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Americans: If you are/were unemployed, would you look for work overseas? Here's one way to deal with the brutal U.S. job market: Leave the country. With the nation's unemployment rate at a 26-year-high of 10.2%, more Americans are hunting for, and landing, work overseas, according to staffing companies... http://www.usatoday.com/money/econo...

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HaroldtheBat Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 17 yrs, 3 mos ago 27,379 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Tuesday 11/17/09 - 1:45:28 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Only if I'd exhausted every single option here, which is pretty much impossible. The reason I'd look for work overseas is because I want to travel and living in Europe would make it cheaper to see a lof of what I want to see.
CowDung Male, 40-49 Midwest US Joined: 20 yrs, 6 mos ago 104,945 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Tuesday 11/17/09 - 1:59:59 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I worked overseas before I was married or had kids. I don't think that I would consider it now unless I had no other way of supporting us.
H3LLRAISER Female, 18-29 Australia / NZ Joined: 18 yrs, 1 mos ago 817 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Tuesday 11/17/09 - 10:13:35 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message no i dont work in my own country why would i wanna work any where else
pamplemousse Female, 18-29 Midwest US Joined: 19 yrs, 2 mos ago 31,644 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Tuesday 11/17/09 - 10:15:41 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Sure, it sounds exciting.
Dooked Male, 18-29 Europe Joined: 15 yrs, 3 mos ago 1,644 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Wednesday 11/18/09 - 4:33:57 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message I´m not an American... But I tihink it would be awesome to work in the USA for some time
hottie123123 Female, 13-17 Eastern US Joined: 12 yrs, 6 mos ago 81 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Wednesday 11/18/09 - 5:58:53 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message noo .
gabcab Male, 18-29 Europe Joined: 16 yrs, 10 mos ago 3,982 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Wednesday 11/18/09 - 7:21:33 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message Did it already, the pay is much better
Koto Female, 18-29 Southern US Joined: 16 yrs, 7 mos ago 3,971 Posts	12 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Friday 11/20/09 - 12:51:30 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Sure, I'd love to go someplace new. If there's a good job in an interesting place, I'd go for it.
marc780 Male, 40-49 Western US Joined: 19 yrs, 5 mos ago 2,881 Posts	12 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Saturday 12/5/09 - 12:04:38 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message No, everyplace else is no doubt worse. Why else does every foreigner in the world clog our country?
gabcab Male, 18-29 Europe Joined: 16 yrs, 10 mos ago 3,982 Posts	12 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Saturday 12/5/09 - 12:16:07 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On Saturday 12/5/09 - 12:04:38 PM marc780 wrote: No, everyplace else is no doubt worse. Why else does every foreigner in the world clog our country? Oh yes; we have a terrible influx of Western Europeans looking for jobs in the US. But in all seriousness, the US is not a particularly nice place to work in comparison to many other places. For example: when I worked in IKEA in Oslo, I was paid 106 Kroner per hour, which according to Google is $18.58. And this is the below-eighteen pay.
glennh70 Male, 40-49 Europe Joined: 19 yrs, 3 mos ago 33,902 Posts	12 yrs ago, 5 mos ago - Saturday 12/5/09 - 12:17:19 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message why can't the rest of us discuss this? I have worked overseas and it was great. I'd do it again.

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