Advice greatly appreciated, experience moving from USA

stormshadow317 · 11-04-2009, 11:44 AM

I visited Aruba about 4 years ago and in 3 or 4 days I absolutely fell in love with the people, the places, the culture. I want to move there but it seems harder than I thought. I'll be spending the next year saving money and also reading these forums as much as possible. I would like experiences from other Americans that relocated and how they did it, and how the process went. Right now I'm a retail manager, but I also have experience in Insurance/financial services industry. I'd be willing to work in a major hotel chain and move into management there if that were possible. I hope to make good friends here in the forum and I should be in Aruba as soon as I can.
Sincerely,
Damian

lizzardo · 11-13-2009, 12:24 PM

Hi

I think your first step is to see if you could get a job at a hotel. That would make your move here much easier because they would handle your worker's permit and would probably offer housing assistance.

As for moving here. I love living in Aruba. Unfortunately due to my parent's ill heath, I am forced to have to move back to the US. We are very heartbroken about this and if were up to us, we'd live here forever.

But like I said before - see what opening are there for you at the hotel. It's your best bet to getting a work permit here. If you just come here w/o a job - it's much harder because they have to give Arubans a priority for job placement. Also most jobs that are directly dealing with the public requires that you speak (all or some) English, Papimento, Dutch and Spanish.

Good luck!

*Andrea J.* · 11-13-2009, 01:02 PM

FAQ's: Jobs/Moving/Living/Business in Aruba

many of your questions can be answered by reading this thread

andrea

11-04-2009, 11:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
stormshadow317 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Advice greatly appreciated, experience moving from USA I visited Aruba about 4 years ago and in 3 or 4 days I absolutely fell in love with the people, the places, the culture. I want to move there but it seems harder than I thought. I'll be spending the next year saving money and also reading these forums as much as possible. I would like experiences from other Americans that relocated and how they did it, and how the process went. Right now I'm a retail manager, but I also have experience in Insurance/financial services industry. I'd be willing to work in a major hotel chain and move into management there if that were possible. I hope to make good friends here in the forum and I should be in Aruba as soon as I can. Sincerely, Damian

11-13-2009, 12:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
lizzardo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 402	Hi I think your first step is to see if you could get a job at a hotel. That would make your move here much easier because they would handle your worker's permit and would probably offer housing assistance. As for moving here. I love living in Aruba. Unfortunately due to my parent's ill heath, I am forced to have to move back to the US. We are very heartbroken about this and if were up to us, we'd live here forever. But like I said before - see what opening are there for you at the hotel. It's your best bet to getting a work permit here. If you just come here w/o a job - it's much harder because they have to give Arubans a priority for job placement. Also most jobs that are directly dealing with the public requires that you speak (all or some) English, Papimento, Dutch and Spanish. Good luck! __________________ Beautiful house in Arashi for sale! www.arashibeachhouse.com Aruba Kitten Rescue www.arubakitten.org

11-13-2009, 01:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Andrea J. Aruba since 1979 Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: eagle beach alto vista chapel arashi beach amsterdam manor beach bar LePonderosa or Gold Mine Ranch about 30' off shore @ eagle beach..ahhhh Posts: 4,203 Images: 40	FAQ's: Jobs/Moving/Living/Business in Aruba many of your questions can be answered by reading this thread andrea __________________ Aruba Jan 21 for 2 weeks!