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eekberg
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Topic: seeking work Salvador
Posted: 13 May 2012 at 05:47

Hello!

I'm a native Swede with fluent english. I've been planing to travel to Salvador by the start of next year to visit a couple of friends. I've been unemploymed for quite the while and im longing to see some new places in general and if possible learn the language.

Currently reading up on what the rules of working in br, seen some of you talking about money under the table, is it common? any guidelines for me? best approach for finding work? In school i studied industrial with welding spec. I doubt it would be of any use.

The goal is to reach brazil and then prolong my stay as i have not much of a budget.

Thanks in advance

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jess
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Posted: 13 May 2012 at 09:53

Originally posted by eekberg

The goal is to reach brazil and then prolong my stay as i have not much of a budget.

Foolish strategy IMO. Bring enough money--no, more than enough-- to sustain you for the entire time you intend to stay. Prices have skyrocketed.

Originally posted by eekberg

what the rules of working in br

The law states that a company must sponsor you for a work visa and in order to do that, must prove that there is no Brazilian qualified to do the job.

Originally posted by eekberg

I'm a native Swede with fluent english. I've been planing to travel to Salvador...

So what? There are dozens of foreigners in Salvador who speak fluent English, many of them even native speakers, and who came with the same (unrealistic) notion of being able to leverage it. The 'market' here is limited. And not every person who speaks a language can teach it; there are some specialized skills involved.

Originally posted by eekberg

...seen some of you talking about money under the table, is it common? any guidelines for me? best approach for finding work?

It may be possible to find a language school that would risk a substantial fine to employ you under the table, but I doubt it. And even so, they don't pay enough to live on. Otherwise, jobs in Brazil are found through people you know. You could set up to give private lessons, but it takes a long time to make enough connections in the right places and you'd need a lot of students on a continuous basis to sustain yourself.

Enjoy Salvador.

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Brazilian2012
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Posted: 13 May 2012 at 10:06

Hi there,
Yes, there is a way and is not under the table.
But why Salavador?
Sao Paulo or Rio you could get a better paying.
You could teach your own language there in Brazil, is a huge country and there is place for everybody there.

Jr

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sven
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Posted: 13 May 2012 at 10:20

Finding work illegaly as an industrial welder.....

Prepare for a short stay.

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Twirly
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Posted: 13 May 2012 at 11:23

Lol...no chance of making it.

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Posted: 13 May 2012 at 12:06

It's hard to imagine someone stating on a public website that they intend to enter Brazil and work illegally, while revealing their real name, real photo and Facebook page? The Federal Police have probably already entered your details into the database and will be waiting for you so they can turn you around at the airport and put on the next flight back to Sweden.

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Posted: 13 May 2012 at 12:18

Haha, he is just a dumb kid.

Edited by Twirly - 13 May 2012 at 12:19

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eekberg
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Posted: 13 May 2012 at 16:50

first of i never said i have the intent to work illegaly i asked if it was common. i added my language because i was thinking there might be some kind of tele~ jobs that are quite common elsewere and i said i was just now looking into whats necessary. Thanks anyway to those who were able to answer to any of what this dumb kid wrote

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Posted: 14 May 2012 at 01:20

Salvador is tough job wise, mate. I've been sending CVs there as well and have been getting little or virtually no replies. Have had far better success rate with SP or Rio. Same story applies to Recife in PE.

Jaz sem ptica selivka

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