In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
IT jobs are difficult to find, virtually impossible if one does not speak fluent Italian. There are some jobs available which do not need the worker to be fluent in Italian such as those offered by the European Union. However I believe that to work for the EU, one has to be a citizen of a European member state, not just someone with a work permit.
I get by in Italy mostly by working in the UK. I offer consultancy services within Italy and have done small amounts of work for the JRC at Ispra, not far from Milano (close to Varese).
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=DWB]My husband is an IT professional from Australia but with a British passport and we plan to live and work in Italy for a period of time (with 2 small children - we are brave). Does anyone have any advice on finding IT contracts in Italy? He is an excellent programmer but has limited Italian language skills![/QUOTE]
If your housband is a IT programmer I don't think he'll find problems.
IT companies are always looking for good programmers and language is not a problem since english is always necessary.
You have to search in the North: Milan as first, but all the northern area is ok, as Paola said.
You could find something in the Rome area too.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/19/2005 - 04:26In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Don't know about Australians - IT contracting seems to be teeming with them in London but Italy may be different. I have no experience of Italian IT work but speculative interest had me checking the Jobserve site ([url]www.jobserve.co.uk[/url]) and putting Italy in as a search option. A number of jobs came up for English speaking IT staff but mainly for my kind of stuff (network support/security etc) rather than programming and almost all for short - medium term contract work....again, fine for me but probably less good for couples and families that may need longer term job security than I do.
***I have just noticed the posting from Notaio above that seems to offer a different perspective from mine - my research was very cursory and I'm sure he knows more about it than I do so you may want to disregard the support v. programming aspect!!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Does anyone know how well you have to speak Italian to be able to get a job in network/support? My husband works for IBM, has the English but not the Italian yet.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I suppose all the technical vocabulary would be in english, but you need to know enough italian to go by the day by day stuff I suppose...
and the interview! Unless you manage to work for a big company... I was in Italy at a wedding and I met a german guy who works for Fiat as a designer, he told me they very rarely speak italian at all..
Try Fiat, you might be lucky!
Paola
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Many thanks for your advice. My husband has a British passport so is able to work in Italy without a permit. He has already contacted Fiat and received advice as to whom to send his resume!
I would suggest you start looking for job in the North of Italy. Turin, Milan, Genova, the veneto area... look for the job offers on the news papers, La Repubblica ([url]www.repubblica.it[/url]) has a good one, so has La Stampa.
Il piccolo for Alessandria. I am from Piemonte so I can only give advices about that particular area.... Good luck!
Paola