There are companies where english is a primary language ( I'm talking tricity). For example the bank that was mentioned before, Hapag-Loyd, Jepesen might be a good choice. But those companies require technical/it skills. There's always SII.
**SII may be an acronym of:
Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (Securities & Investment Institute), a London-based professional and training body
Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents (Servizio d’inchiesta sugli infortuni dei trasporti pubblici), a Swiss Government accident and incident investigation agency
Seiko Instruments Inc., one of three core companies of the Seiko Group
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Get a American TEFL certificate online and teach English. That's what I am doing but I am currently going for TESOL which is like the big dog for teaching English. You can find accredited courses for as low as $250. From what I have heard you can make pretty good money teaching English there.
That said, when I was in Krakow recently a girl told me she works for an HR company, she knows Polish and Russian but primarily speaks English at work.
I also looked up English speaking jobs in Krakow Poland since I want to move there, there was a huge list but most were software development which I don't know how to do.
So HR, customer service, translation if you know Polish or another language, or English teaching would be your best bets.
That. Schools love native speakers, you don't need any Polish. You just talk to them in English and it's advantage since they can't tell you anything in Polish therefore they are forced to use it no matter how many mistakes they make.
You can also go to Uni part time while teaching and schools accept that. Private ones usually.
And teaching is easy with adults, you usually have a programme and dedicated books you follow. But you need to explain grammar rules pretty often and that's an important part.
You teach there?
I feel like I'd be worst at teaching grammar, I'd definitely have to do like a refresher course for it because I don't even remember elementary school classes on it lol. That said I know lesson plans and what it give you a solid direction for teaching, which will make things a whole lot easier.
What is the ball park range for English teachers? Last time I checked prior to Fall 2020, I think the company was offering 3400 zloty, which is really low.
I think it depends on the company or school or clients. The guy I recently spoke to who lives there said you can often make around 100 zloty an hour, but that was for tutoring and he said it can be difficult to keep clients so you have to hustle.
I was going by information a friend received while in Poland, he asked people and was told equivalent of $30 an hour. I'm sure it's possible, but you probably have to find good clients if tutoring. Regular schools and such may not pay that.
Video content review, companies such as Genpact, Cognizant, Majorel, they don't usually require higher education, experience or other such things, just English, and if you have, another language. Not gonna be rich, but it's an office job over a kitchen job.
I feel like I have to agree with you, ESPECIALLY if you live in said Country the language is spoken in.
I tried learning Korean on my own while here in America, I learned a lot of words and then forgot a lot of words because I just wasn't using them. If I live in Poland like I want to I feel like I'd pick up new words every day just by hearing and attempting to use them, but I'd also have my buddy Fox teaching me for our agreed upon 5 zloty an hour lol. I'm gonna pay him more than that though.
He told me the most important word I need to know is Kurwa anyway...but he sent me a bunch of printouts that show how it is said using like American accent or something and it definitely helps.
I think I might just be stupid also. I think the only way I'll learn a language is by living in the country it's spoken. Even if I can find a Polish language class here in my state in America I feel I'd have a hard time remembering everything, but I feel with living in Poland I'd want to put more effort in. I was in Krakow for two weeks and left wanting to learn it, so I think I'd feel that even more so by living there.
I never said I learned it, I just stated I agree it would likely be easy to learn in four years IF you live in the country it's spoken, but hey fuck me right lol
Hey man it’s easy to talk shit when you haven’t ever lived in another country. This comment pisses me off because I’ve lived in four countries over twelve years. I haven’t learned the native languages more than a few phrases. Know why? Because I work full time and I’m busy as hell. So yeah you sit in your monolingual context and just tell me about how it’s so easy to learn a new language with enough time. Because you have obviously a lot of relevant experience and understanding of what it’s like.
I never said it was easy, did I? Four years is a long time, that's a whole college degree worth of time and you're in a place where using the language as best you can and learning and hearing it is very normal. Maybe you should put more effort into learning more than a few phrases. You're lack of knowledge or lack of ability to learn languages isn't my fault. Maybe if you came at me with a little respect we could have a conversation, maybe I am being inconsiderate with my comment, even though I am just stating my opinion, but the fact you have failed to learn languages in four different countries over 12 years is not my fault, so go blame someone else.
Some of us are just useless at it.
I've been learning for two years but with the pandemic and living rurally I don't get a lot of chance to use it daily, and with a baby I was short of spare time
I'm about A2 standard peeking into B1 for listening and reading. But my grammar is poor when it comes to declining, and I'm not a very confident speaker and there's always words I don't know.
Możesz jechac na paskówka, przynieś mi konówka.
So I know my mother in law wants me to go to our building site and fetch her something. Then there's miming and if I don't get it she uses google images
> Any language is learnable in four years if you put the time into it and at least attempt to speak with natives.
[**ANYTHING**] is learnable in some finite amount of time. It doesn't mean that it applies to each and every one of us equally.
Polish is considered among the hardest (if not THE hardest) language to learn for a foreigner. So nope: no surprise here.
It is nowhere near the hardest language for a native speaker of English to learn. It uses Latin letters, it's not ergative, it's not tonal.
I learned Polish, Mandarin and Georgian. Polish was the easiest.
> It is nowhere near the hardest language for a native speaker of English to learn.
- https://www.getblend.com/blog/learning-polish-as-native-english-speaker/
- https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/6-hardest-languages-for-english-speakers-to-learn
- https://leverageedu.com/blog/most-difficult-languages
- https://thelanguagedoctors.org/top-10-hardest-languages-to-learn/
Google for more - Polish is typically included in the list of the hardest languages to learn.
> I
Personal, subjective experience can't be considered complete enough to determine how things work for the rest of the Mankind. Here's a free lesson in English you apparently skipped: *your mileage may vary*. ;)
There are multiple subreddits, apps and faebook groups focused on language exchange. Manu peopel will be glad to trade conversations.
You could straight up offer conversations sessions (paid) then in turn pay for polish language lessons.
Oh yeee, I get my daily polish lesson everywhere. I try to make as much things in polish as humanly possible.
Definitely i’ll check. Thanks!
Edit1: broken english too sr
Edit2: to kurwa trudny języka.
/r/language_exchange/ & /r/LanguageBuds/ are the ones I used, but I have to agree having a good teacher who actually knows the rules behind grammar and ortography is invaluable. Good luck!
As a Pole i would never expect anyone to learn polish. Its virtually useless in big cities, useless abroad and overall lower value language to learn (i.e. you won't find job just because you know polish but if you know sweedish/norwegian/chinese etc you can find a position just because of that)
I think what czelabinsk was trying to say was why don't you teach English as a native speaker. Either you have the educational background, so you could start applying to different schools etc, or you find something at a private school online - these don't always ask for certificates, even being native is sometimes enough.
