Okinawa Hai!

For those of you planning a move to Okinawa soon, we hope Marie’s descriptions of the process of their travel and first months of settling in can help you with a few of the “unknowns.”  To read more of their story see links at the bottom of the post. CONTRIBUTED BY MARIE LEWIS I’m sure [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE On base jobs SEEKING EMPLOYMENT: I am new to the island. I have an education and viable skills. I am looking for employment while living on Okinawa, but am lost about where to start. WANTED: Competent employees with education and skills to work on a US military base. Many career fields [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA   As far as I’m concerned, the most important people in our society (and somehow the most underpaid – sigh!) are teachers.  Our kids spend more hours a day with their teachers than they usually do with us.  I’m so thankful there are people like Julie who dedicate themselves to this [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY JOELLE YAMADA I often meet people on Okinawa who are trained to do one thing, but due to lack of jobs, have chosen to work in a different field here.  It’s refreshing to hear from Chrissy, who managed to find work IN her field — after some patient waiting! 1.   Where do [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY STACI HAWLEY I’m not the usual to work writer, that would be our talented Joelle. While she’s on “maternity” leave uhum, I should say work… we each took a week to write for her. My choice was easy. To Work. Well, the ladies that really WORK me out are below. Let me tell you that when [...]

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