Comments on: Back in a jiffy

By: steve in borlova

steve in borlova — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:29:53 +0000

Jacob you can stay 3 months…how about construction work i live here and do a bit to get me by,not so far from alba either good luck i came for 2 weeks to see a friend that was 18 months ago…cooking here

By: mrs. S

mrs. S — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:49:05 +0000

Hey there, me too! I am moving over the weekend/monday etc. But our pulse is connected to the internet so we will be back online soon:) Hope you are doing well.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:20:38 +0000

Thanks for the info :)

I have been to Romania once in the past. I stayed in Alba Iulia for about a week and a half. I know some very basic phrases and I can understand more than I can actually speak. I think it would be interesting to stay in Romania so I could learn the language more. Maybe I could stay for a few months without making any kind of income. Thanks again for the information :)

Jacob

By: Musculin

Musculin — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:37:18 +0000

If not Rio, then Bucharest is probably the next best thing.

Good, I knew you were going to make the right choice!

Break a leg!

By: Csiki Andy

Csiki Andy — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:39:31 +0000

Or you could find job in Szekelyfold without Romanian language skills. As long as you have Hungarian that is :-)

By: Lumi

Lumi — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:33:33 +0000

Oh Jacob one more thing: you can go to non-profit orgs such as World Vision. Most of them are based in the US and could use you as some sort of liason between their headquarters and the’ territory”. You’d probably have to start by volunteering for them though.

By: Lumi

Lumi — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:29:37 +0000

Jacob,
Yes if you’re in Bucharest or Cluj or any other big city in Romania, go to their main state universities, look for Facultatea de Litere (Faculty of Letters). They’re always looking for native speakers of English to hire as teachers ‘lectori straini’. I think that’s all you need to put on your resume with them. NATIVE SPEAKER OF ENGLISH. Then again some teaching experience can’t hurt. :)

By: Romer!can

Romer!can — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:18:35 +0000

Lumi – Cum sa nu? ;)

Jacob – Generally, knowing Romaneste is a prerequisite for most jobs in Romania, so I wouldn’t be an expert on that subject, per se. You may, possibly, perhaps, find some type of job teaching English somewhere in which case they’d probably arrange your work permit. If you have some other special talents, there are several large corporations who have offices here where you may not be required to speak Romanian.

You could start poking around here. But I’m afraid I cannot give you any good advice in that regard, other than to explore possibilities which suit your proven skills and past experience. I wouldn’t find it likely to get a job in a restaurant or anything like that. There are no lawn care or pool cleaning jobs to speak of. I could be wrong, but those types of language-doesn’t-matter jobs don’t usually look for the trouble of arranging work permits for foreigners.

Good luck!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:41:17 +0000

Hello!

You wouldn’t happen to have any information on how a person could go about finding a job in Romania that doesn’t require very much Romanian language skills? I am trying to find a way to somehow stay in Romania for as long as possible IF I can find some source of income and a place to stay.

By: Lumi

Lumi — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:50:19 +0000

Rio de Janeiro? :)