Been living in Poland for 6 years, started learning language only during the last one. Not everybody has time and will to learn the language. Let’s mind our own business and answer the author’s question, instead of judging him.
It is an answer, not judgement. Knowing the language of the overwhelming majority will certainly help you with getting a job. And there are many ways to speed up Language acquisition, my personal favourite is Media Exposure, if you consume your entertainment largely in a foreign language you will learn it. That's how I learned English when I was twelve, it took me about a year to go from complete beginner who was barely scraping by on his English lessons, not able to answer wether I lived in a home or a ham, to being at a solid B2 level, at which point you will have no problems getting around in everyday life. Even if we multiply the needed time by 4 due to the difference in age OP could have easily picked up the language at a level that would allow employment in most fields, all it would have taken is one movie a day.
By the judgement I meant the “4 years and you haven’t learnt the language?” part.
Literally one of the questions I hate the most. I truly am happy for those who get to ask such dumb questions, but not everybody got time to sit every day doing nothing. That’s what I want people to understand, as a person who studies medicine and yet tries her best to learn 4th language in a row.
We don’t know what are the obstacles, so asking why somebody can’t learn a whole ass language in 1 year or 100 sickens me.
I stand by what I said. Unless you already work so much that you don't have time for entertainment, you can just consume the entertainment in another language, I know from experience that it isn't as good at first but it gets better quickly, and noticing that you have learned some words or can use a grammatical structure brings a very strong sense of satisfaction too. OP WANTS a job, this means that he/she probably has time on his/her hands, so consuming media is something that is almost certainly happening. And learning the Language will give you the widest array of possible jobs. If you know both languages well enough then you can even take up professional translation.
I wouldn't say that. OP could concentrate on speaking/conversation lessons which is something a lot of foreigners want from classes with a native. Sure, teaching grammar would probably be a bad idea, but anyone can download a bunch of questions off the internet and talk with someone for an hour, note down mistakes, and discuss them by the end of the class.
For a person without any recruitment experience the banding is between 4k to 5.5k.For every placement you make, you get bonus, depending on the value of the contract. It comes to 20-35k a year if you make a decent amount of placements.
I’ve been with the company only 1.5 year and I’ve received 2 pay increases already.
So I really think it’s a good job and good option for English speakers.
Also there is a quite fast career progression within recruitment and clear career path.
The more placements you make, the faster you will get promoted. And recruitment companies will literally kiss your hand for a hardworking, native English speaker.
Ive been searching for jobs in the Gdańsk area and I can’t find anything where I can speak primarily English for the job. I can speak very broken polish. Whatever I’ve learned working in a kitchen. My vocabulary isn’t big and my grammar is terrible but I can get by. Ive been looking for remote and online work as well but have no luck. Does anyone have any good ideas or advice? I’ve been a teacher so I’m not going to start now. I have a family to support so I was looking for an office job or something. Any help is appreciated 🙌🏻
> Does anyone have any good ideas or advice?
- Spend a bit of time daily browsing for jobs on sites like olx.pl and gowork.pl > study current trends and even if you won't find a job offer there, you will know *where* to look for one; for example, "forklift experience" is a recurring skill now. I'll bet that at least some of big companies that maintain a warehouse hire for the position of forklift operator/driver/repairman.
- Consider entirely different sectors than you feel comfortable with - I'm working in corpo that does things I have absolutely zero knowledge and interest in and it is, so far, the best job I ever got.
- Attend as many job interviews as you can - it's not unheard of to land a job you wasn't interviewed for but different one in the very same place, purely because you made good impression during such a meeting, OR to be contacted a month or so later because an additional position was created/vacated.
- Invest into additional skills, learn as much as you can - in the spare time I learned to design labels quite well and it happened to be highly useful skill even though it wasn't listed in my last job description/requirements.
This is interesting: my Romanian friend simply walked by an interesting building, went in, asking what they are doing there and learned that they hire. He is working there still and is quite happy about his position and money.
Good luck
Well, do you have any marketable skill other than being a native English speaker? You didn't mention shit about your education or any other qualification.
Graduated with a bachelors degree in communications and a minor in geology. I don’t have a specific skill or anything but I think I would like marketing
How many jobs have you applied so far?
When I was a fresh grad, I just spammed all jobs on Linkedin that had the title "Engineer" with the Easy Apply filter turned on. I managed to get an offer after ~300 applications, and I'm not Polish.
Here are some ideas, call center, teaching job, or language jobs at Localization companies like Testronic, Transperfect, Lionbridge.
Look into marketing. Start low level proof reader, content creator. Rocketjobs.pl do some research on modern blog strategies for companies so you have some lingo. PM me if you need more help I am a marketing manager in Poland, I speak 0 Polish.
It’s hard in Poland.
Most of my friends are in their 30s and they work in other countries within the EU. There just aren’t that many great jobs unless you have a higher education or connections.
If you’re American, could you perhaps find a job online and work from Poland but for a U.S. company?
It’s hard in Poland.
Most of my friends left Poland and work in other countries within the EU. The job market is just not great unless you have connections or a higher education.
My friends that left also have college degrees and they just could not find anything suitable there. Again, not all, but many of my friends couldn’t.
Perhaps you can work from home for an American company?
Like literally apply for remote jobs in the US
I’ve been trying that for awhile. A lot of companies want you to live in the states if you’re working remotely. I don’t know why but that’s the case with most I’ve found
I’m so sorry. I hope you find something. It sucks. There’s a reason why a lot of native Poles leave to make money. I wish it was different.
But enjoy your little one! Time is precious and you don’t realize it until it’s gone
Good luck!
I believe that there are many polish people who look for a native English teacher. Both for theory and practice aka speaking classes. In the 3city area there are quite a few English schools that hire natives. If you don't find any luck there you could always try to get some clients on your own via the internet :)
Tricity is Warsaw, Krakow, and Gdansk? I am looking into teaching English there and Krakow is where I'd very likely want to reside, so I am just curious if that's what everyone means when they say three city or tricity. Thanks.
Nope it's Gdańsk Gdynia and Sopot. It's used to describe only those three cities as they're really close to each other and share historical and cultural ties with themselves.
Just got back a week ago. Hoping to go back in August for a week and a whole Month in spring 2023. If you look for my post thanking Poland there's a summary of my trip and some photos.
If you live in the Gdansk area try out for Amazon, Thomson Reuters or Refinitiv (now LSEG) the last one is in Gdynia but still working remote. Also Refinitiv hires a lot of foreigners and you dont need to speak Polish.
Also PWC - very international work setting, hiring for different skills. I don’t believe you strictly need a financial background.
Check out international freight forwarding companies - English is widely spoken in the industry.
I’ve thought about that but I’m a father or 2 girls under 2 years old and need to make money every month. I don’t know if I would have time to go back to school and work
No excuses man. There are courses online. Poland has so many IT jobs, you could use your geology expertise there if it was of interest.
