Finding a job in GDL?

[Infinity_8]

Hi everyone my name is Josh. My wife is from Guadalajara, MX, I'm from Canton, Ohio. I've been to GDL, loved it, would move there if I could get a decent job there. My wife has explained to me that since I don't speak spanish and don't have a degree there is no chance we would survive there.

I did find a job on a website for GDL that did not require a degree but apparently I'm not what they are looking for. I was in the US Air Force, I've worked several other jobs (restaurant, grocery store, door to door sales) but none have paid as much as when I was in the military.

Does anyone know a place to go to find jobs in GDL, or what could someone without a degree do in GDL that makes decent money? Any help is appreciated.

[synthia]

You have to have something really special to offer to get anyone to hire you. Does being married to someone from Mexico give you the legal right to work there? I think Mexican salaries are quite low, even for professional jobs.

[Infinity_8]

Originally Posted by synthia

You have to have something really special to offer to get anyone to hire you. Does being married to someone from Mexico give you the legal right to work there? I think Mexican salaries are quite low, even for professional jobs.

That's what my wife has been telling me. Basically unless you have a degree, you won't make any money. Kind of like in the state of Ohio right now and probably in most places in the U.S. Her brother is rich and holds a high political position, and her step-dad is also rich, prior Mexican military, and political figure. They can't really even do anything for me unless I had something for them to work with.

[pedro]

with your last post you have answered your own question-nothing to offer even to your influential relatives.i know mexicans with degrees that work as waiters-1 doctor,1lawyer.another friend who has a degree in marketing from a respected uni in guad and is totally bi-lingual, just went to canada to work on a production line for just under 17/hr because it's more money than he could make here .
you can't even speak spanish? forgetaboutit!

[RVGRINGO]

Pedro is right; you don't even stand a chance of getting the required government permission on an FM3 Visa to work in Mexico. Just getting the visa will require that you show proof of foreign income to support yourself in Mexico.

[Intercasa]

You can probably teach English at a school but make $600 to 800 if you are lucky monthly. You´ll live pretty humbly. The work visa won´t be hard with a letter from the employer and a bona fide need. Remember, there are college educated Mexicans who are bilingual who wait 6 months to find a job and then only earn 600 to 800 monthly, I´ve seen it.

[uligargon]

It's funny how mexican people go to your country to get a better life and u want to come to live here... Maybe you visited Guadalajara as a vacation trip... which is different living there...
Never been in Gdl but anywhere here in Mexico is the same thing, not enough jobs, bad paid, and bad security.
Do not understand why u want to come to live here...

[lozygo]

[size=2]There are gains for all our losses. There are balms for all our pain: But when youth, the dream, departs It takes something from our hearts, And it never comes again. We are stronger, and are better, Under manhood's sterner reign: Still we feel that something sweet Followed youth, with flying feet, And will never come again. Something beautiful is vanished, And we sigh for it in vain; We behold it everywhere, On the earth, and in the air, But it never comes again!

[pedro]

what if it never left until death doth it part?

[MamaCalidad]

You might look into moving to the border. You could work in the US, but y'all could live in Mexico. It's not the same, but it's feasible and would put you closer to "home" than Ohio.