Romania jobs - Why finding a job in Romania is so hard.

What are Romania jobs like? What do Romanians do for a living?

Romanians are a very confusing bunch of people - I gave up trying to work them out a long time ago.

They will happily tell you that they are the lowest paid workers in Europe and that their lives are super - tough. Even living on an ex-pat salary and earning as much as a normal Scottish teacher only gets and my family from one month to the next. So it comes ass a frequent surprise to me when I am out shopping, just how opulent Romanians are?

You can't easily find a parking space in the IKEA car park. All the cars there are new, glossy four by fours - over half with tinted windows. So where does this money come from? I have no idea.

Romania jobs also have fewer hours than their British counterparts - so most people have at least two different jobs. A Romanian teacher can get a friend or a member of the family to cover a lesson. My boss would have kittens if I even thought about trying such a thing.

There are a wide range off jobs here -but if you are thinking that a foreigner you are coming into a land of plenty -think again. Most of the teachers’ partners have never found work here. When you have a choice of a local, Romanian speaking low paid worker with all their documents or a non-speaking, expensive worker who needs lots of papers to prove he can work, it becomes obvious.

If you are looking for work, the International schools in Bucharest are a great start. There were 14 at my last count - so plenty to consider. There is even an international missionary school where singing and dancing s forbidden as it is a great sin in the eyes of God. They do however expect you to be self funded - though the teachers there do seem to expect much more money than anyone else in the job.

I found that it was best to work online from Romania. It means you can find all sorts of online jobs to complete - from building websites (such as this one!), building computer games to online tutoring. It gets tricky when paying taxes but with a little effort - not impossible.

If you are Romanian, then life is still tough between jobs. In the UK you can life the life of Larry on benefits - though I am the only person I know who actively saved on benefits! In Romania you have 6 months of benefits - they you are your family's responsibility. The money stops and you need to go out and find a job. The benefits are pathetically small to begin with - but money is money.

The Romanian president caused a row recently by thanking all those Romanians who have left Romania to take the jobs of the benefit wasters in other EU countries, mainly Spain and Italy (where it is hot and sunny and they have a similar language), though some do make it as far as Britain. An amazing fact is a larger number of Romanians work abroad than any other group of nationals in the EU.

The departure of health Romania jobs is crippling the local National Health Service. The stories of how poorly paid Romanian doctors and nurses are paid is completely false. On paper it is true - but when you add the hundreds of brown envelopes placed into their hands - and you see the cars they drive, I have yet to see a poor Romanian doctor.. They complain about the lack of respect they have here.. I can’t imagine why! An example of this was a nurse was prepared to pay a doctor friend of mine 6,000 euros to be able to work his hospital... Obviously expecting to recoup this money in bribes over the next year.

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