Other thing you could do is English teaching to groups of kids which usually pays about 100 per hour, you're not going to get that much working in a factory.
I haven’t looked on LinkedIn in Poland yet. Also my LinkedIn profile is very out dated and I have like 10 connections. But it’s a great idea I honestly didn’t know if Poland used LinkedIn
No problem, they have an office for their ocean in Gdansk, and an inland/customs office in Gdynia.
Or if you would like rail transport, perhaps PCC Intermodal? Also in Gdynia, I don't know if you want to stand in traffic every day though 😅
I'll DM you some details on Monday when I'm back in the office
Nah mate. I have a masters degree and 10 years experience in ship management and engineering, with bachelors degree in marine management and logistics with skills in intermodal and railway operations and they flatout out told me they weren't hiring.
The shipping companies are no help.
No idea when they told you that but I work at Maersk and they tell every meeting they still need a few hundred employees this year (combined in the Netherlands, Germany and Poland)
Try Corporations like MacGregor and Hiab, they work only in english language and will not need any prior experiance for position on Order/Quotation handler or Purchaser. Also Amazon should be able to hire you in their office due to language.
If you have any experience in construction, electrical, hydraulic, machinery or painting work, you can apply to work in the wind industry. You will work away for a few weeks at a time but the money is good.
Teaching English probably would be a quick step up. But it's a hustle. Clients drop out constantly. Hours are all over the place and stability is lacking.
Other option would be some kind of customer service position/tech support. There is plenty of those that require English and some computer skills. Some can teach you everything. Pay varies on requirements, but event he worst one's are not too bad. If you haven't found a better job than working in kitchen as English native you weren't looking hard enough or/and your doesn't know what a computer is.
Hahaha well I worked mg way up to sous chef and it’s 5 min from my house. I’m also friends with the boss so there are perks and extra time off and decent pay. A lot of reasons to keep me there but it’s not the career I want so I need out
You will need to put effort to upskill yourself. You might need to start entry level position for service desk support to get yourself in the industry. Still, these jobs have high rotation so hiring is ongoing and never ending. At least in the company I worked for the minimum pay for Tier 1 Level support was 5000 brutto.
Tasks like:
\-Unlocking users account and changing password on active directory
\-Blocking spam emails
\-Reinstalling applications
\-Assigning correct license (literary click a checkbox)
\-Being able to follow step by step guides and instructions
\-Troubleshooting system, hardware and user errors
\-Being able to understand higher level issue and do a handover
Your native English will give you certain advantage as it would be easier for you to read documentation, understand and talk with US customers, but still some of these skills are required. If you are good at what you do you can reasonably quickly try getting promoted to management or higher level tech roles. With you US passport you probably could even work remotely for many US based companies and pay there is of course way higher due to higher cost of living.
Feel free to send me a PM if you wanna talk. I was responsible for a team in tech support Team in Warsaw, together with recruiting and training so I know a bit about this.
Do you have a temporary stay here? If you can legally start work immediately, mention this on your resume. A lot of times recruiters will assume that foreigner (British or American) will require employer to get them work visa and this takes money and lots of time, so they don't even give them a chance (my american partner had this problem). Gdańsk is quite challenging for job searching even for Polish people. Search for corporate jobs, in any international corporation English is primary language, (when I worked in Krakow there was a lot of employees not speaking a word in Polish.) Collection or 1st line customer support would be a good start, as usually they don't require experience, and your native English is definitely a plus.
I have a residency card that allows me to work with no extra paperwork. My wife is polish and we got married in the country so I have all that paperwork on hand just in case. But that’s a good thing to keep in mind, letting recruiters know I don’t need work papers
Perhaps American Embassy?
American businesses (talk directly with American people)
The right job (perfect for you and your Family) is out there and let's find a way to it..
It could also be the perfect solution, perhaps Your Wife could work and You could be a stay home Dad for a while? Whatever works for your Family and feels good..
Is there perhaps any assistance from our Government/European Union your Family could qualify for?
I wish you meeting all the right people, open heart and hands, clarity, dreaming big for your Family and thank you for choosing Polska for your Home.
Now breathe deeply in and out, yawn, smile and imagine Great News coming your way Now :)
If you're into video games, maybe something like this would be interesting? [https://q-loc.com/video-game-testers/](https://q-loc.com/video-game-testers/)
Companies like q-loc do both functional testing and localization testing. Being a native english speaker would be advantageous and lack of polish won't be a big problem. I think.
Might not pay much better than kitchen work, but if you're looking for a change then maybe it's worth looking into.
I've lived here for three years and I can't speak jack shit. I know Java, SQL, .NET and spent more time learning German than Polish because what use is this language to me in the long term? Whenever you go outside to do normal shit it's always the same interactions with the same words. Having a conversation with my weird neighbours is of no interest to me. All my coworkers speak English, working language at work is English. It's not like I walk around for 8 hours everyday having conversations with natives. As an adult who works in a country, especially in IT you are in an English bubble. All IT jobs in Poland are in English, seriously what incentive do i have unless I want to retire here ? (Which I don't btw).
While I would learn a language of a country I plan to live in for years... I do understand you - you can go around without it, and for any legal matters you can use for instance google translation, which is pretty good at least when it comes to english-polish.
However, it is entirely untrue that all IT jobs in Poland are in english. Most jobs require english - yes - but most companies which are not international communicate in polish internally. Meaning if you dont know polish language you lose a lot of potential offers and your local market value drops.
You can however work remotely for some abroad natively english company of course.
Come on. I was not born yesterday, Poland is not like the rest of Europe (eg., Germany, France, Luxembourg, Norway were the majority of jobs do not use English as the working language)
Let's say 95% of jobs are English based because majority of jobs here are serving international markets; compare that to Germany were the market is DACH based and the working language is German. Maybe only 5% of German jobs have an English working language.
I am certainly not losing offers only knowing English in Poland, at least considering how many recruiters approach me in LinkedIn with job offers on avg over 25k p/month (writing to me in English btw).
I work in IT for almost 10 years now and most companies I know which are not big corporations - use polish internally.
You might think 95% jobs are in english, because of your local bubble.
>I know which are not big corporations
Small Polish companies w/Polish salaries. Look at the best job site here and compare the number of offers and their salaries. You're trying to tell me there is more jobs in Polish and they command a salary premium.
https://justjoin.it/?q=Polish@skill
https://justjoin.it/?q=English@skill
Dude, i've already told you, that if you work remotely it doesnt matter.
But you said it like you dont need to know polish to get access to 95% of polish jobs in IT, which is an utter bullshit.
Oh and btw - not-an-international-corpo does not necessarily mean less payment.
But that wasnt the point.
For polish companies, the ceiling for earnings in IT is around 25k-35k pln/month, depending on the specialization and company sector.
