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My guess is that he has zero chance of getting the kind of job he wants in Argentina.
Coming for a month to party, however, is doable.
Coming for a month to party, however, is doable.
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qwerty said:
You're welcome. Remember, you asked for it. It's based on four years of living in Argentina, knowing the laws, and watching many starry-eyed foreigners come and go after not finding work here or failing to get a work permit even after finding a job.
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I think Steve is at least being realistic. His point about mid-level management is right on.
We moved here by getting a local job with the company my husband already worked for. So, as I said above, he is better off getting a job with a multinational that has an (rather big) office down here. Then he can apply within the same company to move somewhere in SA or Asia or whatever.
Anyway, it's not 100% impossible. But it's improbably. Contacts and language skills are really the two main things that will help make the improbable possible.
We moved here by getting a local job with the company my husband already worked for. So, as I said above, he is better off getting a job with a multinational that has an (rather big) office down here. Then he can apply within the same company to move somewhere in SA or Asia or whatever.
Anyway, it's not 100% impossible. But it's improbably. Contacts and language skills are really the two main things that will help make the improbable possible.
And lets say(like I said in the first post) that he does have a job that pays him around 6000 peso a month and is interesting enough for him personally and careerwise would you do it
I was not asking for advice how to get the job, just if you would do it
I was not asking for advice how to get the job, just if you would do it
qwerty said:
There's really only one, maybe 2 schools worth doing an MBA at in Argentina. The Instituta Austral (IAE) is the best and then there are a couple of others (diTella etc).
They all are about the same price, and this is the price for Argentines, I'm not sure how much it would cost for a foreigner -- it may be the same, or it may be as much as double. Last year IAE was asking 26,000 USD. We haven't yet checked to see what it is for 2011. (My husband is currently studying for the GMAT).
We look at it this way. Why would we pay $26,000 USD for him to do an MBA in Spanish in Argentina, a degree that would in all likelihood limit his career to the Latin American market, when he can do an MBA in Canada for less money? (McGill, Haskayne, Univ Alberta etc etc all come in under 30k CAD)
Do a degree in Latin America if you want a career in Latin America.
Working while doing a Latin American degree will prolong your time spent wasting money. You won't find a company that will pay the tuition for you without at least having a 2 year commitment prior to entry.
My husband just finished a GMAT prep class a couple of weeks ago -- no one in the class was even considering applying here as a backup. They all look at an MBA as a big investment in their career and a chance to get experience outside of Latin America. It's strange that a European would want to come here to do an MBA, unless it's simply that they don't have the money or the qualifications to get into a programme in Europe. You'd have to weigh the options, but I think doing an MBA at a 3rd-string school in Europe would be more desirable to potential employers than a degree from Argentina. That is of course as stated so many times, unless this guy wants a career in Latin America.