What do people do for a living in greece?

Question

what are the main jobs??

by the way this is for a report.

Answer 1

Exactly the same things that people do everywhere else in the world.

Answer 2

Most of what they do in any other Industrialised First World country. I've been to Greece, went in 2006. Mostly, all I really picked up on is that doctors and lawyers are among the top professions, as they are in most of the First World, but IS harder to become one, professional school in any EU country is very very hard to get into. Also, some people hinted that it might be harder in Greece to advance economically, taxes are much higher and the cost of living in Athens is very high. The Economic Freedom index seems to imply this as Greece gets a moderate rating, not a high one as Western Europe and the US got.

That's all I really know.

Answer 3

Well there are a lot of people here,doing a lot of different jobs.There are a lot of seamen,especially people from islands,they tend to go for this sector of occupation.Also Greek parents always "push" their children to get to the university.So we have a lot of doctors,architects,teachers etc which of course leads to having too much people who are doing the same and not everybody can get a job.We have a lot of salesmen/saleswomen in the many different shops in the many different towns.I think most people,except maybe from those who really have nothing to do with a village do engage in some sort of agricultural occupation,most Greeks have land with vineyards or olive trees or in the north of Greece there are a lot of fruit trees(peach,oranges,apples etc) and do have an income from those,it is just not their main occupation.
Hope I helped a little,good luck with your report!!!

Answer 4

Well, normally as in every country in this world, people work. I would say the only typical Greek thing would be the fact that many professions are passed on through generations. Like if the father is a doctor, most probably the child will.

Answer 5

Hello from Greece
The most common job here is being a merchant, having a shop.
Of course you can find all kinds of jobs and especially jobs that demand education, because greeks are well educated (instead of what some people may believe).
There are plenty of teachers of all kinds, mathematicians, physicians, etc. I am a ligh school language and literature teacher.
There are also plenty of lawyers and many doctors.For the lawyers I've read a revealing statistic clue that I can't recall.
There are only a few farmers, our national economy isn't based on agriculture but on provided services, like transports, trade especially by sea and not only, tourism etc.
We don't have an expanded heavy industry, we don't have for example car industry, but a lot of people lives out of small companies that may produce everything.
Well, in my family we have three teachers of language and two mechanical engineers and an electronic technician. So, who do you think that wins?

Answer 6

Everything that they do in other countries in Europe! I don't know what preconception you have of Greece, but don't expect people to be fishermen, farmers etc.! Sure there are some of those too, but remember that more than half of the population in Greece lives in big cities, so they are public employees, constructors, engineers, doctors, teachers, workers, actors, bank employees, architects, secretaries, shop owners or salesmen, restaurant personnel, stoke brokers, vets, arcaheologists, lawyers, nurses, chemists, ....

Answer 7

According to wikipedia "The principal economic activities mainly include the tourism and shipping industries, banking and finance, manufacturing and construction and telecommunications".
Check the data from the national statistical service
http://www.statistics.gr/Main_eng.asp.
Bear in mind that different areas depend on different economic sectors, i.e the islands' GDP derives from tourism.

Answer 8

Whatever do anywhere else, but especially in the islands they deal with tourism..
The government and public sector is working but it is ''excess weight''too.
If you need to find an job in Greece, better as a foreigner work for the tourism

Answer 9

Greece is not necasserily a old country...they have the same jobs as the USA or Canada

Answer 10

They usually work as everywhere...only that most of the people have to work really hard and 7 days per week to make a living...

Answer 11

Your teacher asked you to do a report on the jobs in Greece? Tell your teacher that they are an idiot and their degree should be revoked for redundancy.