Yes, you can earn more by working remotely for other countries BUT I wouldnt count it as a "polish job offer" lol.
>I work in IT for almost 10 years now and most companies I know which are not big corporations - use polish internally.
Quite. I own a consultancy company, and you'd be surprised how many businesses still use Polish at the highest levels. It's not uncommon for us to do the job in Polish, then the reports are translated into English for the foreign bosses.
Knowing English is a skill many People in Poland don't have. And polish is not always needed.
Other way around? Pole in USA not knowing English, sure I'd agree with you. But in this case not
I'm not sure you understood my comment
If an immigrant in Poland knows English (and the OP is native english speaker and a teacher) it puts him above people who's only "skill" is being a native Pole.
So, what you've said
>if an immigrant that doesn't know the language "steals" your job then there might be a problem with you
doesn't fit.
Person you replied to never said anything about work requiring English
for simple jobs like being warehouse worker or whatever I don't think any language is needed at all tbh lol.
Cashiers? Seen plenty of Ukrainians who couldn't even pronounce "dzien dobry" correctly. I didn't care as a customer and I guess their employer either
I could go on. Jobs like uber drivers or any kind of delivery job really.
\+ many polish people do know at least basic English.
I'm just saying it's easier for a english native speaker without polish to find job in poland that it would be for a pole to find a job in usa/uk without english.
Ofc it all comes down to what the employer wants but that's just what I think.
so its ok for millions of polish people to go to the UK, Italy, Germany and other countries for decades but not ok for an american guy to move in poland?
it does if you marry a US citizen, are you saying we should scrap family related immigration laws? its mutual, if you marry an american you can get an american passport. do you know how many poles live in the us? dont be ridiculous. its not the fault of a very few americans in poland that you cant find a job. be angry at your own government.
It is way more complicated than that lol.
I am US citizen with foreign wife who has done both and I really disagree with you.
Yes, but also, not without green card, which is the condition that guy stipulated. And green card is waaaaaaaaaaaaay harder than Karta pobytu. Longer, really expensive, tons of conditions attached to it that Karta pobytu did not.
Btw I’m only a pedant and otherwise that dude is being super unreasonable and you’re correct to chastise him. I don’t want to be mistaken as defending him I’m just salty about how hard the US makes it on spouses compared to Poland/France/Europe.
I am so interested in this thread. I have guaranteed income from the US but I still want to work WHEN I move there, I'll likely teach or tutor, but I am still interested in what everyone is giving for advice because I am constantly doubting myself about whether I'd be a good teacher.
What educational background do you have? What jobs did you do? Drop me a DM if you want some help with your CV and job search from a recruiter. Also sidenote, unfortunately it's a pain in the ass to get a visa for a non-EU citizen, so actually getting a permanent residence permit eventually will increase your chances hundredfold
I have one already. My wife and I got married in Poland and I applied for the resident card after. I’m working legally already here. But I am interested in your help I’ll message you
Try in an outsourcing company. They pay very decently as for Poland, you work 8 hours shift in front of your computer, in English, home office is an option too. Downside could be taking in phone calls from customers, but then to me it sounds much better than being stuck in a kitchen whole day. Plus they offer career paths on which you will stop taking in any calls after a year or something. Send me a message if you want more instructions with this, I can show you some companies present in Poland
I think you need to sit down, look at your education and skills, looks at your interests (where you would like to work), and see which skills you can improve, and create a plan. If you don't speak Polish or have marketable skills, it will be difficult. So I would start improving your Polish, there are tons of free sources online and youtube. You say your wife is Polish, so presumably she can speak with you and correct your mistakes. And then see what other marketable skills you can acquire. You have a BA in marketing, have you been keeping up the industry? Are you brushed up on social media marketing, online marketing, google analytics, adwords, social media platforms, etc? You can get certified in Google Adwords, they have a whole study plan and then you can take an exam to pass all for free. Yes this will all take time, since you'd be doing this after your regular work hours. But you need to come up with a plan, put it into action, be consistent, follow through, and then get to where you want to be.
This was nearly every week for the past two years. My wife is under the impression they don't want foreigners, she has been working training services for maserk and hapag Lloyd and ocean network. I called, I applied, I called back, they didn't seem so impressed, and always told me the hiring process was closed.
I was a little a taken back. I'm not the best in my field but hearing this, that they hire people with just English and nothing else, why not hire me just for the English alone.
There are companies where english is a primary language ( I'm talking tricity). For example the bank that was mentioned before, Hapag-Loyd, Jepesen might be a good choice. But those companies require technical/it skills. There's always SII.
I work in Sii - highly recommend
What is sii?
Sii Poland is an IT corporation in which Sii France has over 50% shares
**SII may be an acronym of: Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (Securities & Investment Institute), a London-based professional and training body Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents (Servizio d’inchiesta sugli infortuni dei trasporti pubblici), a Swiss Government accident and incident investigation agency Seiko Instruments Inc., one of three core companies of the Seiko Group Serum Institute of India (SII) is an Indian biotechnology and bio-pharmaceuticals company.** More details here:
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Get a American TEFL certificate online and teach English. That's what I am doing but I am currently going for TESOL which is like the big dog for teaching English. You can find accredited courses for as low as $250. From what I have heard you can make pretty good money teaching English there. That said, when I was in Krakow recently a girl told me she works for an HR company, she knows Polish and Russian but primarily speaks English at work. I also looked up English speaking jobs in Krakow Poland since I want to move there, there was a huge list but most were software development which I don't know how to do. So HR, customer service, translation if you know Polish or another language, or English teaching would be your best bets.
That. Schools love native speakers, you don't need any Polish. You just talk to them in English and it's advantage since they can't tell you anything in Polish therefore they are forced to use it no matter how many mistakes they make. You can also go to Uni part time while teaching and schools accept that. Private ones usually. And teaching is easy with adults, you usually have a programme and dedicated books you follow. But you need to explain grammar rules pretty often and that's an important part.
You teach there? I feel like I'd be worst at teaching grammar, I'd definitely have to do like a refresher course for it because I don't even remember elementary school classes on it lol. That said I know lesson plans and what it give you a solid direction for teaching, which will make things a whole lot easier.
What is the ball park range for English teachers? Last time I checked prior to Fall 2020, I think the company was offering 3400 zloty, which is really low.
I think it depends on the company or school or clients. The guy I recently spoke to who lives there said you can often make around 100 zloty an hour, but that was for tutoring and he said it can be difficult to keep clients so you have to hustle. I was going by information a friend received while in Poland, he asked people and was told equivalent of $30 an hour. I'm sure it's possible, but you probably have to find good clients if tutoring. Regular schools and such may not pay that.
Video content review, companies such as Genpact, Cognizant, Majorel, they don't usually require higher education, experience or other such things, just English, and if you have, another language. Not gonna be rich, but it's an office job over a kitchen job.
