Any suggestion how to move to italy?

Question

I live in Canada but for me I feel home when I am in Italy. Napoli is the city of my choice. The only issue is finding a job! Any suggestion?

Answer 1

Only issue?-What about the fact that you can only remain in Italy for a maximum of three months unless you are a citizen of Europe.

Answer 2

Dear Star - your best and surest bet is to do your job search from Canada. It would be best to get hored by a Canadian company although an Italian company would be fine too. I suggested the Canadian company because you would better understand the corporate culture and find your self better at ease professionally.

It is nearly impossble to get hired as a professional as a foreigner (non-Italian and from a non-EU country) in Italy.

Answer 3

"The only issue"... :-D

Unless you have a valuable degree or you know yet somebody there, Napoli is not the main choice in order to find a job; you should consider the North of the country, especially North West (Veneto). Still, they're looking mainly for workforce, they need people form outside of Italy since most Italians aren't interested in that kind of job

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Ehy, smilies! Unemployment rate for all Italy is currently 6.8% (4.3 in the North). 35% may seem more appropriate if you mean "people between 18 and 35 in Naples", as I read some months ago...

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Without a European passport it can be very hard to find jobs in Italy -- and nearly impossible to do if you are not already living here.

In Italy you will need a "permesso di soggiorno" in order to stay in the country and you need one for the purposes of work in order to work legally. Many North Americans come here without these documents and look for jobs -- many start out teaching English for meager wages -- and take the risk that they won't have any problems with the authorities. The truth is that North Americans are generally left alone here -- but be illegal in a country limits your rights and makes the stress of every day living that much harder.

Unless you are starting out with a lot of money or an insatiable desire to be living in Italy, the difficulties of this kind of life can be overwhelming. And are no quite what books like Under the Tuscan Sun have it cracked up to be. I've lived here for 10 years and while I'm happy and enjoy my life, it is not the easiest life to live. (And the truth is most of the people who stick around are those that get married to Italians because then they have a legal right to stay here -- but getting jobs, etc., doesn't necessarily get easier especially if you don't speak the language fluently).

All that said, here are some English-language publications that you can check out for info about Italy, The Informer has the best info regarding red tape to go through for all aspects of taking up residence here:

www.theflorentine.net

www.informer.it

www.wantedinrome.com

Good Luck!

Answer 6

You can borrow my Gondola.

Answer 7

Napoli would not be my first choice. I would agree that the North is better. Teaching English jobs are easy to find away from the main tourist areas and I would think in Napoli you might have a fair chance of finding something along this line. Normally to work in Italy you will need a work permit which is difficult to obtain unless you are an EU citizen. Most places in the north won't even consider you without this and you take a real risk if you get caught as you will be deported and not allowed to ever return.

Naples is different as they often have a more flexible view of legalities to put it mildly and people may employ you without a work permit but it is not worth the risk.

Answer 8

Finding a job is very hard in Naples I live here. Italians usaully have to buy there jobs and the pay sucks and they work all the time. The country has a 35%unemployment rate currently.  I would see if you can get a government job though canada working on a military base or an embassy. The US has what is called the GS (Government service) program and they hire stateside to work and then they will ship all your stuff to naples and help you get settled in with housing and what ever else in needed. They usually pay for your housing and then pay you. I'm not sure how it is in canada but I know there are some candians live/working here I've seen them around.