valio
30 Dec 2009
Work / Will it be easy to find a job within 6-10 months of moving to Poland? [41]
Keeping your chin up is good advice.
I relocated to Poznan from the UK in June of this year with (Polish) wife and our young daughter.
My wife got a job in the city before we moved so we had financial stability before we arrived.
We sorted out an appartment and a place in nursery for our daughter. That left me to get a job. Not being a Polish speaker we new it would be hard. I am TEFL qualified but did not want to take that up as a career, so i had to look for something else, well....... it's taken 6 months of sending CV after CV, applying for job after job, knocking on doors (lot's of doors), but I have managed to get a job. Ok it's in a call centre but it's work & I will be speaking my own native language, that's not to say I will be giving up on the Polish, I hope to resume my lessons again in the new year, (god it's a hard language to learn), but I'll plod on as I would like to say more than just good morning to my in-laws!
It's easy to say don't give up, but keep trying & you will get a job.
Good luck to you & a happy new year to all.
Keeping your chin up is good advice.
I relocated to Poznan from the UK in June of this year with (Polish) wife and our young daughter.
My wife got a job in the city before we moved so we had financial stability before we arrived.
We sorted out an appartment and a place in nursery for our daughter. That left me to get a job. Not being a Polish speaker we new it would be hard. I am TEFL qualified but did not want to take that up as a career, so i had to look for something else, well....... it's taken 6 months of sending CV after CV, applying for job after job, knocking on doors (lot's of doors), but I have managed to get a job. Ok it's in a call centre but it's work & I will be speaking my own native language, that's not to say I will be giving up on the Polish, I hope to resume my lessons again in the new year, (god it's a hard language to learn), but I'll plod on as I would like to say more than just good morning to my in-laws!
It's easy to say don't give up, but keep trying & you will get a job.
Good luck to you & a happy new year to all.