summer jobs

[nat1234]

hi,im currently looking for summer work in the DR from the UK but not too sure about how to apply or look at the moment. does anyone have any ideas as to where to start looking?

[ricktoronto]

Originally posted by nat1234
hi,im currently looking for summer work in the DR from the UK but not too sure about how to apply or look at the moment. does anyone have any ideas as to where to start looking?

would be a good place to start so when you get a summer's worth of pay you will have an idea of how much you made and what you can spend it on.

It appears you don't know how poorly these jobs like in resorts etc., summer or not pay.

Do you speak Spanish?

[ricktoronto]

if you PM someone make sure you are PM'ing to the actual person becuase I got your all CAPS e-mail for nat1234 in reply to this. You might want to click and send to him or her this time.

[dale7]

Saying this, I inquired about moving there and finding employment and was disturbed. My spanish is improving but I am not very fluent. That is a major point against me. Even if I could find a job, it would only be around $4000-6000RD because I have no professional degrees.
I was thinking about employment because I was contemplating moving there and finding work instead of bringing fiance and our son to the US. I actually asked around and talked to a few business owners/ex pats and received the grim news. Even if both Yesenia and I worked, we would be poor. She only makes $6800-6850RD a month, one of those numbers and she has an all right job. I would blow all my savings in a few years and live on rice and beans in an apartment/home without the creature comforts I am used to in the US. To make a long story short, listen to others because you won't make any money there to sustain yourself unless you possess skills that are in high demand or affiliated with a company from your country.
These posts are always so common and by many who have never been to the DR or been there once, typically at an AI resort. For those who have never been there, what do they do? Just pull names out of a bag listing the country they would like to move to and expect a fairy tale life? To all, search the archives and get a startling dose of reality. For those he.l bent on moving/working in the DR, take a real trip to the DR for 2 weeks or longer asking ex pats about the life and possibilities, the pros and the cons. Then with the information you now have, then you can decide if the DR is a place that you want to relocate to. The DR is a beautiful country but just because it is in the Carribean doesn't mean that everything is sun and fun.
dale7(Howard)

[Arve]

Rubbish. As the old saying goes: "Life's not just a game, it's
also a dance on roses."

Apart from that, and being London based but having spent a
fair bit of time down there ( 1 year out of the last 3, several
spells ), I'll subscribe to what has been said.

It's hard to help when one doesn't know which skills one
possess, but in any case it'll be very hard to find something.

I'm wrapping up an MA and I'm ok in 4-6 languages, but I've got
no illusions. I know others, a lot more skilled than me...doesn't
take much but still.., who also failed. Skills apart, the reason
they failed was because they didn't know the right people, imho.

So, a summer job that can cover your expenses would be very
hard to come by, and you'd have to actually be down there to
stand any remote chance.

What I can suggest/recommend is this: Assuming you have
enough funds to cover your stay from the beginning, go down
there for a couple of months or more during summer and check
the place out. It's a necessary requirement for any future
success and it'll be great experience in any case. You might get
something if you're lucky with who you meet, know how to sell
yourself and possess certain skills.. I'm short on all accounts.
There, you could also check out newspapers for jobs etc, as you
work on your tan.

Another thing is to find a place as a volounteer. There you won't
get paid but the working conditions might be better and you
might even meet people that can help you later. I used to have
a bunch of websites for people wanting others to work for them
without compensation, but I dropped my comp on the floor so
off went my bookmarks along with a fantastic run with Cambridge in Championship Manager3. However, there might be
something useful on www.idealist.org for you, I'm not sure.

You'll probably love the place if you go, but for most of us mortals
UK will be the place you earn your money, and the DR is the
place you'll spend the sad and pathetic remains after the taxman
has had his share. Good luck to ye.

[ricktoronto]

Originally posted by Arve

What I can suggest/recommend is this: Assuming you have
enough funds to cover your stay from the beginning, go down
there for a couple of months or more during summer and check
the place out.

If he needs a summer job this is a pretty good way to lose money for 2 straight months. Face it - there is limited income available for a non-Spanish speaking UK resident for summer jobs, that's the truth and if he wants a 2 month vacation then he'd have said that. Look in the UK fellow, there is likely a better chance.

[Arve]

Originally posted by ricktoronto
If he needs a summer job this is a pretty good way to lose money for 2 straight months. Face it - there is limited income available for a non-Spanish speaking UK resident for summer jobs, that's the truth and if he wants a 2 month vacation then he'd have said that. Look in the UK fellow, there is likely a better chance.

Yep, fair enough, a summer job won't happen. He wouldn't even
have gotten a work permit either, afaik.

As for my great idea, it would mean "losing" money for 2 straight
months, hence the assumption was that it could be afforded.
I did the same and was eventually offered a number of jobs,
poorly paid but still. I wasn't looking for jobs so I didn't take
them, the private "language classes" I gave, I gave for free.
It depends a bit with what you want out of the job; the money,
an experience or other things ( I got Spanish for free ).

Anyway, he got my thought for free and can take it or ditch it
and that was me on this. Live long and prosper.