Any job advice for an expat while my partner teaches?
Any job advice for an expat while my partner teaches?
Hello all! Very new to this forum, but not to Cambodia. I've been in Phnom Penh for about 6 months now and have fallen for the city (also getting out of the city haha).
So my partner is a teacher at a nicer English language school, decent pay, decent hours, but I've had a harder time finding work. I graduated college with a degree in English, though without the teaching qualification. I'm not opposed to teaching English, but I'm not convinced I would be particularly good at it and might not enjoy it as a result.
I've spent much of my life in hospitality, all roles including management, at very nice places in America, Australia, and Canada; including some five star resorts. I've also worked in retail, as a mechanic, traveling sales, event coordination, and ski resort related roles. At 32 I've held a broad range of jobs. Sadly, I'm not finding my place here. I've had a few short term contract roles as a consultant for two restaurants in town, but that was more of an introduction to Cambodia than a real path for me now. While I'm great at IT (website management, some design/creation, network and general maintenance, building/fixing computers, etc) I never pursued it as a field and lack the experience for it to be a marketable skill.
I've gone to some eurocham (and others) networking events, and while they seem to offer a good amount of contact, I've not had any further success from them.
If anyone here has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it. It's a great country, but I can't be a drain on my partner and my passive income from a rental property isn't sustainable for me.
Thank you all!
So my partner is a teacher at a nicer English language school, decent pay, decent hours, but I've had a harder time finding work. I graduated college with a degree in English, though without the teaching qualification. I'm not opposed to teaching English, but I'm not convinced I would be particularly good at it and might not enjoy it as a result.
I've spent much of my life in hospitality, all roles including management, at very nice places in America, Australia, and Canada; including some five star resorts. I've also worked in retail, as a mechanic, traveling sales, event coordination, and ski resort related roles. At 32 I've held a broad range of jobs. Sadly, I'm not finding my place here. I've had a few short term contract roles as a consultant for two restaurants in town, but that was more of an introduction to Cambodia than a real path for me now. While I'm great at IT (website management, some design/creation, network and general maintenance, building/fixing computers, etc) I never pursued it as a field and lack the experience for it to be a marketable skill.
I've gone to some eurocham (and others) networking events, and while they seem to offer a good amount of contact, I've not had any further success from them.
If anyone here has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it. It's a great country, but I can't be a drain on my partner and my passive income from a rental property isn't sustainable for me.
Thank you all!
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Re: Any job advice for an expat while my partner teaches?
Welcome.
From your list of experience, I would guess managing a hotel might be feasible, but more options in Siem Reap for that.
I've known a few random foreigners that have worked at Naga World Casino, and I think they were doing customer relations, or something like that, I forget.
Good luck, and let us know how it pans out.
Have you applied at schools already? No hits, or just ridiculous offers?
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From your list of experience, I would guess managing a hotel might be feasible, but more options in Siem Reap for that.
I've known a few random foreigners that have worked at Naga World Casino, and I think they were doing customer relations, or something like that, I forget.
Good luck, and let us know how it pans out.
Have you applied at schools already? No hits, or just ridiculous offers?
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