Law / Best on-line forex service for GBP -> PLN exchange? [10]

Had a great experience with Poland transfer, it took less than 3 days to get the money and got around 40€ more than exchanging with UKForex. Thankyou @ZBO !!! Will use it from now on.

Law / Best on-line forex service for GBP -> PLN exchange? [10]

ZBO

Thank you, Poland transfer seems to have an excellent rate. I'm a bit weary though as they say that the calculation of what you get is an *estimate*, and they use mid-market rates for that estimate, not buying rate... do you have any experience with them? How much of a difference from the estimate I can expect?

Work / Software Engineer in Wroclaw. Reasonable salary for this position? [16]

That's the range I was considering, but I've been told by some people that that's way too much to ask for, that 5000 gross in Wroclaw is already a really good salary.

And with "warm bodies" you mean that they get you, exploit you and bury you in a mass grave once your soul has dried out? :D

Thank you for your reply!

Study / Any Erasmus students in Poland? [16]

I was Erasmus in Warsaw (in the Politechnika Warszawska) last year.

Can't help much with UW stuff as I was only a couple of times there. The campus is really nice by what I could see (specially the archaeology faculty, I was hoping to see Indiana Jones come out of some classroom :P) but no idea about dorms.

Law / Tax calculator (netto/brutto earnings) in Poland? [10]

Thank you very much!

Work / CV for polish job market [17]

I was already living for one year in Warsaw as university student, I know how it is :).

With my savings I could easily stay there for 4 or 5 months without working, just job hunting. I think it's plenty of time, but still it would be better if I move with something already bagged.

If all goes wrong it's not so bad, I could be working back in London in less than 2 weeks (I get 4 or 5 calls every week with job offers). The job I'm currently at is good, but not my dream job, I would have no regrets quitting it.

My biggest concern is if it will be a waste of time, if it would be impossible to get a job without moving to Poland first and with a 3 week notice period top of that.

Work / CV for polish job market [17]

Thank you for everybody.

I have another question :)

My plan is to try at first to get hired while still being in the UK as I am now, stating a 3 week notice period requirement (2 weeks to resign my current job + 1 week to move to Poland). I would get a plane for interviews though, that's OK.

Do you think there are possibilities doing it this way? If I find out there's no chance, I will finally move to Warsaw on my own savings and keep searching once there, but of course that's more risky.

Work / CV for polish job market [17]

Yes, this is the most detailed version, encompassing interesting projects done at university, professional experience, a skills chart, papers, volunteer social work, personal projects, and hobbies.

My plan was to use this version as a base CV from which I can cut down irrelevant items depending on which job application I'm trying for, but when I used it in the UK it was in this full 4-pages version and it worked very well. I'm not sure if this will be the case in Poland though.

Work / Poland IT jobs websites? [22]

Thank you, exactly what I was looking for!

Work / CV for polish job market [17]

Thank you both for your help.

I will add date of birth and picture then, my current CV doesn't have it as this is frowned upon in the UK, as it can provide grounds to discrimination... even though later they will discriminate you all the same in the face-to-face interview, but whatever! :)

Also, my CV is currently 4 pages long, is this too much for Poland, or it doesn't matter as long as all the information is relevant?

In the UK with this CV I got 3 interviews within a week.

Work / CV for polish job market [17]

Thank you!

I'm focused in the IT / Internet / Computer Sciences market.

Will give a read to your link.