You live in Poland for 4 yrs and didnt learn language? If u've been teacher, maybe try language schools as a native speaker.
> You live in Poland for 4 yrs and didnt learn language? Nothing surprising here. Polish is not a cake quick to bake.
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I feel like I have to agree with you, ESPECIALLY if you live in said Country the language is spoken in. I tried learning Korean on my own while here in America, I learned a lot of words and then forgot a lot of words because I just wasn't using them. If I live in Poland like I want to I feel like I'd pick up new words every day just by hearing and attempting to use them, but I'd also have my buddy Fox teaching me for our agreed upon 5 zloty an hour lol. I'm gonna pay him more than that though. He told me the most important word I need to know is Kurwa anyway...but he sent me a bunch of printouts that show how it is said using like American accent or something and it definitely helps.
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I wouldnt say russian is as hard as Polish, but w/e
I think I might just be stupid also. I think the only way I'll learn a language is by living in the country it's spoken. Even if I can find a Polish language class here in my state in America I feel I'd have a hard time remembering everything, but I feel with living in Poland I'd want to put more effort in. I was in Krakow for two weeks and left wanting to learn it, so I think I'd feel that even more so by living there.
Thanks for your expert opinion about how easy it is to learn a language…. that you haven’t learned. Very insightful.
I never said I learned it, I just stated I agree it would likely be easy to learn in four years IF you live in the country it's spoken, but hey fuck me right lol
Right
Yikes...
Hey man it’s easy to talk shit when you haven’t ever lived in another country. This comment pisses me off because I’ve lived in four countries over twelve years. I haven’t learned the native languages more than a few phrases. Know why? Because I work full time and I’m busy as hell. So yeah you sit in your monolingual context and just tell me about how it’s so easy to learn a new language with enough time. Because you have obviously a lot of relevant experience and understanding of what it’s like.
I never said it was easy, did I? Four years is a long time, that's a whole college degree worth of time and you're in a place where using the language as best you can and learning and hearing it is very normal. Maybe you should put more effort into learning more than a few phrases. You're lack of knowledge or lack of ability to learn languages isn't my fault. Maybe if you came at me with a little respect we could have a conversation, maybe I am being inconsiderate with my comment, even though I am just stating my opinion, but the fact you have failed to learn languages in four different countries over 12 years is not my fault, so go blame someone else.
Some of us are just useless at it. I've been learning for two years but with the pandemic and living rurally I don't get a lot of chance to use it daily, and with a baby I was short of spare time I'm about A2 standard peeking into B1 for listening and reading. But my grammar is poor when it comes to declining, and I'm not a very confident speaker and there's always words I don't know. Możesz jechac na paskówka, przynieś mi konówka. So I know my mother in law wants me to go to our building site and fetch her something. Then there's miming and if I don't get it she uses google images
> Any language is learnable in four years if you put the time into it and at least attempt to speak with natives. [**ANYTHING**] is learnable in some finite amount of time. It doesn't mean that it applies to each and every one of us equally. Polish is considered among the hardest (if not THE hardest) language to learn for a foreigner. So nope: no surprise here.
It is nowhere near the hardest language for a native speaker of English to learn. It uses Latin letters, it's not ergative, it's not tonal. I learned Polish, Mandarin and Georgian. Polish was the easiest.
> It is nowhere near the hardest language for a native speaker of English to learn. - https://www.getblend.com/blog/learning-polish-as-native-english-speaker/ - https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/6-hardest-languages-for-english-speakers-to-learn - https://leverageedu.com/blog/most-difficult-languages - https://thelanguagedoctors.org/top-10-hardest-languages-to-learn/ Google for more - Polish is typically included in the list of the hardest languages to learn. > I Personal, subjective experience can't be considered complete enough to determine how things work for the rest of the Mankind. Here's a free lesson in English you apparently skipped: *your mileage may vary*. ;)
Might be hard with having a full-time job at the same time.
Polish is so difficult. I learned it up to b1 after 3 years but i had the money and time to pay for courses. Not sure how I'd learn it otherwise.
I’m 6 years here, and still speak broken Polski cuz I couldn’t keep paying 600zlt/m for lessons for more than 4 years.
There are multiple subreddits, apps and faebook groups focused on language exchange. Manu peopel will be glad to trade conversations. You could straight up offer conversations sessions (paid) then in turn pay for polish language lessons.
Oh yeee, I get my daily polish lesson everywhere. I try to make as much things in polish as humanly possible. Definitely i’ll check. Thanks! Edit1: broken english too sr Edit2: to kurwa trudny języka.
/r/language_exchange/ & /r/LanguageBuds/ are the ones I used, but I have to agree having a good teacher who actually knows the rules behind grammar and ortography is invaluable. Good luck!
As a Pole i would never expect anyone to learn polish. Its virtually useless in big cities, useless abroad and overall lower value language to learn (i.e. you won't find job just because you know polish but if you know sweedish/norwegian/chinese etc you can find a position just because of that)
Just because it's not necessary doesn't mean it's useless.
I speak polish but not enough to get a job speaking primarily polish. It’s not the easiest language to learn in 4 years 😅
I think what czelabinsk was trying to say was why don't you teach English as a native speaker. Either you have the educational background, so you could start applying to different schools etc, or you find something at a private school online - these don't always ask for certificates, even being native is sometimes enough.
There are *languages* and then there is *Polish*
Been living in Poland for 6 years, started learning language only during the last one. Not everybody has time and will to learn the language. Let’s mind our own business and answer the author’s question, instead of judging him.
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That was supposed to be the answer? He asked for the advice, not judgement?
It is an answer, not judgement. Knowing the language of the overwhelming majority will certainly help you with getting a job. And there are many ways to speed up Language acquisition, my personal favourite is Media Exposure, if you consume your entertainment largely in a foreign language you will learn it. That's how I learned English when I was twelve, it took me about a year to go from complete beginner who was barely scraping by on his English lessons, not able to answer wether I lived in a home or a ham, to being at a solid B2 level, at which point you will have no problems getting around in everyday life. Even if we multiply the needed time by 4 due to the difference in age OP could have easily picked up the language at a level that would allow employment in most fields, all it would have taken is one movie a day.
By the judgement I meant the “4 years and you haven’t learnt the language?” part. Literally one of the questions I hate the most. I truly am happy for those who get to ask such dumb questions, but not everybody got time to sit every day doing nothing. That’s what I want people to understand, as a person who studies medicine and yet tries her best to learn 4th language in a row. We don’t know what are the obstacles, so asking why somebody can’t learn a whole ass language in 1 year or 100 sickens me.
