Where do I have to go to get a Green Job/Career?
The lure of exotic locations, the need to be in a stronger economic market, or wanting to stay in your own neighbourhood – these are all factors that come into play when you are contemplating what type of Green Job/Career you should be choosing. How far are you willing to go, literally, to get a new green job – a new continent, country, region or city? And what will that mean to you on a personal level?
Not everyone is going to have the same answers to these questions. For some, uprooting to another city is a simple process, for others, it will entail uprooting their entire family. Still others will be faced with a huge immigration/work-visa journey. These decisions all boil down to costs – financial and personal. The financial costs include moving expenses (whether locally or internationally, they all involve some kind of cash outlay), selling and/or buying assets (e.g. houses including closing costs and realtor fees), and paying to find accommodations or get to and from job interviews if your prospective employers do not cover these expenses.
The kind of costs which are harder to quantify, but are nonetheless important to people are the personal costs. Are you willing to move to a place where you don’t know anyone? What is the personal cost of uprooting to your spouse and children? If you’re a single parent, will you be able to uproot your family if you have joint custody? Will you be able to live in a desert if you only enjoy living next to the ocean? Will your education be accepted at par in the new location (e.g. will your degree from a university in country X be accepted at the same level in country Y – visit www.uscis.gov for information on US based entry) or will you have to upgrade your credentials? Would it be easier to enter another country by applying as a student rather than as an immigrant or for a work visa (this is often the case with the United States where it is easier to apply for a student visa, obtain a US based credential/degree and then apply for work)? You really need to decide what personal costs you, and/or your family, are willing to bear to help you decide where you are willing to physically go for green work.
The answers to these questions are personal and will vary widely from person to person. However, what is important to everyone is that you ask yourself these questions and factor in the true answers into your overall decision as to what green career path you should pursue.
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on May 18 2009. Filed under Careers, Green Career, Green Jobs, Re-education.
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