be rich to live here. The place is ridiculously expensive and the wages are very low. You need two to three jobs here. As for your education, please! It's not what you know, it's who you know here, They don't give a damn about your college degrees. In Hawaii, they will gladly pay you from $9.00 to $10.00 an hour. The only good thing is the weather, that way if you are homeless at least the weather is nice. Do yourself a favor, find some where you can make a good salary and the cost of living is cheap.
Plus another factor in keeping prices high and wages low is pressure from the imported population. Folks are willing to move to Hawaii and work any job they can find just to live here so employers can offer low wages and find someone to take the job. There are also a lot of folks who want to buy property in Hawaii who have jobs in other places that pay a lot more as well as being in a lower cost of living area so they can afford to pay a lot more than the folks working locally. That drives the cost of housing up which increases the local expenses and makes it even more difficult for local folks.
If it wasn't so difficult to live here, there would be a whole lot more population here and the folks here are already living on somewhere around 85% imported everything. Price of shipping is going up so it's gonna get even tougher.
Hawaii is the last place to come to especially with no money. You have to be rich to live here. The place is ridiculously expensive and the wages are very low. You need two to three jobs here. As for your education, please! It's not what you know, it's who you know here, They don't give a damn about your college degrees. In Hawaii, they will gladly pay you from $9.00 to $10.00 an hour. The only good thing is the weather, that way if you are homeless at least the weather is nice. Do yourself a favor, find some where you can make a good salary and the cost of living is cheap.
So true. Hawaii is the only place I've ever heard of that people are more interested in where you graduated HS than if you went to college.
I don't want to live large, a small place to stay with simple to no immentities is fine. A laptop with internet access and my motorcycle is just about all i need really. Not using drugs, not retired either but im not looking to come to Hawaii to work hard and save, i want to work a little bit to suit my needs and to enjoy the island and the culture there. I'm very laid back and friendly and was hoping to build strong friendships there. So, i just need enough cash to get by, did this answer your question? If i could find a job teaching in a school, that would be great or maybe something suited to the tourist as id imagine there's always a demand for that. Ive worked in business development and public relations for an engineering company.
And the Hawaii homeless problem prepares to grow by 1.
Can you tell me why that is? Hawaii should be a place where a person can work just ONE job and make enough to pay for a decent standard of living. If I lived there, I'd be a big time union organizer, as well as getting a petition going to dramatically raise the min wage - what is it now, same as the mainland? Imagine if the min wage was $15 an hour, with all jobs required to be at least 20 hours a week, so everyone can get the state-mandated health insurance (or is that 30 hours?)
I'm just getting a bit peeved reading about how hard it is to "make" it in Hawaii, as if it's a 3nd world country or something. I urge all residents who work or wish to work in Hawaii to demand MUCH higher wage levels, as well as better working conditions (like plenty of time off to go surfing and enjoy the beauty of the islands, etc).
Remember folks, Hawaii is supposed to be paradise on Earth, not some crappy backwater where people have to work 2-3 jobs just to get by. That is just so wrong, on so many levels.
It will always be that way because as someone said in another thread, Hawaii is NOT business friendly. No business = no wealth. Japan dried up years ago as a big-time source of tourist $$$.
From looking at the recent posts on this topic, I was just curious how it is that all of you were able to successfully move to Hawaii, but it seems not many more can. . Like I said...just curious.
From looking at the recent posts on this topic, I was just curious how it is that all of you were able to successfully move to Hawaii, but it seems not many more can. . Like I said...just curious.
Aloha!
Kelly
Aloha Kelly, see Kailasmom's quote, think she hit the mentality of many "successful" movers who post on here. Ruby
BTW, I love the name of this post, I think you should start your own blog with your tips and adventures. I've read a ton of stuff on making it on a budget on the Big Island, but not so much about Oahu. You would have loads of fans, you are so kind not to have the "Now that I've moved to Hawaii, I wanna lock the gateway to the islands behind me!" mentality, and yes, I do understand the difference between that and legitimate warnings. I just think you've done a super job with researching your move, and I wish you much happiness, and look forward to sipping a mai tai with you in a few months!"
What a fantastic idea about a blog. It would be titled "Help! Moving to Hawaii/No Plan, No Job. . Many people have done it and some do make it. It's all a matter of how bad you want it.
What a fantastic idea about a blog. It would be titled "Help! Moving to Hawaii/No Plan, No Job. . Many people have done it and some do make it. It's all a matter of how bad you want it.
Let's hope there would be some planning?
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. Like I said...just curious.
. Many people have done it and some do make it. It's all a matter of how bad you want it.
