How to move to Italy

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Hi!

I'm a Russian girl who wants to go to Italy and probably to stay there.

I didn't decide yet what Italian city I should go to and what I will do there. That's why I ask everyone who can advice me something on this matter to give his advice.

Do you know any Russians who live in Italy? Can you tell me how they live, what they are doing there, where they work etc.? Do you know any Italian web sites where I could find announcements on job in Italy for foreigners? If you can tell me about these or other referring matters, please do it. Your advices are highly appreciated. Ciao!

Sono una ragazza russa che desidera andare all'Italia e probabilmente viverli. Non ho deciso ancora che città italiana dovrei andare e che cosa farò là . Perchè vi chiedo il consiglio. Conoscete qualche russi che vivono in Italia? Posete raccontarmi come vivono, che cosa fanno là , dove lavorano ecc.? Sapete qualche website italiano dove posso trovare gli annunci di lavoro in Italia per gli stranieri? I vostri consigli sono apprezzati.

 

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Anastasia_L profile picture Anastasia_LMay 2005
I met some Italians recently (I have never met any in person before) and found that they differ sharply from Russians (or Russians differ from them). They have different manners, different habits, different points of view…
…they have another mentality in one word…
So now I don’t think it would be easy for me to live among such different nation as Italians.
Perhaps the best choice is to live in Russia and visit Italy time to time...
Anastasia_L profile picture Anastasia_LApril 2005
Thank you for the link Gius.
I was there and even found some vacancies in English. They were posted by Dutch company :-)
Now I’m thinking about other countries. I don’t know whether Netherlands would be good for me. It is not so warm there like in Italy. Also they speak their strange Dutch language…
Perhaps I will post my CV on Monster and other job sites and will wait till an employer find me.
Gius profile picture GiusApril 2005
Yes, as far as I know there are many Italian companies interested in this kind of positions but the knowledge of the Italian language is always a pre-requisite (well, the fact that the adv. is written just in Italian is already meaningful). Just to have an idea you could give a look to the following web-site ( http://www.monster.it/ ). This is the Italian version of a well-known internationatonal career network for qualified jobs. Including "Russian or russo or russa" as keywords you should be able to find something. If the knowledge of the Italian language is not essential (..very difficult!) they will post an advice in English. Good luck!
Gius profile picture GiusApril 2005
Hi Anastacia, yes the russian Embassy in italy is definitely the best place where to look for. Also the following web-site (http://www.italiarussia.net/disc4_frm.htm) can be useful for you in order to get in touch with other Russian people living in Italy (even if there there are a lot of junk messages). About the work...of course it's not easy and it depends a lot from your qualifications. [br][edited by Gius on 2005-04-06 20:56:07]
Anastasia_L profile picture Anastasia_LApril 2005
Thank you for your advice Gius.
Regarding my qualification I work as an export sales manager in Russian company. We manufacture and sale our products in many countries all over the world. As a regional sales manager I deal with East-European countries, Italy, Turkey, Greece and others. I know that many Italian companies sell or would like to sell their products abroad so I thought I could work as an export sales manager also in Italy. I even found one vacancy of an Italian company. It was in Italian and I understood just general meaning of it that they need a sales manager for selling in East-European countries and Russia.
The main problem is that I don’t speak Italian. I suppose I could learn it in half a year if I live in Italy but I don’t think any company would wait for this time.
mle profile picture mleMarch 2005
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Anastasia_L profile picture Anastasia_LMarch 2005
Clarabesque, I don’t think I can join to a working or studying program because I was graduated almost 3 years ago and I work now.
Perhaps I will go to Italy on my annual holidays for rest and acquaintance with the country.
If I finally decide to move to Italy I would have to leave everything there.
Anastasia_L profile picture Anastasia_LMarch 2005
Mle, I came to the conclusion that even if I won’t move to Italy my wish to go there will be good for me. Even now my dream of Italy warms me up when it’s cold and snowing here in Moscow. I was born in a warm country. So it’s difficult for me to live in such cold climate and to bear the winter for half a year. I look at the gray Moscow streets with gray snow and imagine colorful streets of Rome and bright Italian sun, and I get better.[br][edited by Anastasia_L on 2005-03-30 09:19:56]