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I have always wanted to move to one of the caribbean islands, and was told the virgin island was convientent being a us territory. How difficult is ist to find employment and live and live on the island. Thanks
Posted : May 24, 2010 7:44 pm
Gather up $10,000 and a round trip plane ticket and come on down. You should have a job by the time the money runsout.
Posted : May 24, 2010 9:30 pm
How difficult it will be for you to find a job in the VI's depends on so many different factors no one can give you a definitive answer. Some people find employment right away others don't. As I said, IT DEPENDS. What do you do? Are you good at it? What type of employee are you (only YOU can answer that truthfully)? Is there a demand for your talents? On which of the USVI's island are you planning to live?
You should know that generally speaking wages in the islands are often lower than they are for comparable positions back on the "mainland" and living expenses are often higher than you are probably used to seeing "back home". that's the Catch-22 of island life.
Read through the "Relocation Stories" and archives on this forum and all of the material on the relocation website and a lot of your questions will be answered.
As Linda J says, save up your money. buy a refundable r/t ticket and come down for a Pre-move visit. It's really the only way you can find out if island life is for you. If you end up staying you can cash in the unused portion of your ticket - if not you have your ticket home.
Posted : May 24, 2010 10:24 pm