working overseas?

Hi do anyone know about working overseas? My friend told me that one of her ex’s was working overseas and was being paid a lot of money. If anyone can tell me anything about that I would really appreciate it :) I'm 22, live in the U.S., and I'm a C.N.A. who is going to school to become a RN.

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1. LOL just because you work overseas doesnt mean you're going to get a lot of money, its not like outside of America is super happy mystical financial freedom land
2. You need to provide more details, for example, where are you now so we know what you mean by "overseas" (different for people in the U.K. and the U.S.A.), and what do you know how to do? How old are you and how long do you want to stay abroad?
3. They dont get paid millions or anything, but they do make a little bit more than at home. They get extra things like hazard pay and stuff like that. So there is a little bit of a bonus for working so far away from home and for such longs hours. But it also depends on the person and their experience.
4. Private security in Iraq: $100,000/yr. Teaching English in Israel: $800/mo. along with the excitement of war, priceless
5. my dad is in iraq, serving for our country. would that count? his money is.......thats is kinda private, but good.
6. A word of advice: don't go and work overseas if it's only for the money. You can make good money depending on where you go and what you can do. Teaching jobs with the American Internationa school , for example, pay $ 4,000 a month on average and you get free housing and a few other perks. In Dubai, you can earn a small fortune in various fields. But wherever you go, there are going to be major challenges in getting used to a new culture, different ways of doing business and adapting to another society's norms. I am Canadian and my husband is South African and over the years we have worked in Dubai, Spain, the U.S, Tanzania and now we are in Lesotho. when we started out, we were with a large U.s-based corporate and earning a lot of money but hated the environments we were in and the fact that long working hours didn't give us a chance to really get to know the country. Now we are missionaries and don't have much money but it is such a privilege to work alongside people of a different culture and background and learn as much from them as they learn from us. We meet a lot of people from all over the world working here in Lesotho as volunteers, with the peace corps, various non-profit organisations and charities and all of them get so much value out of their experiences here, even though it is a really difficult place to live and work. The people who come here with businesses tend to get a lot more frustrated and do not adapt as well to the culture because they are ony here because of their career and financial interests. At 22, I would suggest you join something like the Rotary Student Exchange Programme or if you are a Christian, volunteer for a month with Campus Crusades for Christ. The you will have a chance to go overseas with a reputable organisation and see first hand what kind of opportunities are available, what working conditions are like and how people in different fileds integrate into the community. You could also go on a working holiday -there are loads of opportunities for young people in Europe-search yahoo.uk in the jobs section. None of these pay a lot but unless you are going to build your career in the global arena, working overseas is not a decision you can make without having first-hand experience. My husband and I were offered a position in Turkey and went there for a month to check it out. It is a beautiful country, the people are kind at heart and the perks of the job would have been excellent but it is quite fundementalist in some of its Islamic practices. We were not even contemplating working in the mission field then but our Christian worldview would have made it extremely difficult to live there without cutting ourselves off from the community and we decided it wasn't worth it. These are the kinds of issues you have to be clear about before you choose a path within the international community. I have a friend in Pennsylvania who got a job with an I.T company in Australia. even though it paid really well, she found it really difficult to be away from her friends and family and didn't adapt well to Australian culture. She went back to the U.S after 6 months and had formed close ties with a South African whose family lives in Australia. Last year she was on holiday in South Africa and discovered a project that helps build I.T infrastructure for Aids orphanages. She now has her own company in Pennsylvania that manages some aspects of this project and comes frequently to S.A on business trips. If an opportunity presents itself for her to move her business to South Africa, she will jump on it not because of the money but because the work she is doing, the contacts she has made and te environment she is part of have all made her feel at home here. That is the kind of experience anyone working overseas should look for. I have set up a project for anyone who wants to spend a year volunteering in Lesotho to get local children involved in community service. There is no money in this but the donor agency has bought a beautiful farm in the mountains and all basic needs are catered for. We also have close ties with U.C.L.A 's education department, an organisation called the Flying Doctors and various non-profit organisations working in the field of HIV/Aids as well as the ministries affiliated with Campus Crusades for Christ- so there are lots of opportunties to go into other fields for volunteers who participate in this project. Please e-mail me if you would like to know more.