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msquared
  3/30/2015 21:31 EST

I am African American, 25 years old, college senior (bachelors in English Writing and Spanish from Indiana University) with a published book and plenty of experience in office jobs under my belt.
I am planning to move to Santiago in May in hopes of finding a job. I had a GREAT trip in January in Santiago for two weeks. However, I cannot find anywhere on how I (as an educated black male) might be perceived looking for professional work in Santiago, which obviously did not have lots of blacks. Can anyone (regardless of race) give me ANY insight? ANYTHING? Even if it is second-hand (what you've heard.) I LOVED SANTIAGO.

jessibean
  4/12/2015 15:55 EST

As as african american female living in Chile. They have pretty much no experience with blacks from the US. They are used to islanders mostly who immigrated. What they know about blacks from the US they get from television, which can be annoying. I personally have not experienced any ill-treatment or prejudiced or being looked down on. Professionally, spanish fluency is a MUST. Without Spanish job opportunities are petty much nonexistent. Chileans tend to trust other Chileans first, it's not about race, it's just about trust. Once you earn their trust and prove you are a dependable person they can be very war and accepting.

Don't be offended if they want you to teach them ebonics or slang, because all they know is from TV.

Secondly, Chile has a lot of educated people, jobs will go to Chileans first, they only go to foreigners who have their permanent residency, are fluent in spanish and most of the times have PHDs. Getting a job in Chile that pays well is extremely difficult as a foreigner, because it's hard for the locals! So for a foreigner it's even harder. So visit more and network as MUCH as you can before moving here.

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liewald
  4/13/2015 22:06 EST

Hi!, Just regarding jobs for non spanish speakers, at Evalueserve we are hiring native (level) English speakers.
Business degree prefered but not mandatory.
Send me an email walter.liewald at evalueserve dot com

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