I currently work for the Royal Bank in Montreal - they also have offices in London. Is anybody on this board familiar with the Royal Bank of Canada in London? I’d love to relocate… Maybe RBC would let me work in London - anybody know about that?
And about working in Ireland - my best talent that I can offer is that I am fluently bilingual, English and French. I saw on Monster.ie many postings for people who are fluent in French - do you think I would be easily sponsored for one of those jobs?
What other things should I consider if I want to work in Ireland or England or even Scotland?
you could try keane fich in dingle, we were getting 3.50 about 17 years ago, and there speaking english matters less then 2 strong arms…
or go for the small fish, there’s good money in picking periwinkles.
or head for the nearnest bullring, squad a boarded-up house there, and work yourself into the scrap business and buy a good piebald stallion
i’m only having the crack with you there moxy, you said is was just for the music…
i believe your best chance might be something in the banking in england.
You’re right, I did say that didn’t I. Plus, this IS the C&F message board - I’ve seen worse…
Anyway, Peter thanks for the link. I’ll have a look at it. I’ve been told to spend time in Ireland before making the move by others as well. I’m not sure how permanent I’d like to make it anyway - I’ve moved around quite a bit in my life, I’m not rooted to anything, even if it’s quite comfortable where I am right now.
I’ve had quite a few other suggestions as well. I have an interest in music theory (have studied it in the classical realms quite a bit and love it) and a friend of mine has suggested that perhaps I could study the theory of ITM as well, and do some research into that. She suggested there may be a gap where that’s concerned.
that was how i did it anyway…i squated houses in the bullring, dealt in scrap, worked on the fish farms,…
my brain told me, “there’s an easyer life…”, but i followed my heart, it wasn’t easy.
but i believe that’s why i’m very happy now, i followed my heart and luck turned on me, and i found what i was looking for
And just what were you looking for? This might seem like an odd question… but how do you know you’re following your heart when others have so much to say about what you’re doing and how you’re doing it?
That’s part of my quest as well - when I think practically about going to Ireland, I can’t think of why I should go. But my heart speaks loud and clear about it, even though I only spent 3 weeks there one time six years ago…
i was looking for the crack, new friends, a second life, a wife and family, i found it all. i didn’t make too many plans, lived from day to day, didn’t worry too much and trusted the man above, i didn’t ask for anything in my prayers, i just gave thanks.
this works for me: listening to my heart is like singing the right songs in the right key. i might have about 500 songs on the computer, but there’s only about a dozen that suited my voice. the feeling i get when i sing those song, is the same as listening to my heart, when it’s telling me it’s good.
i hope this helps
In my experience (moving to London for uni), I have found that when I was in the planning stages, feeling out my options and trying to figure out what direction to take, nearly everyone I knew was trying to talk me out of it. “Get a good job first.” “Save up more money.” “Give it another year and then decide.” “But WHY do you have to go?”
But when I stuck with it, and people saw that I was serious about making this change, slowly the protests died down. To my astonishment, the same people who had told me they thought it was a foolish idea or a bad plan are now saying they are excited for me and looking forward to hearing all about it!
If you are encountering pressure not to change your life, it might be that the people in your life don’t want to encourage you to go away from them. Maybe they think that positive comments now will swing your mind toward going, and they don’t know if that’s truly what you want.
But if you make the decision ANYWAY, they will understand that you want to do it, and I bet they will (usually!) be supportive.
I was discussing this with friends over the weekend, and part of the conversation became a real concern to me… The part where we talked about retirement, and RRSPs, and pension funds and all of that…
Obviously, I’m not in my 20’s anymore (I’m nowhere near retirement either though…) but I have a good thing going with RBC. Good investments, shares, retirement plan and all of that… So if I could continue to work for them in London, I would be pleased as punch. London to Dublin or Shannon is just too easy, and could be done on a regular basis if my heart so desired (and it does…)
So if any of you have any good words to share with me that will help me feel better about this whole retirement crap, please share… Maybe I won’t live to 65, but maybe I’ll live to 90…
Ah, got it!! Sometimes the big smoke is also Toronto, I think, in some conversations at least. So I got confused… I won’t consider going back to Toronto - I’ve spent enough time there!
Yeah, London. Gotta get permission to work there though… I have no way of getting an EU passport. Maybe the French language thing would help there too?
Or, as Avanutria is doing, studying would get me there too - ack… but I’m not ready to study just yet, I think.
You might do a search for language institutions in London/Ireland and see if they need anyone for teaching English or French. I know an American in Italy who moved there on a teaching english job, and has been there for several years. She is now a tour guide in Venice.
By the way, London is something like the second most expensive place in the world to live. You might prefer looking for work outside of London, if you do come to the UK.
I think what would be very interesting to do is ask a bunch of 60, 70, 80 years old about what they regret or don’t regret doing in their lives. Should they have saved more money or should they have travelled and followed their heart much more? I’m also wondering what our priorities are when we reach 60.
At the end of the day, maybe having a big RSP account and big bank account when I’m 65 won’t make me happy and will make me regret not using the money when I was younger, or maybe having almost nothing when I’m 65 will make me angry and sad and will make me regret not working harder on making money when I was younger.
i’m only having the crack with you there moxy, you said is was just for the music…