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except Romania, you land a job in IT in less than a week if you have minimal experience. The OP can confirm, he lived a considerable time there ( not sure wher

by ccozan 9y ago

except Romania, you land a job in IT in less than a week if you have minimal experience. The OP can confirm, he lived a considerable time there ( not sure where? Bucharest maybe? )

pjmlp 9y ago
So how to search for a IT job in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Croatia and get one in less than one week, specially when living outside the capital? Because I want to share those tips with a few friends still looking for one after several months unemployment.
- oblio 9y ago
  If your job market is really bad, not much you can do locally. However, in IT we have flexibility: * try freelancing * create an OSS portfolio * try remote companies * try jobs for which you're overqualified if it really is that bad. And if it is that bad for IT folks, I pity most non-IT people, to be honest.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    It is really that bad. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268830/unemployment-rate-in-eu-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268830/unemployment-rate... Between 10 and 23% for the countries I mentioned. Also getting an IT job currently might mean having to move into the capitals, as other cities have even less offers available and obviously there is not enough jobs on the capitals for everyone.
- ccozan 9y ago
  Let me reply to this too. The lands you mentioned are excelling at other things: tourism. Normally 10-30% of the workforce serves tourism in this countries. Romania, while being a gorgeous land, full of virgin places of untouched beauty, is more known of the horde of programmers ( and crackers, script kiddies too ) that are now earning a boatload of money because they are just that good. So in IT hubs like Cluj or Iasi ( even Bucharest ), they are always in demand. I don't really suggest to leave that countries and move to Romania to pursue an IT career, but unless you want to waist time or move to tourism, it is an option. UK was an option, now is kind of gone. Germany is really in demand but the language barrier is really hard to pass, same with France and or Netherlands. Romania is wasy because you are expected to speak just English and for the daily life is a Romance language, you can learn it quite fast.
  - pjmlp 9y ago
    That is all fine and dandy when one is single, young and willing to leave the country.
oblio 9y ago
Bucharest. What gave me away? :p The city I was mentioning is in Western Europe, though. I think that if you have work experience and you're decent at presenting your skills, most employers don't really care about gaps in employment. Just have a good story ready for the gap period.

by ccozan 9y ago

except Romania, you land a job in IT in less than a week if you have minimal experience. The OP can confirm, he lived a considerable time there ( not sure where? Bucharest maybe? )

pjmlp 9y ago

So how to search for a IT job in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Croatia and get one in less than one week, specially when living outside the capital? Because I want to share those tips with a few friends still looking for one after several months unemployment.

oblio 9y ago
If your job market is really bad, not much you can do locally. However, in IT we have flexibility: * try freelancing * create an OSS portfolio * try remote companies * try jobs for which you're overqualified if it really is that bad. And if it is that bad for IT folks, I pity most non-IT people, to be honest.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  It is really that bad. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268830/unemployment-rate-in-eu-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268830/unemployment-rate... Between 10 and 23% for the countries I mentioned. Also getting an IT job currently might mean having to move into the capitals, as other cities have even less offers available and obviously there is not enough jobs on the capitals for everyone.
ccozan 9y ago
Let me reply to this too. The lands you mentioned are excelling at other things: tourism. Normally 10-30% of the workforce serves tourism in this countries. Romania, while being a gorgeous land, full of virgin places of untouched beauty, is more known of the horde of programmers ( and crackers, script kiddies too ) that are now earning a boatload of money because they are just that good. So in IT hubs like Cluj or Iasi ( even Bucharest ), they are always in demand. I don't really suggest to leave that countries and move to Romania to pursue an IT career, but unless you want to waist time or move to tourism, it is an option. UK was an option, now is kind of gone. Germany is really in demand but the language barrier is really hard to pass, same with France and or Netherlands. Romania is wasy because you are expected to speak just English and for the daily life is a Romance language, you can learn it quite fast.
- pjmlp 9y ago
  That is all fine and dandy when one is single, young and willing to leave the country.

oblio 9y ago

Bucharest. What gave me away? :p The city I was mentioning is in Western Europe, though. I think that if you have work experience and you're decent at presenting your skills, most employers don't really care about gaps in employment. Just have a good story ready for the gap period.