Emigration: Where to go?

[Cargin]

Being Irish, I am keenly aware of the fact that my country has economically screwed the pooch, and my time in full-time education is soon to end. As such, I'm trying to figure out where would be a good country to immigrate to.

So I pose the question to you Escapists from shores foreign and exotic to my own (and those who have dabbled in globe-trotting).

{if it matters, im a B.A Graduate, soon to be an M.A. graduate.)

 

[Berethond]

Come to California.
It's pretty awesome.

 

[BonsaiK]

You need to tell us exactly what it is that you're looking for in a destination before anyone can meaningfully answer this question.

Don't worry too much about the economy though - that shit goes in cycles and no matter where you live you can never be guaranteed economic security.

 

[ConnorTheRed]

Come to Australia. Everything is better here!

 

[Cargin]

You need to tell us exactly what it is that you're looking for in a destination before anyone can meaningfully answer this question.

Don't worry too much about the economy though - that shit goes in cycles and no matter where you live you can never be guaranteed economic security.

Somewhere i could feasibly move to to, eventually get a decent job with a M.A. in History, and pretty much live there for the next decade or so.

 

[BonsaiK]

You need to tell us exactly what it is that you're looking for in a destination before anyone can meaningfully answer this question.

Don't worry too much about the economy though - that shit goes in cycles and no matter where you live you can never be guaranteed economic security.

Somewhere i could feasibly move to to, eventually get a decent job with a M.A. in History, and pretty much live there for the next decade or so.

Get a job with an M.A in history? I don't think the country is the problem, it's the planet you might want to reconsider.

 

[TechNoFear]

Somewhere i could feasibly move to to, eventually get a decent job with a M.A. in History, and pretty much live there for the next decade or so.

Know anything about Australian Aboriginies?

Mining is booming again (especially in Western Australia and the parts of Queensland that are not underwater) and ensuring that Aboriginal heratige sites are not destroyed during construction/expansion is a well paid position.

As long as you can take the isolation, heat, 12 hour days and 'fly in / fly out' lifestyle.

 

[Cargin]

You need to tell us exactly what it is that you're looking for in a destination before anyone can meaningfully answer this question.

Don't worry too much about the economy though - that shit goes in cycles and no matter where you live you can never be guaranteed economic security.

Somewhere i could feasibly move to to, eventually get a decent job with a M.A. in History, and pretty much live there for the next decade or so.

Get a job with an M.A in history? I don't think the country is the problem, it's the planet you might want to reconsider.

Haha, ok, u make a good point. In fairness tho, im not looking for a career even remotely connected to my M.A., im just hoping having a high level qualification of any kind will be beneficial.

 

[Cargin]

Somewhere i could feasibly move to to, eventually get a decent job with a M.A. in History, and pretty much live there for the next decade or so.

Know anything about Australian Aboriginies?

Mining is booming again (especially in Western Australia and the parts of Queensland that are not underwater) and ensuring that Aboriginal heratige sites are not destroyed during construction/expansion is a well paid position.

As long as you can take the isolation, heat, 12 hour days and 'fly in / fly out' lifestyle.

hmm, this sounds interesting. i'll definitely have to poke a few people in the history department with this piece of info. Cheers.

 

[SimuLord]

You're a Commonwealth citizen---you've got more options than a leopard has spots. Pick any English-speaking country in the world and you've probably got an in---even the USA, should you choose to live here, could come up with a skilled worker visa for you with an advanced college degree. For a company based here, it's a chance to hire someone whose education actually took effort, rather than some idiot Yankee college grad who was more about keg stands than learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

On the other hand, you say your MA is in History---maybe the US isn't for you. My friend has a master's in art history and makes less money than she could make working at McDonald's.

 

[Layz92]

Come to Australia. Everything is better here!

True, Seconded.

If you move to Brisbane you even have the Manabar!!

 

[Cargin]

You're a Commonwealth citizen---you've got more options than a leopard has spots. Pick any English-speaking country in the world and you've probably got an in---even the USA, should you choose to live here, could come up with a skilled worker visa for you with an advanced college degree. For a company based here, it's a chance to hire someone whose education actually took effort, rather than some idiot Yankee college grad who was more about keg stands than learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

On the other hand, you say your MA is in History---maybe the US isn't for you. My friend has a master's in art history and makes less money than she could make working at McDonald's.

Oh the Irony! i currently work in macdonalds to pay for college. Is it hard to get into taching in the States. like at high school level? Or is that just asking for premature hair-loss and a drinking problem?

 

[SimuLord]

You're a Commonwealth citizen---you've got more options than a leopard has spots. Pick any English-speaking country in the world and you've probably got an in---even the USA, should you choose to live here, could come up with a skilled worker visa for you with an advanced college degree. For a company based here, it's a chance to hire someone whose education actually took effort, rather than some idiot Yankee college grad who was more about keg stands than learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

On the other hand, you say your MA is in History---maybe the US isn't for you. My friend has a master's in art history and makes less money than she could make working at McDonald's.

Oh the Irony! i currently work in macdonalds to pay for college. Is it hard to get into taching in the States. like at high school level? Or is that just asking for premature hair-loss and a drinking problem?

Take the worst whiny adolescents on this site---you know the ones. Now imagine a whole room full of those kinds of kids. Day in. Day out. With all kinds of ridiculous regulatory compliance meaning that you teach to the standardized test, no critical thinking, no imagination, just No Child Left Behind and college acceptance rates determining whether, from year to year, you keep your job. With those sullen, disruptive little brats pretty much free to undermine you with no repercussions as long as they stop short of threatening gun violence.

All, by the way, for less money even with 15 years experience and tenure than I will make in my first year after graduation from business school. Less money, in fact, than every other profession in America.

If you want to be a teacher at any level below university, stay far, FAR away from any soil under the Stars and Stripes. This might be the worst country in the world for teachers apart from, say, Ivory Coast or Afghanistan.

 

[Cargin]

You're a Commonwealth citizen---you've got more options than a leopard has spots. Pick any English-speaking country in the world and you've probably got an in---even the USA, should you choose to live here, could come up with a skilled worker visa for you with an advanced college degree. For a company based here, it's a chance to hire someone whose education actually took effort, rather than some idiot Yankee college grad who was more about keg stands than learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

On the other hand, you say your MA is in History---maybe the US isn't for you. My friend has a master's in art history and makes less money than she could make working at McDonald's.

Oh the Irony! i currently work in macdonalds to pay for college. Is it hard to get into taching in the States. like at high school level? Or is that just asking for premature hair-loss and a drinking problem?

Take the worst whiny adolescents on this site---you know the ones. Now imagine a whole room full of those kinds of kids. Day in. Day out. With all kinds of ridiculous regulatory compliance meaning that you teach to the standardized test, no critical thinking, no imagination, just No Child Left Behind and college acceptance rates determining whether, from year to year, you keep your job. With those sullen, disruptive little brats pretty much free to undermine you with no repercussions as long as they stop short of threatening gun violence.

All, by the way, for less money even with 15 years experience and tenure than I will make in my first year after graduation from business school. Less money, in fact, than every other profession in America.

If you want to be a teacher at any level below university, stay far, FAR away from any soil under the Stars and Stripes. This might be the worst country in the world for teachers apart from, say, Ivory Coast or Afghanistan.

Wow, duly noted. And here was me thinking Boston Public was an exaggeration