What kind of full-time jobs {preferrably permenent} can a man from the UK expect to find in Greece?

Question

Moving there.

Need money to survive.

So job is essential.

Thanks.

Answer 1

It depends where in Greece you are intending to move to. You have a much better chance of finding permanent employment in Athens. Check out the Athens News classified ads, updated weekly. There aren't many opportunities at the moment though as August isn't a good month to begin a hunt for a permanent position.

http://www.athensnews.gr/dolma/dol_ma.ma...

Answer 2

English teacher, tour guide for English tourists, waiter, dj, shop assistant in tourist places with many English-speaking tourists. What have you studied or what is your previous work experience? It would help if we knew to give you more answers.

Answer 3

All kinds. Literally. All the way from bar tender to chairman of the board of the directors of the National Bank of Greece. I mean, what kind of question was this?  

Answer 4

Well, do you have a degree or work experience in a particular field? The first (obvious) job that I thought of is teaching English as a foreign language.



I hope Asimenia answers your question, she's British and she lives in Greece so I guess that she'll be able to advise you better than us...

Answer 5

Asimenia is generally right. It all depends on your qualifications, as anywhere else. If you were an architect, for instance, you would find a job in an architectural practice, it doesn't matter if you are foreign and if you speak the language. And not necesarily with university degree qualifications, I mean if you were a hairdresser you could work in a hair salon, if you were a chef in a restaurant, if you were a trainer you'd work in a gym, and so on. A good Aussie friend is an economist-accountant, and he works for Coca Cola in Greece, and he doesn't need to speak Greek there. English teaching or translation requires some good grammar and spelling skills, and since there are many english language teachers, a univ. degree is needed nowadays. However, you can work in a shop, or have your own shop, or work in a hotel reception, etc. The main thing is that you should not expect the wages to be anything like they are in England.

Answer 6

I'm afraid British men have a much harder time with finding a job in Greece than British women do. We can always fall back on nannying, if nothing else is available. Not many households want a man nanny.

There really is no other job apart from teaching as a full time position Sorry to be cruel, but the spelling in your question shows me that this would not be an option - I do not intend this to be an insult, just an observation.

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What kind of full-time job, (preferably permanent) can a man from the UK expect to find in Greece?

Moving there.

Need money to survive, so a job is essential.

Thanks.

There's always manual work - but it's unlikely you'll be able to take the hours and weather conditions. Also it will be difficult as employers will probably not want to pay you IKA. For this type of work you must know basic Greek. That also goes for bar work, unless you are working for a bar centred around British tourists. However, that work is seasonal.

Your age, looks also play a part in getting a bar/waiter/dj job. Greeks are very visual people - the better looking you are - the easier it is to find employment.

To truly answer this we must know your qualifications, age, skills etc.

The best way to get your 'foot in the door' is to apply to be a travel rep with one of the major holiday companies in UK - e.g First Choice, Manos, Olympic etc and get used to Greece with the help of free 6/7 months accommodation. Or apply to British publishing companies that produce English teaching/ learning books - Longman, Oxford University Press etc.

Sorry to be a bit of a party pooper - but I have met many English men during my time here and very few have survived. In fact I can only think of one who still lives here, he married a Romanian and they have settled in with their new baby - he teaches English.  He has a university degree.

If you have a university degree, life may be a little easier here for you.

Please do not take anything I have written as an insult, my intention is to help you - I have 20yrs experience of living and working in Greece, on islands, in Athens and now on the mainland in Epirus.