I have lost my job.

Started by Slava, Tue 01/08/2006 04:11:18

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Slava

Today I have lost my job. After many years as a paramedic it is all gone. They have too many paramedics and the hospital is making cutbacks and have announced me redundant. This depresses me, I do not know how I will look after my wife and son on the measly amount of redundancy pay I will be getting. At this moment in time life looks bleak.

Work is afraid of a skilled worker.

Domino

Move to the United States, there is always a demand for Paramedics. I also appreciate the job you guys do to save lives.

Mad-Hatter

Or you can make a super-fantastic AGS game, sell it, and make millions!!!




Nope, too late! I already thought of it, and if you even TRY to make a super-fantastic AGS game I'll sue you blind!
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SSH

Many countries, including the UK, are desperately short of skilled medical workers, so if you contact the British consulate, I'm sure they'd be very happy to hear from you.
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Nacho

As for Spain, I know that entire crews of helicopters are being hired to fight against forestal fires every summer... I am not sure if that teams do need a medic in his staff, but maybe it's something to have into consideration... Good money, contrymates, and possibilities to learn spanish for free in statal classes paid by government. We'd really appreciate the help.
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Haddas

Quote from: SSH on Tue 01/08/2006 10:19:23
Many countries, including the UK, are desperately short of skilled medical workers, so if you contact the British consulate, I'm sure they'd be very happy to hear from you.

What he says is true. Many countries just do not have enough people. Don't disregard that.

shbaz

As in-demand as paramedics are (everywhere) they are generally treated like crap as employees, forced to work huge shifts (I've known paramedics placed on shifts exceeding 24 hours with no sleep) get pay that is what an experienced general laborer might expect (while paramedics still must attend some school or training at least), and laid off, as you were, when hospitals reduce their contracts.

You could go out of country, but I wouldn't recommend the states because the same sort of thing can happen here.  I live in the midwest, maybe it's different in the cities, but I kind of doubt it.
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passer-by

Plan ASAP what you are going to spend and where, apply everywhere for a new job, don't change location if you are going to be short of money, do some other, less well paid job in the mean time, apply, apply, apply, call everyone you know and ask them to have their ears open, remind people of old favours, tell your previous employer that you want references, profit from this extra time and spend it with your family, consider a change in career if there's something you can do for money, keep applying and sending CVs.

Las Naranjas

One of the reasons many countries have a shortage of medical workers is that the shortage is contributed to by traditional medical bodies and doctor's associations artifically creating the shortage not so much to ensure higher wages, but to ensure a priviliged public position. This means there's resistance to allowing a great deal of routine tasks that require skill, but not Doctor level skill, to be conducted by paramedics and to a lesser extent nurses.

Nonetheless, I have to say that if you think about emigration [which is a massie step after all], your chances are alright to get a visa at least. But you may end up driving a taxi with all the other skilled medical worker's whose qualifications don't get recognised by the authorities.
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SSH

I don't think thats what happens in the UK. Midwives, nurses, paramedics are all recognised at important parts of the NHS and have been proactively sought out from other countries.
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Timosity

Interesting how people just start off mentioning moving a family to to another country, It's not even nearly as simple as that, I can't speak for Slava, but there would be many things to consider.

The first being maybe you are happy living where you are

You have to consider the feelings of other members of the family before taking them somewhere foreign which may be away from the rest of their family and friends

The cost of moving a family overseas.

debts and/or mortgage you have already

moving somewhere unfamiliar

the time it would take to get a job overseas, get visa's, move a family, find a place to live and afford the time off to establish all that, without starving to death first



I would imagine that there are also other hospitals in Saint Petersburg, and if not, other hospitals in Russia, and it would probably the first option before looking overseas. Even finding another less skilled job just to get by for a while.

and since Slava hasn't replied, I guess it means he's looking for a job.

Good luck Slava with whatever happens

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