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What are the chances of getting a part-time job for an Egyptian who's coming to study and live in Poland? [37]
@Monitor, for your own info, I actually studied Statistics in university and it is because of THAT I tell you that I know exactly the meaning of the average and how it is calculated.
Just to illustrate my previous point if: 2 + 3+ 4+1= 10, then the average of all these numbers is?? 10 divided by the 4 digits mentioned here, so the average here is
2.5I was trying to explain to
Terri (and now I'm explaining to you) that of course it's normal that not everyone will take a salary above the average, why?? because if the average is 2.5, say 2.5 K euros, then this means there are people who take salaries
below 2.5 K and there are also people taking salaries
above 2.5 K, get it? So really you cannot say the situation is difficult because most people take below the average. The average is the average of everyone (above it and below it). If what Terri meant to say was that most people take below the MINIMUM, then that's a completely different story, and I doubt it's true anyway.
As for the median, it is basically the same idea, but instead of adding the sum and dividing it by the number of digits, we just put all the digits in ascending or descending order (ie. 1, 2, 3, 4) so the median here would be?? Actually, the best median is when you have odd numbers of digits, (ie. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) so the median here would be?? 3 because it is right in the middle! Please don't underestimate my knowledge, obviously you are the one who did not understand what I was trying to say in my reply to Terri.
So back to my main point the average salary for the whole country is simply not enough to judge. Every job has its own average salary, and every position within each job category also has its average salary. For example the average salary for an entry level English teacher is different than the average salary for Senior Teacher, or Teaching Coordinator, etc. etc. Makes sense? Obviously the average for Teachers is different than that for HR, Marketing, Finance, etc. etc. So I think it is better to look at salaries for individual job categories to make a better judgement. Of course that depends on which job category each person wants to work in.
Anyway, regarding your other points, thanks for your input, I will take it into consideration although my main question is about finding a job related to my studies after graduation. I'm not so concerned about part-time jobs during studies (only interested to get an idea, etc.)
And I saw all your links, they give a general idea, but not very specific as I mentioned above.
I'm afraid to tell you
Astoria is right with his data. Living costs are only to give you an idea how much money you need to spend. But GDP PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) is what is most important. Why? Because it tells you the Gross Domestic Product (ie. your output in monetary terms) and it relates this to the costs and living expenses. So 1,000 euros could be very good in one country but very bad in another country because the living expenses in one country could be very cheap, but they could be very expensive in the other country. This is what they call PPP (how much stuff can you buy for the same amount of money that you have in different locations).
The only problem I can see with Astoria's data is again within each country there is a lot of variation, as someone mentioned Warsaw is not like Katowice or any other city so again we need to be specific when comparing countries.
Best to compare Cairo to Katowice to Instanbul instead of Egypt to Poland to Turkey.
Cheers,
Ahmed
@szczecinianin
Thanks for your input, it's good to know people like me have some chance even in jobs which are normally done by native English speakers (ie. Americans, Brits, etc.) and good to know at least people are given a fair chance regardless of their nationality. That's how I do it in my job as an HR Recruiter in Egypt.
