05-18-2017, 03:46 AM
If you are in a hi tech profession there is no work at all.
Unless you can work remotely -- which then requires reliable high-speed internet, power, and phone service, with the persistent risk that your job evaporates and you're left here with nothing.
Government jobs typically require a family connection; it might be possible to "marry in".
Trades are similar: State does not recognize any outside licensure, so you need an apprenticeship, usually not available to haoles. There are some less-regulated trade-ish jobs that merely require permits, and you can sometimes offer services if you're careful not to use any "trade" words. Example: you don't need an electrician's license for "appliance repair" if that appliance can be unplugged ... but then you do need a contractor's license if the repair is over $1000.
Starting your own business sounds like a good idea, but the local government will do its best to bankrupt you before you get your first customer. Renting an "appropriately zoned" location is very expensive, all the commercial real estate is held by a few "prominent landowners" (private or State). People try to work around this by upzoning an existing building (or getting some flavor of Use Permit), but that can take a couple of years while Planning makes up requirements and holds public hearings so the neighbors can object.
The big corporates are more "color-blind", so there's always minimum-wage at Walmart, Safeway, Home Depot, etc.
Otherwise, bring your own money, and plenty of it -- enough to buy some rental real estate to create an income stream.
Unless you can work remotely -- which then requires reliable high-speed internet, power, and phone service, with the persistent risk that your job evaporates and you're left here with nothing.
Government jobs typically require a family connection; it might be possible to "marry in".
Trades are similar: State does not recognize any outside licensure, so you need an apprenticeship, usually not available to haoles. There are some less-regulated trade-ish jobs that merely require permits, and you can sometimes offer services if you're careful not to use any "trade" words. Example: you don't need an electrician's license for "appliance repair" if that appliance can be unplugged ... but then you do need a contractor's license if the repair is over $1000.
Starting your own business sounds like a good idea, but the local government will do its best to bankrupt you before you get your first customer. Renting an "appropriately zoned" location is very expensive, all the commercial real estate is held by a few "prominent landowners" (private or State). People try to work around this by upzoning an existing building (or getting some flavor of Use Permit), but that can take a couple of years while Planning makes up requirements and holds public hearings so the neighbors can object.
The big corporates are more "color-blind", so there's always minimum-wage at Walmart, Safeway, Home Depot, etc.
Otherwise, bring your own money, and plenty of it -- enough to buy some rental real estate to create an income stream.