Jobs and careers for hispanics in the US.

[AguiluchoMerengue]

Ok so I always wanted to open a thread like this one but I never had the chance.

lets see.

I think the best job should be translator, I heard that spanish translators can make really good money.

Pretty much anything on sales and customer services is good when you speak 2 languages.

Of course the best thing is to go to college and to study what you like but im talking about "immigrants" like me that sometime is hard to find a good job bc of the language barrier.

I think monster is the best source for jobs although careerbuilder is also catching up.

[Antonio81]

In Miami it´s very hard to find a job if you don´t speak Spanish.

[el_cuscatleco]

I would have thought it would be harder to get a job as a spanish translator in the US, as there are so many spanish speaking people there already. I mean, there are so many people that could do it, that i would have thought that they would have little demand for it.

On the other hand, in Australia spanish translators are paid really well as there really aren't that many people that do it.

[Antonio81]

Does Australia have a large Latino community?

[el_cuscatleco]

Does Australia have a large Latino community?

When compared to the US and Canada, we have a relatively small latin population.

For example, we have the largest Salvadoran community outside of El Salvador, Canada and the US, but even then it's very small at only around 20-25 thousand.

As a whole, there are only about 100-120 thosand latin americans. So yeah, not that big at all.

[AguiluchoMerengue]

When compared to the US and Canada, we have a relatively small latin population.

For example, we have the largest Salvadoran community outside of El Salvador, Canada and the US, but even then it's very small at only around 20-25 thousand.

As a whole, there are only about 100-120 thosand latin americans. So yeah, not that big at all.


Well to be a professional translator isnt easy, you have to know spanish and english very well. Not every latino in the states go to college you know, a lot of mexicans and salvadorans in LA dont even finish high school.

Translating for a doctor or a law firm is not easy, not to mention working for the government.

In places like Los Angeles even chinese people speak spanish, but you still need some skills to translate professional documents, mostly people from Spain or Argentina get this jobs, they are more prepared and more educated. South Americans tend to go further in school too. Like I said, a career as a translator is well payed in the US as I heard.

[el_cuscatleco]

Well to be a professional translator isnt easy, you have to know spanish and english very well. Not every latino in the states go to college you know, a lot of mexicans and salvadorans in LA dont even finish high school.

Translating for a doctor or a law firm is not easy, not to mention working for the government.

In places like Los Angeles even chinese people speak spanish, but you still need some skills to translate professional documents, mostly people from Spain or Argentina get this jobs, they are more prepared and more educated. South Americans tend to go further in school too. Like I said, a career as a translator is well payed in the US as I heard.

Going to college or finishing school doesn't mean that you are smarter than those that don't do those things. I don't know about over there, but here all you need is to know both languages fluently and do a short course (i think it's 6 months to a year). And then you go looking for work.

[GUANACO1]

Going to college or finishing school doesn't mean that you are smarter than those that don't do those things. I don't know about over there, but here all you need is to know both languages fluently and do a short course (i think it's 6 months to a year). And then you go looking for work.


BEST ADVICE is find yourself at a early age . Nobody can all you what your carrer should, only you can know. I went to community college for a year and did well, but I had no idea what I wanted to do. SO I started doing sales at a radio shack because I felt I was a good people person, and liked business so that was agood place to start. I've worked for for different businesses ever since, its 10 years later, and I work for a Chinese distribution company off & on-off road bikes. I dont make a huge amount of money, but I can have some hot months. Im doing well because I live close to work, and minize expenses, and I like what I do.

The Key: be smart with your money, and stick to something you can build on with experience and get better. ALso be realistic, I wanted to be a fighter pilot once after that I wanted to be a automotive designer.

[AguiluchoMerengue]

BEST ADVICE is find yourself at a early age . Nobody can all you what your carrer should, only you can know. I went to community college for a year and did well, but I had no idea what I wanted to do. SO I started doing sales at a radio shack because I felt I was a good people person, and liked business so that was agood place to start. I've worked for for different businesses ever since, its 10 years later, and I work for a Chinese distribution company off & on-off road bikes. I dont make a huge amount of money, but I can have some hot months. Im doing well because I live close to work, and minize expenses, and I like what I do.

The Key: be smart with your money, and stick to something you can build on with experience and get better. ALso be realistic, I wanted to be a fighter pilot once after that I wanted to be a automotive designer.

i went 2 years to a "technical" school or community college.

didnt know what to do also. i just wanted to play soccer i guess. did not have the grades to go straight into a university, i didnt even speak enough english back then.

once you got to school, you just have to know what you want to study.

if not, just start taking classes of stuff you like, then you will find out if that is for you.

i have done sales, customer service, and accounting. I like accounting the most. but at the same time i felt like i had to finish school. the soccer thing didnt work out but I did what I wanted which it was to try to play professional soccer.

Now im already reading books and working on my own stuff waiting to go back to school, and this time i know what Im going to study, much more mature and ready to read books and to kick a.s.s. in school.

It really help to read books on what you want to do, it doesnt matter what it is. I even had a few bartender books and djs books just bc those were things I was always curious about it.

I wanted to be a lawyer, broadcaster but at the same time I felt like I didnt really have any passion for that, it was just what I wanted to do as a kid. Now I've found myself doing better sticking to one thing.

Really though the best thing you can do, buy books about what you think is what you want to do, they dont have to be expensive books but they will give you an inside of what you want to get into it. Take a few clases at any communitiy college too, once you go to apply for a job, people would have more respect for you and would pay more attention to you if you have taken a few clases on what you want.

Like you say, you have to be realistic but at the same time if you invest in school (school is expensive) do it for what you want, dont let people tell you what you should study bc then you gone find yourself bored in class not wanting to go to school anymore.

I have been in insurances classes, real state meetings, but nah my thing is school.

[GUANACO1]

i went 2 years to a "technical" school or community college.

didnt know what to do also. i just wanted to play soccer i guess. did not have the grades to go straight into a university, i didnt even speak enough english back then.

once you got to school, you just have to know what you want to study.

if not, just start taking classes of stuff you like, then you will find out if that is for you.

i have done sales, customer service, and accounting. I like accounting the most. but at the same time i felt like i had to finish school. the soccer thing didnt work out but I did what I wanted which it was to try to play professional soccer.

Now im already reading books and working on my own stuff waiting to go back to school, and this time i know what Im going to study, much more mature and ready to read books and to kick a.s.s. in school.

It really help to read books on what you want to do, it doesnt matter what it is. I even had a few bartender books and djs books just bc those were things I was always curious about it.

I wanted to be a lawyer, broadcaster but at the same time I felt like I didnt really have any passion for that, it was just what I wanted to do as a kid. Now I've found myself doing better sticking to one thing.



I have been in insurances classes, real state meetings, but nah my thing is school.


cool, the great thing is that we are in America, and here we have many options ( too many it's scary ). The main things is that you like what you do. You gotta think about what drives you, for example, do you like helping people ? DO you like using your body for work ? Is a high stress job right for you? There are many alternatives to producing income, and now a days a job doesnt neccesarily a must to provide for yourself, and others.


Eventually we all man up and find our nitche. For some it comes sooner than others.

[NoRightFoot]

Does Australia have a large Latino community?

It's growing (sorry about the old thread re-hash it occasionally gets boring in the studio), but geographically I guess it's tough. I suppose the temptation is always to go to the US for that reason. I'm actually married to a Puerto Rican and the culture, food, language and general demeanor of Latino's has won me over. It probably helps given the line of work I'm in but Latino's are so beautifully cultural and natural.