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Well, my resume is rather large. Been retail and food service management, a cook, tire/lube tech, firearms sales, gov paperwork, filled propane, photography, etc.
Just have no idea on a career lol. The outfitting job is where I was the longest (2 years) but there is a lack of hunters here lol so I doubt I can do that.
Going to apply at target and fire off a resume to the airport thurs. Honestly, after being put on the top of the list for walgreens, (was the first interview with the GM, the morning he got back from Cali) and still not getting the job, I don't really know how to go about this.
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There are lots of "Jack of All Trades but Master of None" people here. This place is also much more of "who do you know" than any other state in the union. Good luck!
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One of the things my husband and I appreciated about Hawaii was the apparent absence of a gun culture. Coming from Montana, that was very refreshing.
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Originally posted by John S. Rabi
There are lots of "Jack of All Trades but Master of None" people here. This place is also much more of "who do you know" than any other state in the union. Good luck!
Aloha,
John S. Rabi, GM,PB,ABR,CRB,CM,FHS
888.819.9669....
I know! It rivals Hollywood!
Alaskana, unfortunately, you might be in the group everyone doing hiring avoids. Employers dont want to hire someone for a job they have to train and spend some money on to have them quit in a few months to move. I know people say well I dont tell the employer that but its a sense they get I think.
Maybe you'll have to look for non-traditional employment. I might suggest to go to the 2-3 Hilo hotels and fill out app for banquet server. June is coming and weddings are always big income for the hotels at that time of year. Then typically a layoff near the end of July or August.
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Thanks for the idea. I'll have to give it a shot. Figure at this point, any work is useful.
Hi looking,
thanks for saying more about yourself.
I would recommend the book "Affordable Paradise" by H. Skip Thomsen. Be sure to get the most recent edition. It is written with a focus on East Hawai'i, unlike the book So You Want to Live in Hawai'i, although that one isn't bad either.
I also recommend you find yourself a real estate agent on the east side. You want to learn about lava zones, insurance, neighborhoods, crime, weather, catchment water, utility fees, permits, and buying foreclosure properties, etc.. -- all of which are things you should know if you're buying at that price point.
You should identify an actual beach that you would lie on ... there aren't many on this side of the island, and Kehena has a steep access if you should have any mobility issues.
The downside I see for a retiree is the difficulty in getting good health care on Medicare here. You will need to dip into your cash to go to Oahu for some issues. The neighbor island health care is somewhat of a satellite system compared to what's on Oahu.
Be sure to look at any property in person. Don't buy long distance.
Best of luck to you. [  ]
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Aloha, looking, and welcome to the jungle! (I miss Guns & Roses sooooooooo much). I speak as someone who has done the following: 1) Moved to San Francisco only having been there once, 2) Moved to New Orleans NEVER having been there, 3)Left several, nice secure, well-paying jobs for no dang reason, 4) Abandoned family and friends to go off on adventure, while people cried out of concern for me, 5) Went to France for a scholastic school year, and, uh, just kind of stayed there.
I don't do that stuff anymore. It's too late to die young and glamorously like Isadora. I remember when two Parisian friends dragged me to Harry's Bar in Paris (and old expatriate hangout). My friends, a boy and a girl, must have been about 19. It seemed like we were heading for something in the shape of a triangle. The demoiselle warmed her Armaganac with her hands and said that we were fantastically decadent.
No we weren't. We were at the height of our youth and there was nothing decadent about it. We were powerful little vampires.
Now comes the truly decadence -- the slow decay. I wish I could find that girl and tell her, "Giselle -- that wasn't decadence. What we are experiencing now.....the creaks, the aches, the stabs, the discoloration of our hair, watching others being removed from this earthly room, like the Masque of the Red Death --- that's decadence, baby".
I hope that your seniority is kind to you and that you enjoy the good health and long life. If you are alone and are 72, you will want to make double-dog sure that you test your idea with a flesh and blood person whose opinion you trust -- perhaps someone who specializes in assisting people who are seniors, like you and me.
Your idea strikes me as unnecessarily adventurous. I say that as one who has lived for adventure.
You can rent a wonderful place for not-so-much, and have chickens and the rest.
And you could stay in San Francisco, one of the finest cities on Earth, with plenty of resources for us.
I lived in San Francisco after living in Paris and one day I was staring out the window and moaning to a friend about how much I missed Paris. I guess he had had enough. As the mist rolled in, he gestured to the cable car passing below and yelled "THIS is Paris! THIS is Paris! Stop crying about Paris and be here now! Some day you will look back and realize this was the best time in your life." If he were alive, I would call him and tell him, "You were right. And it's not where --- it's who."
Hawaii can pull you in. You feel the warmth on your hand. Plumeria fills your nostrils (unless you're at the KTA, in which case something else fills your nostrils).
The rain comes. You get a little wet. You eat some dragonfruit. Winning! Epic! Enter the dragon!
The point is we older guys do tend to ramble. Be careful of rambling too far.
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Alaskana, as a 20-something, I see totally where you are coming from. You have much to see and do, not to mention settling into some nature of career and lifestyle. The Big Island offers little for you in those areas unless you are interested in programs at UH. My own brother lives in Sitka and claims that by the time he was 30 he was too uncivilized to live anywhere else! Alaska is a different animal in terms of freedoms/rules/etc. If it weren't for the cold, I'd be there myself. If you can take that, go have your grand life adventure! I applaud you for helping out the old folks with a bit of your time and labor while you are young. Good luck!
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"Oh Crap, She's up!"
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Look into Juneau. The AK state capital is technically a rain forest. Gets to ~30/40 in the winter and 70-80 in the summer.
I grew up in Fairbanks, so cold doesn't really bother me. Largely, I guess it's a try and find my place thing...
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