Posts by marcinptak

marcinptak

3 Feb 2011

Work / Moving Back to Poland after living in Canada for 24 years. IT jobs market? [26]

Hello Everyone

I am moving back to Krakow, Poland after living in Canada for past 24 years. I am a bit anxious about findind a job and would appreciate any advice. For the past 8 years I worked as an IT Manager for a financial firm in toronto, before that ran my own IT Consulting business for 6 years. What is a realistic pay that someone with my type of experience (IS deparment management, Windows /Linux Client/Server Admin and support, ITIL and governance/security compliance, Virtualization etc) can expect? Also what are the best companies to apply for? I speak and write both English and Polish fluently.

Thank you
Martin

marcinptak

3 Feb 2011

Work / Moving Back to Poland after living in Canada for 24 years. IT jobs market? [26]

Thank you for your reply. I am not so much looking for a job in finance as an IT position, the type of company doesn't matter. Can you recommend any consulting firms in Krakow? I looked through all the polish job sites and I was able to find a few.

marcinptak

3 Feb 2011

Work / Moving Back to Poland after living in Canada for 24 years. IT jobs market? [26]

Actually other than the high taxes none of the reasons you mention apply. Winters are same as in Europe . Unemployment is only a problem if you are in the auto industry and even that is improving rapidly.

There is no shortage of Polish women plus I am married to one :-) and we have many polish supermarkets here that carry all the same products as the stores in krakow.

We are going back due to family and personal reasons.
BTW Do any of You work in Krakow and can provide some pointers on salaries and reliable companies or IT consulting firms?

marcinptak

4 Feb 2011

Work / Moving Back to Poland after living in Canada for 24 years. IT jobs market? [26]

Thank you very much for the info. would you know what CV format is preferred ? Should I be using the EuroCV ? Also should I send it in Polish or English or both?

4000PLN Gross is roughly 3200 PLN net?

marcinptak

4 Feb 2011

Work / Moving Back to Poland after living in Canada for 24 years. IT jobs market? [26]

Never heard of a EuroCV before.

I found this online. It is the standardized CV format published by EU.

cvtips.com/resumes-and-cvs/eu-cv-format.html

marcinptak

28 Mar 2011

Work / Moving Back to Poland after living in Canada for 24 years. IT jobs market? [26]

Could you please tell us how much we can expect in Toronto/Mississauga area? Thanks a lot in advance.

Thank you for your reply.
I have been away for a while hence the lateness of my response.
The average salary for an accountant at the company I work for is around 60K dollars. If you are CGA certified it will be more

Thanks
Martin