SammyGold
1/1/2017 21:25 EST
Hi everyone,
I will be moving to Managua next year to take a teaching job. My fiancé and I are looking at possible job opportunities for him there. He is an artist, and has a geography degree. What kinds of jobs might be available in the area? Or, do you have any suggestions for US-based companies/jobs that he could work for in Nicaragua? Thank you for any advice or feedback you may have!
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iguanalover
1/2/2017 09:25 EST
Foreigners cannot work legally on a tourist visa. He cannot take a job away from a citizen. Get him a job before he leaves the USA or wherever he is from. Lots of foreigners work over the internet, and no one knows.
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elduendegrande
1/2/2017 11:22 EST
Presumably you will have a work visa and he will be here as a dependent of you but may or may not have the right to work locally, so working remotely for a foreign income source is the best option.
Is he a money making artist and can he do it remotely? Geography is a specialized field, can he find work online?
Has he worked online or remotely before?
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mate31658649
1/2/2017 15:08 EST
English speaking telemarketers are needed to work in phone rooms in Managua. You may want to try that.
Good Luck
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SammyGold
1/2/2017 19:30 EST
He does sell his art online, but it is not a consistent source of income. He has not worked remotely before, but wouldn't mind being able to work from home. He also has experience in sales, so the telemarketing could be an option, though probably not his first choice. We have researched a number of artisan groups in Nicaragua that have connections with stores and companies in the United States, so perhaps that could be another option to look into as well?
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SammyGold
1/2/2017 19:33 EST
Do you have any knowledge about the types of online jobs foreigners have while living there?
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elduendegrande
1/3/2017 09:15 EST
I have a friend who develops websites for others. He does the contract and then farms out the work to a guy in Sri Lanka who does the actual work for peanuts.
Somebody else does teaching online, but that involves being qualified and having the job sewn up before coming down. I believe he has to occasionally make a physical appearance to smooze the boss.
There is small market for art in Nic. and some room for export. Setting up a business is probably the best out for a foreigner who wants to "work" in Nic. Again, it is under the table or you take up some time to set up a corporation.
Be patient with visas, they don't always move fast. I had a neighbor who worked as an engineer for a major corporation here for a year until his work visa finally rolled in. He didn't mind living in Nic as long as he didn't have to live in the city but he decided the job had no future and quit and moved his family back to his country.
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mate31658649
1/4/2017 13:49 EST
There are a few telemarketing companies in Managua. One is:
sitelcity.com/apply-now
Good Luck
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atz111
1/4/2017 14:24 EST
It puzzles me why someone would move to MGA to take a job is a call center and make 5 bucks an hour (or maybe 4)...just barely enough to live on in MGA.
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ricktee
1/4/2017 14:35 EST
Check this out... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-industries-hiring-more-remote-150000077.html
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atz111
1/4/2017 14:39 EST
Yeah...for all of these you have to have a demonstrated skill and experience in it. Then you might get a job and a big might. Whoe yahoo says growing....and it is it still is a tough place to break in.
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lowecomotive
1/4/2017 14:59 EST
I currently work remotely as a Microsoft software consultant and have for too many moons.
My clients do not have an issue with location, just results. I plan to take the employment with me this summer when relocating to Nica. I agree with the previous comments that it may be easier to bring the job (any remote internet based position) with you from the States, albeit I don't yet have the first hand knowledge that so many have been kind enough to share on this thread. So just a thought. Good luck!
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atz111
1/4/2017 15:21 EST
Absolutely...if you can bring it with you you are golden. Decent internet...perfectly adequate for what you need. Even in the States those jobs are great, I think the warnings on here are for those folks who think one of those will pop up when they get here and depend on having one to live.
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johnchip
1/4/2017 21:04 EST
You got a contract job, good for you, but it pays less tha a quarter of what you would get in the US in a public school.. He will never find work here. Have a nice vacation and after you know what Nicaragua opportunity is about. return
to our .little socialist country with your head on your shoulders.,
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LongHammer
2/18/2017 23:48 EST
For the income paid by Nicaraguan companies, I have yet to see how it could be at all profitable if you had to travel to and from an office. Back i the early 1980's my income was greater than the POTUS. 30 years of living on savings have taken a toll.
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