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[karleyv2]

i was communicating with a couple of schools in small towns in poland. as soon as i mentioned that i will be going over with my boyfriend and we will be living together, they freak out. i can understand them not wanting him to live with me in an apartment that the school is paying for, but do they frown upon two people living together before being married??

[Khrystene]

[karleyv2]

that would be great, if you could put me in touch with that school.
my boyfriend would not be teaching - he is looking for a job in his field (network engineering).

[Grrrmachine]

*laughs* Ive just been proofing a CV and letter from a Polish student looking for a Network Engineering position in England I don't know what the IT job market is like in Torun, but it's saturated in Warsaw (apparently!)

[karleyv2]

damnit.

[Khrystene]

It's true the IT network here in PL is saturated, as there are FAR too many young Poles who are really over-qualified for these positions...

I'm not sure how well he will do getting a job around Inowroclaw or Torun either, but I will put you in touch with that school.

K

[paulmanser]

Coming from a pole who goes to Torun university, the chances of foreigners getting A job in Torun is slim, besides English teaching.

Poles would be picked for all other jobs except TEFL. They know the language, too many fo them about being unemployed ect. 20% I last heard.

I would suggest your BF to do TEFL. Like the pole said, you have next to no chance.

[redsoxfan]

My Irish friend here works in IT and makes a pretty good wage, I suppose, because he just bought a nice flat in the center. His company is German, and he is the go-to guy for all matters English. Any customer service/troubleshooting that must be done in English is his responsibility. In fact, they were so eager to hire him that he earns significantly more than his Polish colleagues. So perhaps a foreigner has a chance of landing an IT job after all.

[paulmanser]

The odd few. My views are what I ahve been told from about 4 poles in Poland, in Suwalki, Torun ect.

Jobs are tight in the UK too. Basically, unless you want to do a boring job or can afford to pay HIGH rent prices, ppl go into the military or abroad.

In The Times newspaper, it said that 50% of all graduates from university go to work in USA.

Brain drain UK.

[Khrystene]

I met a guy who worked for an IT company in Poznan, and I know there are quite a few English schools there, and they're not too bad... so Poznan might be the go.

[cezarek]

[bobs12]

I taught in a few different IT companies here (Russia).

Don't know if it's a similar situation over with you, but here they seem keen to keep certain jobs for 'their people'. By which I mean they had me trying to teach some people to communicate with Americans/Brits when they either:

a) Hated Americans/Brits

or

b) Hated communicating with anything that didn't speak binary


But the idea of having a native English speaker talk to their clients. I even had an acquaintance who was a software sales rep from a Silicon Valley company ask about working there for a year. The response was just comical.

Maybe they're worried about spies or something

[gregoryfromcali]

I too have seen this in Cracow, where there are some jobs that prefer foreigners. Not sure why, but I suppose if it's an international company then why not?

I imagine you'd probably want to base your job around where he can get a job.

Of course he could always tele-commute.