Husband and I decided we are moving to Minnesota, in the Twin Cities area (probably Minneapolis). I'm going to go up there as soon as possible to find a job and place to live. Does anyone know some good places to start looking for work?
I'm not working for them anymore. I was through a temp agency but I maybe I can check out of there are any openings online for direct employment.Shouldn't be a problem for you. We have BlurCroos/Blue Shield here. Any chance you can just keep your job and do it here (Twin Cities, I mean)? There is also Comcast here (plus others, I'm sure).
Where to live? Perhaps Northeast Mpls? But we call it Nordeast.
You've got good skills. Plus you can play the ukulele. What more could an employer want?I'm not working for them anymore. I was through a temp agency but I maybe I can check out of there are any openings online for direct employment.
I'm trying to get my husband to look at the community colleges so he can decided where he wants to go and that we can be close to that or work.
Lol, no I boycotted hockey when the lock out was around... hehe.I hope the move goes well. I'm happy that you're moving closer to your native Canada. Will you have to become a Wild fan?
You bring up very good points, haha!You've got good skills. Plus you can play the ukulele. What more could an employer want?
I'm pretty sure I will like it. My husband is from North-Western Montana and I'm from different parts of Ontario, Canada so we'll at least be used to the weather.Welcome to MN. February, eh? bring your mukluks!
Hopefully you'll like it here. There's a wide variety of culture and lack of culture and pleanty to do both indoors and out.
I don't know. I know there are some for jobs but Minnesota has no military installations and once we are out, we can't use any of the services, I don't think.Good to see you around again, Melissa.
Just out of curiosity, what made you and your husband decide on Minnesota? I know at one time you were considering the PNW.
You've probably already thought of this, but are there any veterans organizations there that might be able to help with "ins" for jobs or housing?
Ok, entire life changing again. We are thinking the best thing is to move to the Tacoma, WA area, or somewhere in between. Micah has family close to there and we are hoping it will help in some way. I don't want to be dependent on others (we won't really be able to anyways because they are strapped financially and the one uncle he has there is moving to Australia soon to be with his wife and and his sister is pretty much a criminal) but it will give us a chance to go somewhere that family has already lived in and can give us pointers. I'd love to go to Minneapolis but it's just proving to be too difficult. Heck, moving with no jobs or a place to live is hard enough to think about. Finding a place to live is not a huge worry for me but work is. With my background in customer service, sales, logistics, collections, office work, etc, I'm hoping to find something fast (lots of hoping here). But I'm scared. REALLY, REALLY scared. We don't have much money saved I'm worrying to no end. My husband doesn't have any experience other than his military job and that is freaking me out as well. He needs to have certain licenses and stuff to do the work he does for the army in the civilian world and they are very expensive....
Gahh.... going crazy.
I know I haven't been around and I've let some people down and pushed them away but I feel like you guys are the only ones I can come to with my worries and concerns. I just wish I was better at keeping friends.