Jobs that have lots of travel
Jun 21, 1999, 12:01 am
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Jobs that have lots of travel
I want to know the jobs of all of you out there that does a lot of travel. My son is currently looking for a job and he wants a job that has business travel all year round. Any suggestion?
Regards,
Empress
Regards,
Empress
Jun 21, 1999, 2:02 am
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I totally agree! After 1 year of extensive travel I was sooooooo tired of it....now I am in year 3. Jokingly I give my address as an AC flight#.
But, if he is looking for travel....maybe a pilot? :-)
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'The early bird may catch the worm but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.'
But, if he is looking for travel....maybe a pilot? :-)
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Dorian
'The early bird may catch the worm but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.'
Jun 21, 1999, 7:51 am
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Empress, if your son has a medical background, he can apply for a Clinical Research Associate (CRA) position for a pharmaceutical company. CRAs monitor the progress of human investigational drug trials in different hospitals all over the US (and the world). He would need a solid background in a clinical field. He will have to learn a lot about law and the Federal Regulations. An entry-level CRA would travel about 80% of the time.
My question is, why would he want to travel that much? We all dread it after a few months.
My question is, why would he want to travel that much? We all dread it after a few months.
Jun 21, 1999, 8:34 am
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Empress -
If your son has a computer background, he might check out consulting. LOTs of travel!
Some consultants are free-lance (free lance? freelance?) and pay all of their expenses, but with a higher pay rate. Some work for consulting organizations and the company takes care of the expenses.
Assignments vary from a few days to many months in duration.
If your son has a computer background, he might check out consulting. LOTs of travel!
Some consultants are free-lance (free lance? freelance?) and pay all of their expenses, but with a higher pay rate. Some work for consulting organizations and the company takes care of the expenses.
Assignments vary from a few days to many months in duration.
Jun 21, 1999, 9:30 am
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Empress--
Depends on what type of travel your son is looking for... everyone here assumed he's looking for air travel, but what about a cruise ship job? Lots of positions available across a wide skills base, from ship doctor to whatever... (I use ship doctor because once I get finished with all this in about 5 years, a year or two on board ship wouldn't be too bad.)
Depends on what type of travel your son is looking for... everyone here assumed he's looking for air travel, but what about a cruise ship job? Lots of positions available across a wide skills base, from ship doctor to whatever... (I use ship doctor because once I get finished with all this in about 5 years, a year or two on board ship wouldn't be too bad.)
Jun 21, 1999, 10:31 am
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burkey's excellent post got me to thinking, Empress.
If it's exotic locales and occasional travel he's interested in, he might also consider a few years on Kwajalein. This US Army base (~10% military, the rest civilians) has a wide range of job types, from divers to administrators. And, the contract is coming up for rebid, which means that next year, there'll be the usual personnel musical chairs, (usually) resulting in more open slots.
Most gov't contractors give single status people two paid trips off island each year, one to Hawaii (r & R) and one back to the states or wherever. Family status folk get one vacation. And of interest to US citizens, NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX!
When we were there, we traveled all over the Pacific Rim area, with weekend trips to places like Majuro, Pohnpei, Kusai, and so on.
There are other places with similar opportunities (Johnson Island, Diego Garcia...), but I don't have any personal knowledge of them.
Good luck!
If it's exotic locales and occasional travel he's interested in, he might also consider a few years on Kwajalein. This US Army base (~10% military, the rest civilians) has a wide range of job types, from divers to administrators. And, the contract is coming up for rebid, which means that next year, there'll be the usual personnel musical chairs, (usually) resulting in more open slots.
Most gov't contractors give single status people two paid trips off island each year, one to Hawaii (r & R) and one back to the states or wherever. Family status folk get one vacation. And of interest to US citizens, NO FEDERAL INCOME TAX!
When we were there, we traveled all over the Pacific Rim area, with weekend trips to places like Majuro, Pohnpei, Kusai, and so on.
There are other places with similar opportunities (Johnson Island, Diego Garcia...), but I don't have any personal knowledge of them.
Good luck!
Jun 21, 1999, 11:18 am
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How about investment banking? If my experience is typical, after a few months he will never want to see an airplane again.
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Cheers,
Hong Kong Flyer
Soon to be London Flyer
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Cheers,
Hong Kong Flyer
Soon to be London Flyer
Jun 21, 1999, 11:26 am
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He, for some reason are very interested in flying which I don't understand. I've told him the consequences already.
He won't be a pilot and he is just a graduate from engineering. He is looking for air travel. He said he doesn't mind having a job not related to engineering. He said travel will let him live in different places rather than staying home 365 days a year. But, it's up to him.
What are most of the career of the people here?
Thanks for all the response so far, I agree with most of you.
Regards,
Empress
He won't be a pilot and he is just a graduate from engineering. He is looking for air travel. He said he doesn't mind having a job not related to engineering. He said travel will let him live in different places rather than staying home 365 days a year. But, it's up to him.
What are most of the career of the people here?
Thanks for all the response so far, I agree with most of you.
Regards,
Empress
Jun 21, 1999, 12:22 pm
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Within the engineering field, there are plenty of choices. Mostly it depends on the employer.
A friend of mine is a mechanical engineer and goes to various plants for the company he works for. He was recently doing some ISO-9001 compliance checking, and was living out of a suitcase for weeks at a time.
Outside engineer, some sales positions can require quite a bit of travelling.
The "romance" of travel has long since dissipated. I travel because I must. I enjoy it only to the extent that I get to meet some of our customers face to face instead of talking with them on the phone.
I suppose that if I were without a wife and children I might be able to enjoy it, but who knows?
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A friend of mine is a mechanical engineer and goes to various plants for the company he works for. He was recently doing some ISO-9001 compliance checking, and was living out of a suitcase for weeks at a time.
Outside engineer, some sales positions can require quite a bit of travelling.
The "romance" of travel has long since dissipated. I travel because I must. I enjoy it only to the extent that I get to meet some of our customers face to face instead of talking with them on the phone.
I suppose that if I were without a wife and children I might be able to enjoy it, but who knows?
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"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own."