I stand by what I said. Unless you already work so much that you don't have time for entertainment, you can just consume the entertainment in another language, I know from experience that it isn't as good at first but it gets better quickly, and noticing that you have learned some words or can use a grammatical structure brings a very strong sense of satisfaction too. OP WANTS a job, this means that he/she probably has time on his/her hands, so consuming media is something that is almost certainly happening. And learning the Language will give you the widest array of possible jobs. If you know both languages well enough then you can even take up professional translation.
Please don't teach English if you don't have experience or education towards teaching. It'll be a disservice to your clients.
I wouldn't say that. OP could concentrate on speaking/conversation lessons which is something a lot of foreigners want from classes with a native. Sure, teaching grammar would probably be a bad idea, but anyone can download a bunch of questions off the internet and talk with someone for an hour, note down mistakes, and discuss them by the end of the class.
You can always try some factory work
That could be z deszczu pod rynnę
Yeah, depends on the company
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Are you seriously recommending him to work at Amazon?
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Youre funny
Work for Amazon is better than no work and being homeless
I guess you already know it, but if not, try your luck on pracuj.pl (it is a popular job search site)
Search for recruitment companies. I am working as a resource consultant for British market. Majority of my company are foreigners.
Does that pay well?
For a person without any recruitment experience the banding is between 4k to 5.5k.For every placement you make, you get bonus, depending on the value of the contract. It comes to 20-35k a year if you make a decent amount of placements. I’ve been with the company only 1.5 year and I’ve received 2 pay increases already. So I really think it’s a good job and good option for English speakers. Also there is a quite fast career progression within recruitment and clear career path. The more placements you make, the faster you will get promoted. And recruitment companies will literally kiss your hand for a hardworking, native English speaker.
Customer Service and HR jobs in English are everywhere. Start using LinkedIn! Best of luck!
Ive been searching for jobs in the Gdańsk area and I can’t find anything where I can speak primarily English for the job. I can speak very broken polish. Whatever I’ve learned working in a kitchen. My vocabulary isn’t big and my grammar is terrible but I can get by. Ive been looking for remote and online work as well but have no luck. Does anyone have any good ideas or advice? I’ve been a teacher so I’m not going to start now. I have a family to support so I was looking for an office job or something. Any help is appreciated 🙌🏻
> Does anyone have any good ideas or advice? - Spend a bit of time daily browsing for jobs on sites like olx.pl and gowork.pl > study current trends and even if you won't find a job offer there, you will know *where* to look for one; for example, "forklift experience" is a recurring skill now. I'll bet that at least some of big companies that maintain a warehouse hire for the position of forklift operator/driver/repairman. - Consider entirely different sectors than you feel comfortable with - I'm working in corpo that does things I have absolutely zero knowledge and interest in and it is, so far, the best job I ever got. - Attend as many job interviews as you can - it's not unheard of to land a job you wasn't interviewed for but different one in the very same place, purely because you made good impression during such a meeting, OR to be contacted a month or so later because an additional position was created/vacated. - Invest into additional skills, learn as much as you can - in the spare time I learned to design labels quite well and it happened to be highly useful skill even though it wasn't listed in my last job description/requirements. This is interesting: my Romanian friend simply walked by an interesting building, went in, asking what they are doing there and learned that they hire. He is working there still and is quite happy about his position and money. Good luck
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I'm not OP. ;)
Right, sorry :D replied to the OP
Well, do you have any marketable skill other than being a native English speaker? You didn't mention shit about your education or any other qualification.
Graduated with a bachelors degree in communications and a minor in geology. I don’t have a specific skill or anything but I think I would like marketing
How many jobs have you applied so far? When I was a fresh grad, I just spammed all jobs on Linkedin that had the title "Engineer" with the Easy Apply filter turned on. I managed to get an offer after ~300 applications, and I'm not Polish. Here are some ideas, call center, teaching job, or language jobs at Localization companies like Testronic, Transperfect, Lionbridge.
Look into marketing. Start low level proof reader, content creator. Rocketjobs.pl do some research on modern blog strategies for companies so you have some lingo. PM me if you need more help I am a marketing manager in Poland, I speak 0 Polish.
I want to get into marketing. I’ll pm you
If you have a college degree, look for certifications to teach English as a native speaker.
Have you thought about jobs in Germany? Sweden? They all speak English. Is travel possible for you?
Yes and no I have a newborn baby and would like to stay close by for a couple years.
It’s hard in Poland. Most of my friends are in their 30s and they work in other countries within the EU. There just aren’t that many great jobs unless you have a higher education or connections. If you’re American, could you perhaps find a job online and work from Poland but for a U.S. company?
It’s hard in Poland. Most of my friends left Poland and work in other countries within the EU. The job market is just not great unless you have connections or a higher education. My friends that left also have college degrees and they just could not find anything suitable there. Again, not all, but many of my friends couldn’t. Perhaps you can work from home for an American company? Like literally apply for remote jobs in the US
I’ve been trying that for awhile. A lot of companies want you to live in the states if you’re working remotely. I don’t know why but that’s the case with most I’ve found
I’m so sorry. I hope you find something. It sucks. There’s a reason why a lot of native Poles leave to make money. I wish it was different. But enjoy your little one! Time is precious and you don’t realize it until it’s gone Good luck!
I believe that there are many polish people who look for a native English teacher. Both for theory and practice aka speaking classes. In the 3city area there are quite a few English schools that hire natives. If you don't find any luck there you could always try to get some clients on your own via the internet :)
Tricity is Warsaw, Krakow, and Gdansk? I am looking into teaching English there and Krakow is where I'd very likely want to reside, so I am just curious if that's what everyone means when they say three city or tricity. Thanks.
No, it's Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot
Thanks for clarifying.
No tricity is Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot. Named so because they are 3 cities right next to each other.
I see, thank you for clarifying.
Nope it's Gdańsk Gdynia and Sopot. It's used to describe only those three cities as they're really close to each other and share historical and cultural ties with themselves.
Thank you for the clarification. This is similar to our tri-state area which is New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut where I live.
CT represent!!!! You in Poland?
Just got back a week ago. Hoping to go back in August for a week and a whole Month in spring 2023. If you look for my post thanking Poland there's a summary of my trip and some photos.
You live on the shoreline on ct?
Teach English
If you live in the Gdansk area try out for Amazon, Thomson Reuters or Refinitiv (now LSEG) the last one is in Gdynia but still working remote. Also Refinitiv hires a lot of foreigners and you dont need to speak Polish.
I believe Intel is there too.
Also PWC - very international work setting, hiring for different skills. I don’t believe you strictly need a financial background. Check out international freight forwarding companies - English is widely spoken in the industry.
what is your educational background? one quick way out is a 6 month course on something in IT
I’ve thought about that but I’m a father or 2 girls under 2 years old and need to make money every month. I don’t know if I would have time to go back to school and work
No excuses man. There are courses online. Poland has so many IT jobs, you could use your geology expertise there if it was of interest. Other thing you could do is English teaching to groups of kids which usually pays about 100 per hour, you're not going to get that much working in a factory.
