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Pilar,
First off, I think you are in a good position to find opportunities in your own country. Now with the free trade agreements, the mining, petroleum, and other heavy industries have a lot of potential to grow. Keep looking. Also, as you said, it's really difficult for a foreign company to hire an unexperienced person who doesn't have a visa/permit to work.
Another option would be trying to get further education outside of Colombia, like a Masters degree or other post-graduate certification. It is expensive and difficult, but an option.
Also, just my opinion, try to practice using a more professional English. If you write "wanna" in an email or document to someone, it's really unprofessional to a native speaker. An obvious sign of weak English skills.
Some other corrections...I am being so optimistic
...I guess it is really difficult for any company to take the risk and hire a foreigner just based on a Skype interview...
advice (it's never plural)
0 votedNovember 4, 20130Minha irmã, eu, e 3 mais amigos estamos em planejamento agora! Os primeiros dias em Rio depois vamos para outra ciudade, ainda não sabemos qual. O meu voto é para Porto Alegre. Alguem tem uma dica em qual cidade para ficar por 3-4 dias depois de Rio para ver um jogo mais do mudial???? (e não fala SP, ja conheço e não gosto tanto)
0 votedNovember 2, 20130I don't think any nice person would enjoy causing a person a to lose face, but it's not so simple. I worked in China for a number of years and it can be quite complex. One big issue I encountered was this: Chinese companies alway promote up people from the "correct" families or people with high education, not necessarly the people with the most merit to be manages. You have to treat Chinese people with kid gloves. When a person of status makes a comment that is completely incorrect or just plain ridiculous, you must find a way to correct them without hurting their feelings. I worked as an engineering expert in a very specific sort of industry and I was absolutely stunned at how clueless the Chinese managers who were supposed to be in charge of large projects actually had no idea what they were doing. It was difficult to correct their mistakes and keep the project on track, safe, and efficient without hurting their delicate feelings. It is one thing to feel you have lost face, it's another thing to shut down and become uncooperative because someone has correct you. I care about face, but I care more about doing my job correctly and keeping the people around me safe while they work with me. If some Chinese person must lose face so that I can keep people safe, so be it, it's an easy decision for me.
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