What do you do in the Real World, what do you want to do?

[Traxxe]

That is interesting that you teach in Korea. I have been researching TEFL courses and have considered moving abroad to do something completely different like teaching english...thought it might be fulfilling. It appears Japan is pretty competitive but I have read that China is pretty easy to get into. I thought Prague or Thailand might be cool too, but I have also read that Europe is pretty competitive and that Thailand can be tough to live well. I'm kind of looking to do something else - I've been in accounting for quite some time and pretty much can't stand it.

Do you have a B.A. or B.S.?

If the answer is yes that is all you need to initially teach overseas. Japan is competitive because everyone wants to go to Japan to teach ESL. You have anime junkies, porn junkies, etc.

The top three places to make money are Taiwan, Japan, and Korea.

Korea makes the most money of the three as frequently your school pays for housing. They will also pay for your flight.
Taiwan makes the second most but usually does not provide housing and sometimes does not pay for flight. The hourly is good though and rent is cheap.
Japan makes good money but doesn't provide housing and is incredibly expensive so you save less.

If you have bills back home the above three are your best bet but you have to have a four year degree.

China and Thailand are the other major Asian markets. You can save more in China but life can be much more difficult. Hard to get them to pay for your airfare. You make less but cost of living outside of Bangkok is cheaper in Thailand. I would say do the big three (Japan, Korea, or Taiwan) first and then move on to a country like Bangkok, Thailand, etc.

Can't comment much on Europe.

[nevetsov]

Currently working as an Operations Supervisor for a prominent Australian Logistics provider. Been with them for around 3 years now.

About to graduate from my B Tech Avn at Uni, so i'm looking for work in the Aviation industry. I've had some flying training and hold a Private Pilots Licence with enough hours to sit the Commercial Pilot test, although I haven't flown a plane in years. Did my ATPL theory while in the US on the DP09 tour of duty. Would like to get back into Piloting at some stage but with the economy the way it is I can't see it happening any time soon.

My dream job would be flying the Suns team jet, travelling with the team to all the away games, and having the home games 'off' so I can attend them all

[lilfishi22]

Work in Corporate Finance and am a MBA student at ASU

Hey how did you get into finance? I'm still a student studying financial planning. Nearing the end of my course, still kinda clueless on what my next step is.

[KJ7]

Work in Corporate Finance and am a MBA student at ASU

Hey how did you get into finance? I'm still a student studying financial planning. Nearing the end of my course, still kinda clueless on what my next step is.

You'll do what everyone doing a degree in FP does. You'll go into paraplanning and realise that FP's in that organisation are egotistical pricks, then you'll move to another company and after a few years you'll come to the realisation that most/all FP's are egotistical pricks. You'll think (and in most cases you'll be right) that you know more then them so why are *they* telling *you* what to do?

Then you'll become really disillusioned and now that you've spent 4 or 5 years as a paraplanner you'll think to yourself "do I really want to be one of *them*?". The reality will be that most places don't skill you up to actually be a good FP and you'll realise that having the best technical ability in the World doesn't count for squat unless you can relate and connect with ppl.

So if I were you I would try to become a FP as quick as you can that way *you're* the egotistical prick telling your paraplanner what to do, and you'll be completely oblivious to the fact you're an egotistical prick. Ignorance is bliss my friend!

Disclaimer: Past performance is not an indicator of future performance.

Me on the other hand ... I'm a retired mod ... I wake up at 6am even tho I've got completely nothing to do most days. Write letters to the editor with the occassional lawn-bowl session thrown in for good measure. I wear an onion on my belt (that was the style back in those days). There's always something to complain about if you look hard enough ... like the Suns mgmt these days

To the OP: I didn't even know that was a job! You see why can't your careers councillor tell you this crap in high school. They always crap on about doctors and lawyers blah blah.

And sorry to generalise but why is it that so many male air stewards are gay, yet pilots have the testosterone of a bull? Do you need to reach a certain octave(sp?) in your voice to be able to say "this is your captain speaking..."?

I've got a theory about why Asian air hostesses are so good looking ... it's so you don't think about the airline you're flying on. I took some domestic flights around India in January and lets just say flying on an airline called "Spicejet" didn't exactly fill me with confidence. However, once those hot little samosas started handing out the free nuts (no gags thanks) all of a sudden blood started rushing back to my knuckles and the psychotic rocking back and forth while muttering "we're all gonna die" eased somewhat.