New members of the Romania forum, introduce yourself here — 3rd quarter of 2015

bitmonki wrote:

I  wonder if it would help any if I was already in Bucharest, on my 90-day tourist stay?

I would think to get someone with a lot of useful experience at a decent price might be worth it to some enterprising IT company there.

Hi Chris,

Unfortunately, I think it would not be likely to help if you were here on the tourist visa....but hey, you can try.

Yeah, you'd think it would be worth it....but don't count on that logic working here   There's a lot of multinational IT companies in Bucharest, Iasi and Cluj now...and there big reason is, skilled (or semi-skilled as I often see) labor at bargain basement prices.  If they can pay a Romanian Jr developer 400-500 Euro a month to code their rear off 5-6 days a week, why pay a foreigner more?  Do you really want to come here and possibly work for peanuts (compared to what you might be used to)? It's hard for many people to go from making say 80K+ a year and come here and be offered a fraction of that.  Also, as Maykal mentioned, in many cases you need to know Romanian well (and often yet another language like Italian or German, etc), especially if you want to get into management.

Recently a friend of mine was living over here, a Radiology tech with 20+ years experience, managed radiology clinics in large hospitals in the D.C area, very well qualified, except....he was learning Romanian, but he learned to Romanian terminology related to his job, and some basic conversational stuff.  Anyway he jumped through all the hoops he could, but he couldn't get his credentials recognized here, other clinics didn't understand that he was married to a Romanian and already had the right to work here, and most wanted to pay him of course a standard Romanian's wage.  Anyway, a year later, he's back in D.C now where he can easily work, for good money.

Good luck
Romaniac

1nman wrote:

Hey Expats, good to be here. I'm from Utah, working in Bucharest for a technology company. I'm involved in the marketing side of the business and spend 1 to 2 weeks in Romania every 6 weeks or so. Not regular enough to call myself a true Expat, but regular enough to have an apartment, a Vespa, and some favorite places!  Looking forward to meeting more of "us" to call on when the language and cultural gap starts to get to me (actually, I love the Romanian people and pretty much everything about Romania, but would still be cool to know who else is here and doesn't QUITE fit in.

Welcome!

I used to live in SLC, it was probably the best place I've lived in, in the US

TALIDA wrote:

hello! I am talida and i'm living in buchrest i can help you with romanian language and you wil help me with english. I am 28 years old and i am economist.

Have a nice day !

Please post language exchange requests in other threads, like the one you already started "i'm looking for English speakers"

Also, please do not post personal contact information in the public forum, this is for your own security.  I kindly ask that you review the Romania Forum Code of Conduct, so that you may understand the rules of Expat.com and to have a better experience here.

Thank you Talida!

Romaniac
Romania Expat Advisor

MargaritaLTU wrote:

Hello everyone, im kinda new here and new in Romania, im going there in 2 days, with my 4 month baby boy,curious if there are  anyone living in Iasi? and what about jobs in Romania, is it hard to get one if you dont know the language? P.S im from Lithuania.

Welcome Margarita,

I'm in Iasi, feel free to message me or start a topic in the forum if you have any questions about the city or Romania in general that are not addressed   To answer your question though, yes it can be quite difficult if not impossible to get a job without knowing Romanian.

Romaniac
Romania Expat Advisor

Kawyans wrote:

I am living currently in india.i am looking any kind of job in Romania. So plz tell me more info how can I get job there with work permit?

You've already asked this question in another thread, and I've answered you about it.  Please refer to the appropriate topic.  Thanks

Romaniac

JoelMoraes wrote:

Buna Sera Romania !

Hello,

That's not an introduction.  Try again please with some meaningful content. Tell us a bit about yourself, what are you doing in Romania?  Also, please remember to use ENGLISH, as this is the language of the forum. Thanks

Romaniac