Jobs for Brits in America.

[PaulParkhead]

@Lobsang

You seem to be under the impression I’m asking if Brits can work in American jobs.

What I am actually asking is are there any particular jobs where being born and brought up in Britain is relevant or desirable. Such as… say… being an actor on a show that has a british character in it. Or doing voiceovers, or working in call centers where the British accent might put the person calling at ease (they operate the same principle here in Britain, where they will locate a call center in Ireland or Scotland for the specific purpose of being able to employ people with the respective accents as ‘research’ shows that these accents put the caller at ease.

Well, I have a mild Glasgow accent - very clear and comprehensible, I’m not Rab C. Nesbit

Although I do oddjob, low-level IT work at the moment, I’ve been told that radio stations might like to have a presenter with a “novelty” accent. Sadly I have no experience in that field, and it seems to me that it would be difficult to wing it.

[eleanorigby]

@Laughing Lagomorph

:dubious:
:dubious: :dubious:

I don’t really know what the job prospects are for IT in the Greater Boston Area. If you don’t care what kind of sales you do I guess you can live pretty much anywhere. If it were me and I didn’t like cities I would go further north to coastal New Hampshire or Maine. Summers are generally nice (and the winters damn cold).

Jeez-I bet you spoil surprise parties, too! (don’t air our dirty laundry in public–he’ll find out soon enough!). I’m sure the tunnel will be done…soon and it might not even fall on people this time!

Having been driven in London, the Boston commute is a step up. Plus, there’s the T–which is sorta Tube like, without the coolness factor. I have no idea re IT jobs in Boston, but he’d do great at some of the tourist attractions–essell could be a Pilgrim or a tour guide on that clipper ship or even a musuem guide (docent?)… Or he could a normal job like anyone else–the accent is a plus.
Lobsang has employment once here: my personal valet/chauffeur. All he needs is a British accent and he’s golden.

[Dangerosa]

@Lobsang

You seem to be under the impression I’m asking if Brits can work in American jobs.

What I am actually asking is are there any particular jobs where being born and brought up in Britain is relevant or desirable. Such as… say… being an actor on a show that has a british character in it. Or doing voiceovers, or working in call centers where the British accent might put the person calling at ease (they operate the same principle here in Britain, where they will locate a call center in Ireland or Scotland for the specific purpose of being able to employ people with the respective accents as ‘research’ shows that these accents put the caller at ease.

Yeah, but they don’t necessarily match your skill sets - i.e. Americans can program and manage people - there isn’t any advantage there to being British - unless there may be a slight advantage to you in a British/American company - but I can’t imagine programming is that different - unless perhaps you are working in Financial Systems with U.K. GAAP.

[Celyn]

@eleanorigby

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Lobsang has employment once here: my personal valet/chauffeur. All he needs is a British accent and he’s golden.

Won’t you be a bit uncomfortable when he drives on the “wrong” side of the road? Nah, he can also go and work in a museum - he could be a redcoat soldier or something.
And a belated “hello and welcome to the SDMB” to PaulParkhead - someone else from my part of the world.

[Lobsang]

I do drive a big white car.

[Celyn]

@Lobsang

I do drive a big white car.

Hmmm, well you could make a living driving brides around then … Og’s sake DON’T do that - I imagine it would be really tedious, yappy self-important brides and their bridesmaid.

Ah, but wait - I suppose getting to meet all the pretty young bridesmaid could be viewed as an advantage.

[eleanorigby]

@Lobsang

I do drive a big white car.

See? I got a driver and that’s a start!
And if the valet thing goes belly up–there’s always BP petroleum, located in downtown Chicago. (or the British embassy, on Michigan avenue in the Wrigley building IMS).