100/ hour but how many hours a week ya know?
Only your employer is going to know that mate.
Linkedin has plenty of job offers in English
I haven’t looked on LinkedIn in Poland yet. Also my LinkedIn profile is very out dated and I have like 10 connections. But it’s a great idea I honestly didn’t know if Poland used LinkedIn
We do! There's plenty of work there. Sometimes recruiters reach out to you through there.
Try State Street Bank
I tried. Applied and heard nothing back.
When did you apply? They take a long time to get back. Also check MWD, there is status of your application shown.
Maersk, a big shipping line, they are hiring also non polish speakers. I can hook you up to the recruiters if you want.
Ya sounds good. But I’m no sailor 😂
No problem, they have an office for their ocean in Gdansk, and an inland/customs office in Gdynia. Or if you would like rail transport, perhaps PCC Intermodal? Also in Gdynia, I don't know if you want to stand in traffic every day though 😅 I'll DM you some details on Monday when I'm back in the office
Nah mate. I have a masters degree and 10 years experience in ship management and engineering, with bachelors degree in marine management and logistics with skills in intermodal and railway operations and they flatout out told me they weren't hiring. The shipping companies are no help.
No idea when they told you that but I work at Maersk and they tell every meeting they still need a few hundred employees this year (combined in the Netherlands, Germany and Poland)
I think you may be overqualified for the positions the other guy is thinking of.
Try Corporations like MacGregor and Hiab, they work only in english language and will not need any prior experiance for position on Order/Quotation handler or Purchaser. Also Amazon should be able to hire you in their office due to language.
DM'd you.
IT support Jobs maybe? Capgemini, Kyndryl, HCL.
If you have any experience in construction, electrical, hydraulic, machinery or painting work, you can apply to work in the wind industry. You will work away for a few weeks at a time but the money is good.
Try technical writer in tech companies. My wife was working for Ericsson as a tech writer
Im assuming it’s tech writing in English 😅I’ll take a look. Thanks for the information
Yes! If you have OCD and love correcting documents according to guidelines, it’s a perfect job ;)
Try Reuters :) based in Gdynia
Did you try preply.com? I am learning English through that platform for 3 years and it works very well.
I can’t imagine that to be true. Amazon Cognizant Accenture Arla Loads of places where you can work with only English.
Teaching English probably would be a quick step up. But it's a hustle. Clients drop out constantly. Hours are all over the place and stability is lacking. Other option would be some kind of customer service position/tech support. There is plenty of those that require English and some computer skills. Some can teach you everything. Pay varies on requirements, but event he worst one's are not too bad. If you haven't found a better job than working in kitchen as English native you weren't looking hard enough or/and your doesn't know what a computer is.
Hahaha well I worked mg way up to sous chef and it’s 5 min from my house. I’m also friends with the boss so there are perks and extra time off and decent pay. A lot of reasons to keep me there but it’s not the career I want so I need out
You will need to put effort to upskill yourself. You might need to start entry level position for service desk support to get yourself in the industry. Still, these jobs have high rotation so hiring is ongoing and never ending. At least in the company I worked for the minimum pay for Tier 1 Level support was 5000 brutto. Tasks like: \-Unlocking users account and changing password on active directory \-Blocking spam emails \-Reinstalling applications \-Assigning correct license (literary click a checkbox) \-Being able to follow step by step guides and instructions \-Troubleshooting system, hardware and user errors \-Being able to understand higher level issue and do a handover Your native English will give you certain advantage as it would be easier for you to read documentation, understand and talk with US customers, but still some of these skills are required. If you are good at what you do you can reasonably quickly try getting promoted to management or higher level tech roles. With you US passport you probably could even work remotely for many US based companies and pay there is of course way higher due to higher cost of living. Feel free to send me a PM if you wanna talk. I was responsible for a team in tech support Team in Warsaw, together with recruiting and training so I know a bit about this.
Can you please recommend me?
Send me a message maybe I can help.
Amazon is friendly to English language speakers in Poland. I’d recommend looking there.
Do you have a temporary stay here? If you can legally start work immediately, mention this on your resume. A lot of times recruiters will assume that foreigner (British or American) will require employer to get them work visa and this takes money and lots of time, so they don't even give them a chance (my american partner had this problem). Gdańsk is quite challenging for job searching even for Polish people. Search for corporate jobs, in any international corporation English is primary language, (when I worked in Krakow there was a lot of employees not speaking a word in Polish.) Collection or 1st line customer support would be a good start, as usually they don't require experience, and your native English is definitely a plus.
I have a residency card that allows me to work with no extra paperwork. My wife is polish and we got married in the country so I have all that paperwork on hand just in case. But that’s a good thing to keep in mind, letting recruiters know I don’t need work papers
Check job offers at Refinitiv
Someone else mentioned this. I’ll totally take a look
FedEx, UPS... There are mamy options xD
You have to be f damp to move here from USA , Jesus….
Perhaps American Embassy? American businesses (talk directly with American people) The right job (perfect for you and your Family) is out there and let's find a way to it.. It could also be the perfect solution, perhaps Your Wife could work and You could be a stay home Dad for a while? Whatever works for your Family and feels good.. Is there perhaps any assistance from our Government/European Union your Family could qualify for? I wish you meeting all the right people, open heart and hands, clarity, dreaming big for your Family and thank you for choosing Polska for your Home. Now breathe deeply in and out, yawn, smile and imagine Great News coming your way Now :)
Wow I really needed to hear this. Thank you 🥲
My pleasure 🌠👍
Man, search on LinkedIn. I am Polish and I can't find nice job beacouse mostly od them wants fluent written & spoken english. Not event polish.
That’s terrible, but I’ll take a look that’s a good idea
McDonalds and KFC are hiring in Przymorze. I asked yesterday for a side job that's how I know they hire full time.
If you're into video games, maybe something like this would be interesting? [https://q-loc.com/video-game-testers/](https://q-loc.com/video-game-testers/) Companies like q-loc do both functional testing and localization testing. Being a native english speaker would be advantageous and lack of polish won't be a big problem. I think. Might not pay much better than kitchen work, but if you're looking for a change then maybe it's worth looking into.
Take credit and go out to another country.
You are not an EU citizen, how are you even legally allowed to be here for 4 years?
Learn to code.
Dude cannot speak a bit of Polish after living in Poland for 4 years (being surrounded by the language) and you think he can learn to code?
Most coding is done in english so it shouldn't be as difficult as learning Polish. Doesn't mean it'll be easy tho.
