General information for people who have worked in the UK and who have a private pension.
Category: Working
Assistant Position – until the end of 2017 at the Swiss Permanent Mission to the OSCE
There is a temporary position from 01.10.2016 until the end of 2017 at the Swiss Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna for an assistant. The Swiss Mission to the OSCE is looking for a team-assistant speaking English, German and at least some passive French!
Some advice for looking for jobs
The very nature of expat life, particularly for trailing spouses, is often one where there is a great deal of insecurity and where finding a job is very difficult. Often you are being immersed into a previously unknown culture, and while your partner has a good package, relocation benefits, your own search for employment often…
200 Seconds Vienna – Pitch the City – Competition
Vienna Business Agency has a fabulous competition for all you creative people out there – it is called “200 seconds Vienna – Pitch the City” and people are invited to put together videos of 200 seconds in length to promote the city we call our adopted home. Further information is available on the Vienna Business…
Learning the language – knowing your A1 from your C2!
One of the largest obstacles that Expats face, in Vienna, as well as elsewhere is the language barrier – while many are hired for English-speaking jobs in multinational companies, not being able to speak the local language of the land can make even the most routine of tasks (e.g. shopping, sending and collecting parcels, banking,…
Life as an au pair
My experience of working as an Au-pair in Austria was very unexpected and wonderful. It was a great way whilst being a poor student at university to experience life living in a foreign country and to delve into a different culture. I was placed with a couple and their 12 year old girl in Vienna,…