OR .. alternativly... what have you been doing since you moved to the states? Its interesting to know what the non us spouses do once they get there!! Me - my plan is to attend college full time (dental assisting) while Jamal is still in the military and then later on do a degree in dental hygene! All I've been doing is customer service and office work and I'm FED up of it! lol!

Hopefully my fiance will be able to get a job where I work to start out, then once we are all settled and life isnt so hectic with trying to get adjusted, situated, and through the next leg of the journey, Hes hoping to start attending school at ITT to get a degree in software design after that he will be looking for a job that fits that career feild.

my original plan: continue my career in museums/heritage preservation

reality: worked 3 months in collections and now working in medical records

Not sure to be happy that I am working, or to be sad that my skills are going to waste.

Im staying in the same field of Event Management which luckily is fairly popular here in DC. Also Ive enrolled on a Realtor course with a view to obtaining a realtor licence. They get 6% here for selling a property so I thought why not? Hopefully I can juggle the two!! I agree with the first post re office work, we've all done it and hated and this is the land of opportunity so lets do something different! Good luck with the dentistry !

Hi guys,

I'm Originally from North London but moved to The Isle Of Man about 5 and a half years ago.
I'm a Chef but have decided to do something completely different once I move to the US.
No idea what yet but definately not going to carry on as a Chef!
I can imagine once I get to the US, Tommy will ask me for Biscuits for breakfast and i'll give him Jammie Dodgers!

Dawn.

My fiance plans on attending school (college) eventually but he'll have to study English first. Consequently, getting a job may be tough in the beginning but we plan on working hard to make sure he finds something he likes.
The U.S. has so many more opporutunities than in Brazil, so I'm really excited about that!

My fiance is graduating his school this summer doing computer programming and he'll know few programming languages ( or however it is called) and according to him he'll get an international degree.....the only problem is that he doesn't speak english but the programing he's studying is in english, so the only thing that sucks is that he won't have any communications level of english and i am just hoping that as soon as he'll learn english his skills won't be wasted and he'll find a job in IT industry as he always wanted to

This is a wonderful thread to hear. I have just come from the thread debating Work authorization stamps and so forth. lol We are still trying to figure out what he is to do when he gets here. There is a slight chance he will be able to be transfered into a local office here (he works for an international company in the UK), but he may also have to look for work elsewhere if that falls through. He is in IT and specializes in UNIX. Good thing Washington is overrun by computer companies! I am 99% sure I will be able to find him a temporary job at the company I work for (helps to be related to the boss!). However while he is waiting for the EAD card (& then greencard) I suppose we will either secure that transfer or send his CV around Washington.

Has anyone found reluctance on the employers part when handing them a CV (resume) and not having their work authorization yet? Do they give people a chance? or do they prefer that they have their EAD card (or greencard) before even looking at their resume? Anyone have insight on that?

Yes. Honestly it's a fairly pointless exercise. They cannot employ you legally now and most have too short of an attention span to remember you later.

Should be having an interview with the bank that my daughter works for (certainly helps when you are friends with the HR manager ) Never worked in a bank before but the position I would be interviewed for is not so much to do with the banking side but more about pulling the team together, hitting targets and organisation as an FCM. Done all that before in the UK but not with a bank so if I am successful, should be more than interesting. If not, I will temp until I can get a real feel of things.

Have been temping on and off for the past few months as I gave up my full time job just before my interview, and have found that I have really enjoyed the variety but with no real ties, could only do it for a few months though before I would want something more permanent.

I know that quite a few people on here started by temping and have secured a permanent position, so it seems a positive step to take, think it gives you time to understand the "American" way of working so to speak

I'm the US Citizen and I will be returning to school in September to finish the last year of my Bachelors in Public Communication. Then hopefully in June of 2009 I can start my Masters in Medical Science (assuming I get in *fingers crossed*). I will work where I've always worked (for 6 years) as a manager at a music chain, until it's time for the Masters.

My fiance has an honors degree in Computer-Aided Design. He works as a Mechanical Design Engineer, and there seems to be a big market for it here in Chicago and the suburbs. Hopefully he won't have too hard a time finding a professional job.

We are still debating the temp EAD stamp, and whether it is worth it in the long run.

I'm currently watching this poll on the topic.