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Article #130: Getting Temporary Work in Europe

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If you plan to work legally in any dressed and an extremely bluffer, or you
European country, you will need to make need to bring the right credentials. A
arrangements based on your citizenship. recognized TESOL or TEFL certificate is
If you are a non-EU national, you will useful. You'll also need a university
need to get a work permit or a visa in degree from your home country. August
advance. Expect to do a lot of paperwork and September are the best times to look
and conquer a lot of red tape to obtain for teaching jobs. If you can't get one,
the necessary permits from the consulate the other alternative is to offer your
of your own country. You'll also be services as a private tutor to groups or
needing letters from your future individuals, but this is a riskier
employers as proof of your intent. option. The best places to find teaching
Before you leave, make sure you've also jobs would be Eastern Europe and Greece.
contacted the embassy or consulate of the The other countries are already quite
country that you plan to work in because saturated with English teachers.
employment regulations change frequently. The hospitality industry is probably the
If you are a Commonwealth citizen between biggest source of temporary employment in
the ages of 17 and 27, you can get a Europe. If you have a work permit and
working holiday visa for Britain which is some experience, it is easy to get work
valid for two years. If you have a as a waiter or bartender. The best ways
parent or grandparent who was born in an to find this sort of work are to ask
EU country, get in touch with that around restaurants and bars and watching
country's embassy and inquire about dual hostel notice boards. If you time to
citizenship and work permits. Use this work in this industry, you'll need to
option if you are closely related to take with you a good set of clothes.
somebody Irish. Ireland easily grants If you don't have a permit, fruit picking
citizenship and passports to people with or harvesting is probably one of the
an Irish grandparent or parent and once easiest ways to make extra cash.
you have a passport, you can travel the Employers usually turn a blind eye to the
EU easily. If you have a British-born law and pay up front. This sort of work
grandparent or parent, you may be is available almost everywhere. The best
entitled to a four year work visa from way to get a job is to approach farmers
the UK with an option of residency at the directly or ask around the nearest
end of the term. Before taking any of village. However, timing is very
these options, make sure that your home important. If you are too early or too
country also recognizes this dual late in the harvest season, there will be
citizenship. no work. If you show up in the middle of
Once you've got the paperwork the harvest, all of the jobs might be
straightened out, you can legally hold a taken.
casual job that may provide some You can also earn extra money by
financial support while you are Europe. publishing articles or photos of the
You can teach English, work in the places you visited. Travel photography
hospitality industry, pick fruit, take can be very competitive, so prepare to
pictures, or write travel articles. You take a hundred shots before some get
can also do some other work in accepted. Many magazines and newspapers
counseling, babysitting, telemarketing, also accept travel articles based on the
or in factories. Bear in mind that is pictures that go along with them. Make
not always easy to pick a job because sure to use a professional approach when
other unemployed EU citizens usually get writing, as simple essays are almost
them first before you do. never bought. Also make sure you write
There are many students out there in with interest and depth, with the
Europe who want to learn English, but it occasional offbeat angle to make your
is not always easy to get a teaching job. article marketable.
You will need to be either very well






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