Technical Jobs in SDQ

BIZC8 · #1 05-07-2007, 04:58 PM

I've had a (hopefully promising) business opportunity in DR that gears more towards the kind of work my wife does (beautician) and I'm seriously considering making the move there from the US (North Carolina specifically). Howeverrrr, prior to making any decisions I figured, hey.. let's take a look at the job market in MY field to see what that's like. I have no problems finding work in the US as I work in the high technology industry (systems/networking), so I says to myself... BIZC8, why don't you go ahead and throw your resume around in SDQ through their infoempleos.net website and whatnot and see what happens.... Well folks, to my surprise and after two months, I've gotten NO responses. Now mindful, I've not specified any salary requirements (or pictures) or anything, but I'm just wondering... is this field over-saturated in the DR, or do you like have to live there? Or do they just have different approach techniques in the DR that I'm probably not aware of here in the US or is it just that you just have to know somebody who knows somebody who knows the HR director's half-brother?

Not to brag or anything, but my skill set is pretty highly desirable in any mid to large company who uses Windows as their operating system and Ethernet as their topology (pretty much 99.99% of all network environments).

Anyone care to enlighten me?

Chris · #2 05-07-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BIZC8

... I figured, hey.. let's take a look at the job market in MY field to see what that's like...

Hey, it would be good for you to use the search button to take a look. There are a lot of up to date posts on the site dealing with the job market in terms of high level IT skills.

So, throw your fingers over the search button and your eyes over the search results, and you'll get an idea of what the market is. OK..

It does not surprise anyone else on the board that you got no responses to throwing your resume around. Do a little homework on the site and you'll soon figure out how to go about it.

fago · #3 05-08-2007, 05:49 AM

hi,

i had the same problem with dominican joaboards...they work(??) in a very different way from the american or european ones.
Anyway if your wife has a good job offer, just move to Dr , rent a good apartment for 450dollars and you'll easily finda job in your field. Is full of job offers for technical jobs.Obviously wages are not the american ones........good luck

BIZC8 · #4 05-08-2007, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris

So, throw your fingers over the search button and your eyes over the search results, and you'll get an idea of what the market is. OK..

It does not surprise anyone else on the board that you got no responses to throwing your resume around. Do a little homework on the site and you'll soon figure out how to go about it.

Chris... Chris... of course I've done all that! I've actually gone as far as speaking with a couple of potential employers in the DR (not because they responded to my application, but because I initiated the contact after having sent my resume - sort of a follow-up). Both of their responses were "the position has been filled." My natural answer to that was to ask how long ago and each answer had been over 30 days. These were posts on Infoempleos.net that were supposedly less than 14 days old. At that point I thought I'd have to revisit my basic math skills... > 30 days... < 14 days... hhmmm!

All in all, I'm still not getting a clear picture as to what "works" in the DR to get your foot in the door...

In reference to the suggestion of moving first and worry about the job later, well.. to me that's not a viable option. There are kids involved, an entire process of settling there, finding appropriate schooling, transportation, etc... The business opportunity is one where the business needs to be first solidly established and all and as we all know, there's a ramp-up time (which varies in length depending on a number of factors) necessary before the business itself starts to yield profitable results.

Chris · #5 05-08-2007, 02:10 PM

So let me be a little smartass today ..

If you've done all that, howcome you don't get it already?

You need to do what you need to do by networking.

Salary is another story .. (just feeling feisty and messing with you a little!). I agree with the previous poster. There are jobs.

Read a lot .. read the forums from top to bottom. Do those searches and find out what we say about the IT market. It is like something you've never experienced before. People that only understand hooking a router between two computers, in charge of huge networks. They cannot spell TCP/IP and ethernet topology must be a new thing that they've not learnt yet. And then, so now and again you find the gem who understands this stuff just inately and is hungry for knowledge and a good theoretical understanding.

Your resume should probably change. You need to dumb it down a little. Make it practical. Have a look at the stickies on this board. Chirimoya posted a good resume outline that is appropriate for our market.