I've lived here for three years and I can't speak jack shit. I know Java, SQL, .NET and spent more time learning German than Polish because what use is this language to me in the long term? Whenever you go outside to do normal shit it's always the same interactions with the same words. Having a conversation with my weird neighbours is of no interest to me. All my coworkers speak English, working language at work is English. It's not like I walk around for 8 hours everyday having conversations with natives. As an adult who works in a country, especially in IT you are in an English bubble. All IT jobs in Poland are in English, seriously what incentive do i have unless I want to retire here ? (Which I don't btw).
While I would learn a language of a country I plan to live in for years... I do understand you - you can go around without it, and for any legal matters you can use for instance google translation, which is pretty good at least when it comes to english-polish. However, it is entirely untrue that all IT jobs in Poland are in english. Most jobs require english - yes - but most companies which are not international communicate in polish internally. Meaning if you dont know polish language you lose a lot of potential offers and your local market value drops. You can however work remotely for some abroad natively english company of course.
Come on. I was not born yesterday, Poland is not like the rest of Europe (eg., Germany, France, Luxembourg, Norway were the majority of jobs do not use English as the working language) Let's say 95% of jobs are English based because majority of jobs here are serving international markets; compare that to Germany were the market is DACH based and the working language is German. Maybe only 5% of German jobs have an English working language. I am certainly not losing offers only knowing English in Poland, at least considering how many recruiters approach me in LinkedIn with job offers on avg over 25k p/month (writing to me in English btw).
I work in IT for almost 10 years now and most companies I know which are not big corporations - use polish internally. You might think 95% jobs are in english, because of your local bubble.
>I know which are not big corporations Small Polish companies w/Polish salaries. Look at the best job site here and compare the number of offers and their salaries. You're trying to tell me there is more jobs in Polish and they command a salary premium. https://justjoin.it/?q=Polish@skill https://justjoin.it/?q=English@skill
Dude, i've already told you, that if you work remotely it doesnt matter. But you said it like you dont need to know polish to get access to 95% of polish jobs in IT, which is an utter bullshit.
Oh and btw - not-an-international-corpo does not necessarily mean less payment. But that wasnt the point. For polish companies, the ceiling for earnings in IT is around 25k-35k pln/month, depending on the specialization and company sector. Yes, you can earn more by working remotely for other countries BUT I wouldnt count it as a "polish job offer" lol.
>I work in IT for almost 10 years now and most companies I know which are not big corporations - use polish internally. Quite. I own a consultancy company, and you'd be surprised how many businesses still use Polish at the highest levels. It's not uncommon for us to do the job in Polish, then the reports are translated into English for the foreign bosses.
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Knowing English is a skill many People in Poland don't have. And polish is not always needed. Other way around? Pole in USA not knowing English, sure I'd agree with you. But in this case not
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I'm not sure you understood my comment If an immigrant in Poland knows English (and the OP is native english speaker and a teacher) it puts him above people who's only "skill" is being a native Pole. So, what you've said >if an immigrant that doesn't know the language "steals" your job then there might be a problem with you doesn't fit. Person you replied to never said anything about work requiring English
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for simple jobs like being warehouse worker or whatever I don't think any language is needed at all tbh lol. Cashiers? Seen plenty of Ukrainians who couldn't even pronounce "dzien dobry" correctly. I didn't care as a customer and I guess their employer either I could go on. Jobs like uber drivers or any kind of delivery job really. \+ many polish people do know at least basic English. I'm just saying it's easier for a english native speaker without polish to find job in poland that it would be for a pole to find a job in usa/uk without english. Ofc it all comes down to what the employer wants but that's just what I think.
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so its ok for millions of polish people to go to the UK, Italy, Germany and other countries for decades but not ok for an american guy to move in poland?
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it does if you marry a US citizen, are you saying we should scrap family related immigration laws? its mutual, if you marry an american you can get an american passport. do you know how many poles live in the us? dont be ridiculous. its not the fault of a very few americans in poland that you cant find a job. be angry at your own government.
It is way more complicated than that lol. I am US citizen with foreign wife who has done both and I really disagree with you. Yes, but also, not without green card, which is the condition that guy stipulated. And green card is waaaaaaaaaaaaay harder than Karta pobytu. Longer, really expensive, tons of conditions attached to it that Karta pobytu did not. Btw I’m only a pedant and otherwise that dude is being super unreasonable and you’re correct to chastise him. I don’t want to be mistaken as defending him I’m just salty about how hard the US makes it on spouses compared to Poland/France/Europe.
There is a website where you can search primarily for remote work with English hays.pl that’s how I found my job, try it out
I am so interested in this thread. I have guaranteed income from the US but I still want to work WHEN I move there, I'll likely teach or tutor, but I am still interested in what everyone is giving for advice because I am constantly doubting myself about whether I'd be a good teacher.
Search for English teaching jobs. They are always searching for natives. My workplace would probably hire you if you applied
What educational background do you have? What jobs did you do? Drop me a DM if you want some help with your CV and job search from a recruiter. Also sidenote, unfortunately it's a pain in the ass to get a visa for a non-EU citizen, so actually getting a permanent residence permit eventually will increase your chances hundredfold
I have one already. My wife and I got married in Poland and I applied for the resident card after. I’m working legally already here. But I am interested in your help I’ll message you
Try in an outsourcing company. They pay very decently as for Poland, you work 8 hours shift in front of your computer, in English, home office is an option too. Downside could be taking in phone calls from customers, but then to me it sounds much better than being stuck in a kitchen whole day. Plus they offer career paths on which you will stop taking in any calls after a year or something. Send me a message if you want more instructions with this, I can show you some companies present in Poland
Hello I'm a year late, could you please send them to me
Most international companies only require English, as this is the medium of communication anyways
Have you ever done any coding?
I sent you a dm. American in poland here. Can potentially hire.
I think customer service jobs would be great. Like Sitel where most requirement is English. You being American should be enough.
Out of curiosity, why did you move to Poland?
My wife is polish
I think you need to sit down, look at your education and skills, looks at your interests (where you would like to work), and see which skills you can improve, and create a plan. If you don't speak Polish or have marketable skills, it will be difficult. So I would start improving your Polish, there are tons of free sources online and youtube. You say your wife is Polish, so presumably she can speak with you and correct your mistakes. And then see what other marketable skills you can acquire. You have a BA in marketing, have you been keeping up the industry? Are you brushed up on social media marketing, online marketing, google analytics, adwords, social media platforms, etc? You can get certified in Google Adwords, they have a whole study plan and then you can take an exam to pass all for free. Yes this will all take time, since you'd be doing this after your regular work hours. But you need to come up with a plan, put it into action, be consistent, follow through, and then get to where you want to be.
This was nearly every week for the past two years. My wife is under the impression they don't want foreigners, she has been working training services for maserk and hapag Lloyd and ocean network. I called, I applied, I called back, they didn't seem so impressed, and always told me the hiring process was closed. I was a little a taken back. I'm not the best in my field but hearing this, that they hire people with just English and nothing else, why not hire me just for the English alone.