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Milva
  12/28/2018 12:06 EST

I have been looking for work for over 4 years and have been unsuccessful in the financial sectors.. all I hear is times are hard...be patient... it will come... all I want to know is why someone who speaks 3 languages...have worked as AVP in banks and have over 25 years experience cannot find a job here in Argentina? I know as a 48 year old woman with 2 kids I am no longer desired here but if anyone can help me out I would really appreciate it... my children DO NOT want to return to the US and I am dreading telling them we have no choice since we need additional income....PLEASE

HHISCUS
  12/28/2018 14:24 EST

Milva, my advise is, pack your bags and go back to a place where age and looks discrimination are banned by laws. I came back to this place years after living in South Africa and Austria. I was then 34 years old, but NO ONE would hire me "because I was old". So I was told over and over again. The hell with all the years of career experience I brought under my sleeve, or my knowledge in languages. AGE is all that mattered then, and all that matters still now. Your kids must make choices for life when they grow old and can contribute to the household economy themselves. This is your time now and you must do what's right for you, and them too. I'd say, pack your bags and go to the country of work and opportunities. Those who are unemployed in the US, is because they DON"T WANT TO WORK. In this country, those who are unemployed, is because there is no work and when there is work, those jobs are for the young and the pretty. You know I'm right about this. I was just now chatting with a friend in the US who left her job at a bank for internal issues, and next week she's starting at another bank. How about that! SHE decided to take a one week break between jobs. Do you think that will ever be possible in this country? don't hold your breath for it.
Best of luck!

elhombresinnombre
  12/28/2018 15:46 EST

Are your skills appropriate for remote working? Quite a few people living in Argentina are "Digital Nomads" earning their income from companies in other parts of the world.

panamajames
  12/28/2018 18:10 EST

In fact I am in the process of looking for 2 more Digital Nomads for our newest product launch. You must have advanced Computer Skills, Personal Communication People Skills, as well as Financial Skills such as past experience with a Bank or Finance Company. Apply by Private Message

Carli
  1/1/2019 23:37 EST

Wow... your response really worries me. I am 34 and planning on moving to BA this year to be with my boyfriend. I also work in the financial industry and I have been sending my resumé everywhere I can for the past year and I haven’t had any luck. I thought it would be easier to find something down there, but I was wrong! I’m beginning to think it’s because of my age because I have the experience they seek :( I’m so bummed!

TomP
  1/2/2019 08:19 EST

I think it important to distinguish between a foreigner getting a job with a Foreign Corporation doing business in Argentina compared to an Argentine company hiring you to work in Argentina where your salary/wages would be equivalent to a local Argentine with your qualifications.

While in Argentina I have met Foreigners who work for a Foreign company in Argentina, e.g. a chemical engineer (oil) who has a salary equivalent to his/her home country and thus able to live quite comfortably.

Conversely the same Foreign chemical engineer working in Argentina for an Argentine Company may only make 20% as much.

Argentine companies are not known as magnets that attract foreign workers because of offering hefty wages/salaries.

I hired a married couple while I was in Mendoza Argentina. Both were Architects, she was American and he an Argentine,

We became good friends and soon learned they were at best barely “Getting by” on their meager wages. Eventually they took advantage of her US Citizenship and moved to the US. Both found jobs as Architects with respectable wages. They now live comfortably and have an optimist future.

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