Jobs in Greece?

Question

i want to go to greece and live there after i graduate high school. my parents though say that it will be hard for me to find a job and if i do i wont be satisfied with the salary. so i pretty much want any info. about jobs in greece right now, and what i should do. help!

could u tell me the part of greece too?

it wouldnt be a problem about writing and reading greek. im 100% greek and lived there for 11 years. im now 15 years old

Answer 1

It's not a good idea to enter the job market with just a high school diploma in the US, let alone in Greece. About all you can hope to get with that is a job as a waitress. Forget most tourist-sector jobs (like tour guide or translator); they are being given to people with bachelor's degrees or better! Other traditional low-qualification jobs (bus driver, factory worker) are very difficult to get into these days because of the restructuring of the economy.

Besides all that, as someone else on here mentioned, it is frowned upon in Greece not to pursue higher education in some form (It's not frowned on just in the job market, but in your dealings with family and friends). Your parents have probably told you this. You don't have to get a bachelor's degree, but a 2-3-year college diploma in some skilled area is a must, even if it doesn't lead to a job in the same field.

There are other things to consider. High school diplomas (and even some post-secondary diplomas) are not necessarily recognized in Greece. They definitely will not be recognized for the public service (which is nearly impossible to get into, anyway). Also, salaries in Greece are considerably lower than in the US, even though the cost of living has gone up since the euro was adopted. On the other hand, the work week is shorter and more flexible than in the US, and your government pension will probably be better than you could hope to get in the US. (I realize I say this in the midst of Greek pension reforms, but even the proposed reforms will lead to better pensions than the average American gets.)

Next time you visit Greece, talk to family members there who are in there 20s-30s.... they will have more advice.

Good luck.

Answer 2

I've got my own business (I'm British) so don't worry about that being a problem (My husband's is also under my name - which I suppose means I have 2! ...let him dare do anything to upset me!!!!! lol)
I wouldn't even think of trying to work here until you are in your 20s. Greeks don't generally start working until they've finished studying after 20. It's frowned upon to start from 18 without furthering your education (although as a foreigner I don't see anything wrong with working from 16 if you have the brain to do it) Lots of the 20 yr olds end up doing a job they could have done without the extra education anyway! Waste most of the time!

I would advise you to do a TEFL course (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) Teachers are always needed in Greece, but once again no one will trust you until you've left your teens. Between 15 and 20 anything can happen - so live each day and have the plan to come to Greece in the back of your mind until the time comes

Answer 3

It depends on what you can do and your professional skills. I know people who get BIG salaries in Greece, in big companies, and I also know people who are not satisfied or can't even find a job. So my best advice is to get all the qualifications you can get, and study. Finding a good job if you have just graduated high school, with no further studies or qualifications, won't be easy. In Greece or elsewhere.

Answer 4

First of all you should get trainning for a skill in college after you graduate high school. Jobs there are scarce also just like here in USA. Also you would have to learn how to read write and speak Greek before you go and try to live there. My cousin she married a Greek guy and her husbaand made sure that their three children learned to speak read and write Greek by practicing at home with him and going to an after school Greek language school so that every summer the kids could go and spend the summers in greece with their aunts and uncles. There are not many people who will speak fluent english to you.

Also Greece is stricter than the United States and does not allow millions of people to just move over to Greece and get jobs while Greek people may be unemployed Greece is not as stupid as The United States is. It has better protection for its citizens.

Also they have a small problem with Albanian and Serbian and Macedonian refugees trying to sneak across the northern border and live and work in Greece. There is a lot of friction over that problem.

A better suggestion if you want to go and live and work in Greece is go to college and learn how to operate and own your own business and then try and go to Greece and open up your own business. This may make it easier for you to go there since the Greek people and the Greek authorities will not think you are tryring to do what millions of immigrants are trying to do by comming to the USA and To England.

You can try to do a google search on finding out ablout employment prospects in Greece. Greece belong to the European Union now and citizens of other Europena Union Countries would have more of a first shot at getting any left over jobs that Greeks cannot do etc.

So I think that by trying to open up your own business may be your best bet. Also while you are trying to start a business you can continue your studies in college after you graduate high school.

Perhaps there is a website business that you can open up like I saw a few months ago on TV news here in New York City where a high school girl started a website and it trunedinto a profitable business and she now has several people working for her and she is not getting ready to go into college.

I hope that this gives you another aspect and is helpful in obtaining your goal of going to live and work in Greece.

Answer 5

Like here, if you don't have a college degree there, it is next to impossible to find a job that pays decent money. If you are happy with McDonalds type of jobs, go ahead, there is no shortage there either. Your parents are right.

Answer 6

It always depends on two factors. Who you know and what your qualifications are. In the summer if you are bilingual or trilingual you can find various McJobs in the tourist areas. Plenty of them. But if you wish a substantial, year round job that is pretty hard unless you have an "Uncle from Methoni" as the locals call it which is the same as "meson".
Good luck.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

"It has better protection for its citizens" ha ha ha ha ha. thats the joke of the week!!

try starting your own job in Greece and the locals will "kill" you.

my advice is come to Greece for a year and see for yourself!!!

edit 10 points to Asimenia she's right!!!!!!! We study to avoid some jobs and we end up doing them 4 years later!!!!!
Also if you work at 19 you are a loser that doesnt WANT to study!!! Some quit their jobs study and return to the SAME job!!

Answer 9

probably you still have relatives in Greece > ask them . is the easy way to know .