If I want to work in Austria?

Question

I'm working in a travel agency in Dubai, UAE. I also have work experience in Hotel in administrative and finance section. I'm considering to transfer in Austria. Is there any possibility for me to secure a decent job in Austria? What are the things to be considered? Is English widely spoken in businesses or do I have to study German? Pls. help!

Answer 1

You should study the local language. However, English is widely spoken there. Check online. you are a travel agent, so you know you'll need to contact the embassy to get a work visa. I recommend that you contact them and ask for advice. Maybe they'll help you find work. Good luck.

Answer 2

My sister got a job in Vienna, she is in the Food Industry.  All I know is that she got in the web and began looking for jobs in Europe, but I do not know the exact site she looked in.  I know there is one site that is call something like extreme jobs or ultimate jobs, anyway, my sister is 54 yrs.old and is now working in Austria, very happily.  She is getting accolades for her job and many recognitions. The company that hired her applied for her visas, permits, taxes and state benefits on her behalf.  She says to work there a company needs to hire you and apply for you, just like here in the States.

another issue; The Austrians do not speak German, nor English, they have their own language, and my sis says the language is strange!  Here I am going to add, my sister is Mexican-Swiss, she moved from Mexico City to Vienna for this job, speaks fluent German, and Spanish and is a very much accomplished chef and event planner.  Hope her example helps you in some way.

Answer 3

Hi,

Are you Saudi? I have been to the UAE back in 1994. I think you woudl be happy in Austria its a beautiful place. English is spoken.



Languages of Austria

Republic of Austria. Republik Österreich. 8,174,762. National or official languages: Standard German, Slovenian (regional). Literacy rate: 99% to 100%. Also includes Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Czech (7,100), French (15,000), Greek (12,000), Kirmanjki, Northern Kurdish (23,000), Polish (39,000), Turkish (68,000), Western Farsi (2,000), Yeniche, Arabic (3,000), Chinese (1,200). Information mainly from M. Stephens 1976; B. Comrie 1987. Blind population: 11,005. Deaf population: 482,311. Deaf institutions: 17. The number of languages listed for Austria is 9. Of those, all are living languages.

Living languages

Alemannisch [gsw] 300,000 in Austria (1991 Annemarie Schmidt). Western Austria, Vorarlberg. Alternate names: Alemannic.  Dialects: High Alemannisch (Hochalemannisch).  Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic  

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Austrian Sign Language [asq]   Alternate names: Austro-Hungarian Sign Language.  Dialects: Partially intelligible with French Sign Language. Related to Russian Sign Language. The sign language used in class and that used by adults outside class are different.  Classification: Deaf sign language  

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Bavarian [bar] 6,983,298 in Austria (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 7,667,478. Central Bavarian is in the Alps and Lower Austria and Salzburg; North Bavarian in the north of Regensburg, to Nuremburg and Western Bohemia, Czech Republic; South Bavarian in the Bavarian Alps, Tyrol, Styria, including the Heanzian dialect of Burgenland, Carinthia, northern Italy, and part of Gottschee. Also spoken in Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy. Alternate names: Bayerisch, Bairisch, Bavarian Austrian, Ost-Oberdeutsch.  Dialects: Central Bavarian, North Bavarian, South Bavarian.  Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Bavarian-Austrian  

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Croatian [hrv] 103,000 in Austria (1991). Burgenland and Vienna. Dialects: Burgenland Croatian.  Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western  

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German, Standard [deu] 7,500,000 in Austria (J.A. Hawkins in B. Comrie 1987).  Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German  

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Hungarian [hun] 22,000 in Austria (1995). Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria, Burgenland. Alternate names: Magyar.  Dialects: Oberwart.  Classification: Uralic, Finno-Ugric, Ugric, Hungarian  

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Romani, Sinte [rmo] 500 in Austria (1990 D. Holzinger).  Alternate names: Rommanes, Sinte, Sinti.  Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Romani, Northern  

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Slovenian [slv] 30,885 in Austria (2000 WCD). Population includes several thousand Windisch speakers (1995). Carinthia (Kärnten) and Steiermark (Styria), southwest Austria. Alternate names: Slovene.  Dialects: Windisch.  Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western  

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Walser [wae] 8,080 in Austria (2000 WCD). Vorarlberg (Grosses Walsertal: Blons, Fontanella, Raggal, St. Gerold, Sonntag, Thüringerberg); Kleinwalsertal (Mittleberg); Brandnertal (Brand); Montafon (Silbertal); Reintal (Laterns); Tannberg (Schricken, Lech, Warth); Tirol: Paznauntal (Galtnr). 14 communities in Austria. Alternate names: Walscher.  Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Upper German, Alemannic