Job Market Colombia/Bogota

span_colombia says on Mar 18, 2009, 07:51:

I have no experience looking for the type of position you're talking about, but...google la guia for an initial look at job classifieds. also, this website http://www.computrabajo.com.co/ seems to be a major colombian jobs website.

if you want a decent job, run for congress. I think they make around 13 million/month plus benefits.

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JChrisusa says on Mar 18, 2009, 08:38:

Just wondering, what is your spanish level Sergio? Fluent?
I will be looking for a job in less than a year and would like to know how the job market is there too.
Although my field is totally different (IT)

Christophe

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rhydewithdis says on Mar 18, 2009, 09:11:

JChrisusa, if you do IT work, why not just do work remotely? use a site like odesk.com to find work.

They said I couldn't play football I was too small / They say I couldn't play basketball I wasn't tall / They say I couldn't play baseball at all / And now everyday of my life I ball.

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Brody says on Mar 18, 2009, 10:50:

The job market here is like everywhere else right now, it sucks!

The best thing to do is come down here and figure it out one piece at a time. They don't hand out jobs like candy here just because you are foreign. It's not easy, but then I assume you are leaving your home country for a reason, so you've got to keep these things in perspective. And make sure that Spanish is tight.

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Ken says on Mar 18, 2009, 13:44:

Peoples chance of getting a job here that pays more than minimum wage in this market is about equal to a snowballs chance in hell, even if you are 100% fluent, no matter what you do, and how much experience,

Better to open a business and lose all your money.

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Sergio3182 says on Mar 18, 2009, 19:33:

Thanks for the feedback,
My Spanish is 100% fluent by the way..

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span_colombia says on Mar 18, 2009, 20:12:

look into interpreting/translating then; I can't give you many tips on getting into it but there seems to be a bit of a market and the pay is quite decent

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rca_rodrigo says on Mar 29, 2009, 21:24:

email at presidencia (at) igaconsultores.com. His name is Ivan González.
tell him about your case and maybe he knows something

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