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Hi

As an avid reader of Italy magazine since its early days, I thought time I joined the forum!

I have always been in love with Italy and now I am hoping I can make friends with fellow Italian lovers!

I am currently planning on moving to Italy, so if anyone can give me their ideas and thoughts on how to find work for a native english speaker with ok Italian but not yet fluent, that would be great!!!

Karen

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 06:59

It sometimes seems that every second person moving over is either going to teach English, run a B&B or maintain other people's houses... I think you should look to your own strengths, don't start by saying "Well I can't..." though. Then think what those strengths can bring to your new life. Then ask for help to accomplish that... :)

I am worrying, that almost made sense :eek:

Welcome to the forums too...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 07:06

Many thanks

I agree - it seems everyone is thinking of teaching english, etc... I need to look at my current skills and go from there - I think!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 07:18

I wasn't being sarcastic or anything BTW, it's just that someone was posting about difficulties a few weeks ago, and, almost as a throw away remark said they were thinking of running ceramic painting breaks... I thought, woww, that could be just the thing "different" enough to make a small operation work, but, we humans (well, YOU humans... long story.) constantly knock our own abilities, so, think what you've got that you can use... :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 19:22

[QUOTE=GeorgeS](well, YOU humans... long story.) :)[/QUOTE]

See I was right about "V" :)

Yep, this earning a living in Italy is a tricky thing, we would really love to move over but both pressured with jobs to exist here, so don't have time to diversify at the mo. Could become an agent..........;)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/27/2005 - 03:20

Hoy, Trullimart etc., I like you, when we take over this planet, you will be given a choice... A swift painless death, or, everlasting life as an estate agent...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/27/2005 - 14:24

[QUOTE=GeorgeS]Hoy, Trullimart etc., I like you, when we take over this planet, you will be given a choice... A swift painless death, or, everlasting life as an estate agent...[/QUOTE]

The painless death might just pip it as more fun!!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 08/27/2005 - 19:14

[QUOTE=GeorgeS]Hoy, Trullimart etc., I like you, when we take over this planet, you will be given a choice... A swift painless death, or, everlasting life as an estate agent...[/QUOTE]

Call me Trull, my darling Georgy....sweetness....honeybunch.....is that enough [size=2]grovelling[/size]? :rolleyes: ....How about, I give infomation on dodgy EA's and you rid the planet of them and I could be reprieved from either devistating outcome!

You know I'm feeling a little sorry for new comers to this forum, all the helpfull info and advice etc has gone out the widow lately.....Oh what the heck, as I was saying........

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 08/28/2005 - 04:23

[QUOTE=trullomartinafranca]Call me Trull, my darling Georgy....sweetness....honeybunch.....is that enough [size=2]grovelling[/size]? :rolleyes: ....How about, I give infomation on dodgy EA's and you rid the planet of them and I could be reprieved from either devistating outcome!

You know I'm feeling a little sorry for new comers to this forum, all the helpfull info and advice etc has gone out the widow lately.....Oh what the heck, as I was saying........[/QUOTE]

Ohh, go on then,
I think the thing with advice is that it all seems to be the same advice, when I worked for a living, we used to have similar problems, my secretary and I devised a number of standard answer sheets, very impersonal, but, they gave the basics.