London to Dom Rep - Do you think I will find a job????

[JO JO]

Hi there

I am a 30 year old English girl.
I hope to move to Dom Rep from London in the next few months and hope to find work asap! I speak excellent English and have been learning English for the last year and a half. Does anybody have any tips for me?

Also do you think I should travel to DR before I find work or risk looking for work once I reach DR?

Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks JoJo

[J D Sauser]

Originally Posted by JO JO

Hi there

I am a 30 year old English girl.
I hope to move to Dom Rep from London in the next few months and hope to find work asap! I speak excellent English and have been learning English for the last year and a half. Does anybody have any tips for me?

Also do you think I should travel to DR before I find work or risk looking for work once I reach DR?

Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks JoJo

Speaking half way decent SPANISH would raise your chances of finding a job a couple of 100%'s over your being able to speak English. I hope you carry some other qualifications besides being able to speak your mother tongue(?).
Before you brake all your ties, and possible career at such a young age in your country, yes, you ought to treat yourself to an extended vacation here and see IF you can make it at all and find out if you did not come here for all the wrong reasons. Dreams can turn nightmares fairly quickly in paradise too.

... J-D.

[jrhartley]

I wonder if she meant she had been learning Spanish for a year and a half.....very difficult unless you are either retired (not likely at 30 )or self employed or looking for part time restaurant/bar work

[JO JO]

I am looking for any work. I have many qualifictions.A Levels, Degree and Masters. But I need 2 be realistic, my Spanish is not fluent yet and I understand I will have to work my way up if I am serious.

I have been 2 Dom Rep 4 times and really want to stay 4 longer and become fluent in Spanish.

As 4 me staying there 4 a few months without working......its not really my style. I aint rich, I will need a job. Plus if I'm not working, then its not realistic life!!!

When I say I have been learning Spanish, I mean evening classes and I have been teaching myself!


what do u think......I will find work?

JoJo

[sammystorm19]

You say that you have been down to the Dominican Republic 4 times. Have you always stayed on a resort? Have you stayed outside the resort, bought and made all your own food, see how the outside world of the resort is? Have you experienced this yet? If not then I would say, book a trip there first and stay outside the resort to see if you are going to like it.

Staying on a resort and staying outside the resort is a lot different.

Also I hope that I am not assuming anything here, but if you are moving down for a guy, just be careful.

As for finding work, well it is hard and you will have to look for it. All depends on what you are looking for. You won't make as much as you would living where you are now. just be prepared for that.

Good Luck!!!

Erin

[BushBaby]

Apart from posting on this forum JoJo, where else have you looked for jobs ....... in the UK? Have you tried the tour companies yet? There are a number of UK companies that are now setting up (or HAVE set up) offices/branches over here, have you approached them? (Have a word with the Foreign Office for their names!!).

You say you have a number of degrees & a Masters - in what subjects & are any of them pertinent to your present employment &/or desire for employment over here?
What do you do at the moment & is that the profession you wish to continue (if possible) over here?
WHERE in the DR have you visited & over what period?
Is THAT the area you wish to relocate to or are you prepared to work anywhere in the DR?

Have you saved up somewhere in the region of £4,000 that you can use as deposits (on room to rent), buying of basics that you can not bring from the UK, initial living expenses until you find a job ...............

What makes an intelligent 30 year old girl from the UK want to move to a third world country? Do you have a GOOD reason other than a desire to learn better Spanish?

Try to be honest with yourself & then reply to us (if you feel like it) because living outside of a civilised (& to a great extent, PROTECTED) country like the UK is NOT as simple as many make it out to be. Being retired is ONE thing, having a nest egg to support you makes life easier ........ being poor & struggling to make ends meet each month is something entirely different! We are here to help & advise if you want it but you will have to be totally upfront if we are going to get you through to being 'Happy' here!!

Good luck ~ Grahame.

[Lambada]

What happened, JO JO, when you were here the first 2 weeks of December to make you want to decide to move so quickly?

[wishingiwasthere]

Jo Jo – I will assume that you haven’t found a resort worker that you have fallen in love with and will move in with beind the Coca Cola factory in POP.

Im also 30 and have “lived” in the dr for a few months a couple of years ago and take regular holidays there now.

The reality is – I work hard in the UK, many many hours a week, but get well paid for it. Taking that approach to the DR – well – you can work many many hours a week in the DR and get paid around £5 a day!

Unless you have contacts in high places, or you are in with a tour company and assuming you don’t have a decent stash of money on you your chances of a decent living standard are slim.

Sorry to burst your bubble – but been there, tried it, had a great time but I couldn’t live out there if I had to work to sustain my life.

The UK is going to be very tough in 2009, moving to the DR to escape I don’t see as the answer.

[JO JO]

I want to live to Dom Rep for a year, not forever.

I totally understand that life is different inside and outside a resort, which is why I want to find work and and rent an apartment. I say I will stay a year, but if I dont like it I can come home...I plan 2 get a res visa 4 a year.

Oh my gosh, has anybody got anything good 2 say about Dominican men?? Are they all a bunch of crooks and liars or what????????? Everyone is warning me off the guys

Well no i'm not moving out there 4 a guy, i'm doing it 4 myself. Yes I am from London and I could live anywhere tropical and sunny because I could get hold of a visa......Miami, Bahamas etc, but I truly love DR. Yes I dont know the real life yet, but the only way i'm gonna find out is if i try it........no?

I dont mind where i work SD PP SD.......I'm not fussy!

I have always wanted 2 try a differnt country......its just about doing it.
This isn't a quick decision, i have wanted 2 do it 4 ages, just havent had the guts.

[wishingiwasthere]

Jo Jo – London to POP – nothing wrong with that!
Do you want a busy place like POP or a quiet area?
Just out of interest – where have you stayed before on your holidays?
Have you been out of Playa Dorada before by yourself?

Just want to get a handle on how much you know so people can advice you best?
Before you go – I would read as much as possible on this site and perhaps a book called Mad Dogs and English Men – it will give you a good idea of what life can be about.

What are the men like? Depends where abouts in the country you go I guess.