Looking for a job in Costa Rica Looking for a job in Costa Rica Costa Rica is a country with some opportunities. Historically in the 80´s had job opportunities for every people with a high school diploma, in the 90’s the situation was a little similar, but with more qualifications and professionals. With the new era, the third world millennium, and the opening of the local and country economy to the world, the condition changed a lot. Now with a high school diploma you can find a low category work, in the other hand for got a high qualifications job you need at least a university career in an area productive for the country. And maybe you already think about this question: what areas and careers are productive today in Costa Rica? The television news and the newspapers were presented a lot of studies they said that the engineers and the technology sciencies are the areas with the majority of the offers to get a job, specifically in medicals technologies and productive engineers. So, the situation for the students, for example, in Social or Philosophy Sciences is very difficult; they cannot choose in a lot of options, because don´t have it! And then the only way is having a low category job for the low experience and the absence of opportunities. Personally, I has studied Geography, I thought I was an excellent student with great grades and honors in each diploma; actually I believe that the effort that I had in the university was not necessary I don’t have the opportunities that I wanted and it is so difficult because the others cannot think about it, they don’t are in my shoes and we didn’t have the same life experiences. And I don’t want to talk about the government initiatives… don’t exist and I think never will existent … But, I hope that the national atmosphere not affect me in my job research, maybe the destination has to my good things in a nearby future.