Best place to work in Europe

well if you want to use your languages and learn another one, i would tell you Barcelona ( very international . ) i live, and work there i am myself from France. fun and sun much nicer than London or Paris .
Rom could be but i don t know it really

good luck , keep us posted where you´re going ç

Switzerland is super expensive from what my friends have told me. Like the most expensive by a landslide. Europe in general is way overpriced compared to North America. Forget paying double for gas, or petrol as they call it here in England, that is nothing. A low end hotel restaurant wanted 7.50 euros for a bottle of coke in Paris. Yes i know it is Paris but that is like $11 cdn for a bottle of coke. You will find food and housing very expensive in Europe. Wine is cheap in France and beer is similar to Canada in England. Eating out cost tons. There is money to be made here but your normal jobs won't really get you ahead here.

The U.K. is expensive, but if you find a live-in job (there are many) you can end up saving a lot of money. The pound isnt as strong as it used to be which is good if you are going there with the Canadian dollar, but less of an advantage if you are working.
The U.K. has tons of low cost airlines to get you around Europe for weekends/breaks. Or just work for 6 or 8 months and then travel for the same period of time.

Saying that, I love Germany and would like to work there one day as well. Without speaking German it might be a bit difficult to find a job. Stick to the tourist areas and I am sure there are some jobs where they need English speakers.

Good luck and have fun!

Michelle, do you know what kind of live-in jobs are there in the UK?

-Rachelle

Germany and Spain is good for living.

Plz try these two countries in Europe.

Hello,

I'm new to this site and kind of unsure on how it all works but i have some questions. Currently I'm a student in Canada and looking into spending 4 months ( may-aug) in Europe. The thing is, i would love to just go to be a tourist but i need to make money while im there because of the fact that im a starving student. If anyone could give me some advice for where the best place would be to find work or what type of work i should look into that would be awesome. My wish list of places to go is either Italy, Greece, Spain and Switzerland..but i would pretty much go anywhere:)

thanks so much, any advice will help!

avoid spain like the plague...the whole country seems to be stuck in a downward spiral, lots of clients of mine that lived there have now sold up and returned to the uk with their tails between their legs...or sold up and moved to australasia...
definitely try to stop off in barcelona or seville as they are lovely places to visit and friendly people!

Hi,
I have a question about Prague. if anybody knows... What is the best place to start looking for a job there for Canadian? i checked Monster they have quite a few opportunities - even language requirements is not a barrier. Looks like a lot of international companies are there, outsourcing as well... I need to relocate to Eastern Europe, and Prague sounds like a nice place to live and work. Any idea about how much they pay? Some Monster.ca positions even offer relocation packages. I guess some employers will be willing to deal with work permit too. Canadians do not need visa to stay there but sure need something to be able to work..
Thanks!

Switzerland is super expensive from what my friends have told me. Like the most expensive by a landslide.

A lot of people on here saying Switzerland is expensive. This is not my experience unless you live in the middle of Zuerich or Geneva. The Swiss VAT rate is only 7.5% and their fuel duty is also quite low. Rent and housing costs generally are expensive in the middle of towns but that's the same everywhere. Depends on where you live, and their public transport is second to none imx. Healthcare is also very good.

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Germany and Spain is good for living.

Plz try these two countries in Europe.

Spain has been hit really hard by the recession.

I would have said Austria was one of the better places to live in Europe, but their economy is about to implode very badly because of all the bad loans their banks made to eastern European countries.

If you want to get sophisticated about this, the Isle of Man usually has a lot of jobs going in services and healthcare and the income tax rate is really low. Not sure what the situation is at this moment but I seriously thought about moving there at one point. Gibraltar is also another possible destination where they usually have demands for skilled labour.

Germany to my way of thinking isn't a good place to move to, but it's a very large country so it depends on whereabouts you want to live there. All the industrial towns I've been to there have been, well, very industrial.

Denmark is nice but if you think Switzerland is expensive your eyes will pop out of your head if you go to Copenhagen.

Or there's Norway, which usually has jobs going and low income taxes (but high duties on imported goods) if you can stand the weather, the language and the weird currency.

I'm surprised someone said Belgium in this thread, I've spent a lot of time there and I was never particularly impressed. It's not awful, it's just not particularly interesting.