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Dutch speaker (native) experienced in Finance: job opportunities in Poland [63]
Your experience seems limited again unless you have been the new star of the department and leading these projects/teams? Now if you can find a job which 100% requires the languages you know, completely matches your experience and you interview very well then 5k may not be that far off. However is there a job out there for that? That is where the luck comes in (or you have contacts) and as said before this is main the factor probably.
Many jobs i saw require people who speak Fluent English (no big deal) and additional languages, mostly they are listed and they range from Dutch to Hungarian to French to Italian, etc. I guess that both my Dutch and Italian should be useful, as well as French.
My experience is indeed very limited, and i do not count too much on that. Nevertheless, i will look out for jobs where some experience is required and where my knowledge overlaps with what is asked.
And then there is the luck factor. I do not have any connections.
As an example, review this job offer from Microsoft (for which i already applied, although it seems a bit difficult to achieve):
careers.microsoft.com/jobdetails.aspx?ss=&pg=1&so=&rw=8&jid=112860&jlang=EN&pp=SS
Those are more the types of jobs that i'm looking for (ideally..): not starters positions but jobs who demand knowledge that I achieved during my (limited) experience in big mulitnational companies.(and , again , ideally who require additional languages that i master)
I cannot realize that this kind of job at Microsoft would pay me 2500 zlotty netto. I estimate it in the range of 4500 - 5000 zlotty netto.
Here is an email i got from a professional based in poland, from a recruitment agency
Thank you very much for your email.
I am really glad that you have asked so many questions, especially regarding the financial side, since this is extremely improtant.
I have done a lot of relcoations, majority of them from Netherlands and Belgium, soi undersatdn how important are factors like cost of living, etc.
Please see below the link to the website that we use to show the cost of living:
The prices are given in net amount. Please use currency converter, for instance oanda.com
In terms of salaries, for salaries up to 7500 PLN gross the level of tax deducted from your salar is 18%.
Usually apart form basic salary employee has a set of social benefits like private medical care, insurance, access to sport facilities, and many other dependign on each Company.
Just to give you an overview of salaries in Poland - the average salary in Poland in major city is 3 800 PLN gross, whereas the minimum salary is 1500 PLN gross.
For candidates speaking with Dutch, Flemish the salary range is between 5000 - 7500 PLN gross, depending on the experience and the city (£odź is cheaper than Kraków, hence salaries are lower - for £ódź the salary is around 4000 PLN gross.
Please note that salary 6500 - 7500 in Krakó is given for candidates with relevant experience).I would be more than happy to discuss with you opportunities with have in Poland , but it is at the beginnign important for me to understand in what type of roles you could show the best of you.