Then, come back and cry if you do get an IT job and it is like something you've never seen.

(I am known to be so fussy about these things that I've literally 'braided' ethernet cables into a network switch cabinet just to make them look nice! - it is a marvellous thing of beauty!)

Btw, do you speak Spanish? Do you have a good Spanish resume?

Chris · #6 05-08-2007, 02:22 PM

Oh yes, a quick question? Is it your resume that I received this morning? If so, for a DR position, it needs to be in Spanish (followed by English) and your skillset needs to be wiggled down into a DR context.

If not yours, then I hope the applicant reads this.

BIZC8 · #7 05-08-2007, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

So let me be a little smartass today ..

If you've done all that, howcome you don't get it already?

You need to do what you need to do by networking.

Salary is another story .. (just feeling feisty and messing with you a little!)

Read a lot .. read the forums from top to bottom. Do those searches and find out what we say about the IT market. It is like something you've never experienced before. People that only understand hooking a router between two computers, in charge of huge networks. They cannot spell TCP/IP and ethernet topology must be a new thing that they've not learnt yet. And then, so now and again you find the gem who understands this stuff just inately and is hungry for knowledge and a good theoretical understanding.

Your resume should probably change. You need to dumb it down a little. Make it practical. Have a look at the stickies on this board. Chirimoya posted a good resume outline that is appropriate for our market.

Then, come back and cry if you do get an IT job and it is like something you've never seen.

(I am known to be so fussy about these things that I've literally 'braided' ethernet cables into a network switch cabinet just to make them look nice! - it is a marvellous thing of beauty!)

Btw, do you speak Spanish?

Chris, I took your advice.. did a li'l walk-around the forum, read a little here and there, saw a few posts about "networking" and have come to the conclusion that there are two things I need to do: one is to establish professional/personal connections with people already in DR and #2 is I need to get there.

Problem with option 2 is that as I said earlier, it's not just me moving. I'm married with 3 children. Problem with option #1 is that in order to establish such connections, I would have to accomplish option #2 first. Something you mentioned that I found very, very interesting is that I needed to "dumb down" my resume. I wanted to know what it is that "works" in order to get a potential Dominican (or otherwise) employer to become interested enough in my resume that'll prompt him/her to give me a call. If you could, please provide a link to Chirimoya's post so I can review it and make it 'practical' for the Dominican market. This is exactly the type of information I need to have and I sure do appreciate your time and effort in providing direction. Although I can assure you that my resume is not as "nerdy" as you may think it is.

With regard to my Spanish.... manejo el idioma en su totalidad, hablado, escrito y leído. Me puedes escribir en el lenguaje de Cervantes cuando gustes. Dios te bendiga.

BIZC8 · #8 05-08-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

Oh yes, a quick question? Is it your resume that I received this morning? If so, for a DR position, it needs to be in Spanish (followed by English) and your skillset needs to be wiggled down into a DR context.

If not yours, then I hope the applicant reads this.

I haven't sent my resume to anyone in DR1... that I know of anyways.

I did find the stickies and will have my resume translated into Spanish and see if that has any impact...

Thanks.

Chris · #9 05-08-2007, 02:42 PM

Resume Samples...

Your resume would most probably be something that confirms an arrangement already made. So, your thinking should be to pound the streets in person, make connections and network. Perhaps some of the others posters have seen this, but I have not seen a job go to someone who sent in a resume from outside the country - that is in the IT field. But then, up to now, I'm sure I have not seen it all yet.

shadInToronto · #10 05-08-2007, 02:55 PM

If you're a good network guy and your company recognizes that, you should be able to work out an arrangement where you could work remotely. BUT, that depends where you work in network support - if you're in implementation (pulling wires, hooking up hardware, configuration, ....), you can't do that remotely, however, if you're in architecture, design, trouble shooting/optimization, security, .... etc., it's possible.

My question to you is, if you can make much more money in NA, why go work for low wages in the DR doing the same job? If you work hard for a couple of years, you could accumulate enough to support your family while you settle there.