brandane

Hi everyone,advice please on relocating to maybe Silver coast area ,me unskilled ,partner is accountant but was thinking of retraining to be English g teacher, accomodation sorted friends would give us house rent free for year,no children ,also open to suggestions as to maybe a new business etc ,thanks for comments

Cleri

Jobs are not easy to find here.If you are totally reliant on Portuguese wages,I would think very carefully,there just aren't the jobs around.I have Portuguese friends who have been out of work for over a year,so what chance would foreigners have!
Wages are also very low,my builders girlfriend works full time in an office (60 hours per week) and earns less than 500 euros a month.

Jon_D

UK Teachers not really needed here as the qualifications are not recognised. You will need to train in PT. Teachers wages are very very low also.

• Hotel cleaners = 2.5 euros - 3 euros per hour
• Hotel waiters = 630 euros per months (60 hour weeks + split shift working)
• OA Pension = 80 euros per month.

These are the reasons why "tips" are very important to those in the service industry.

brodev

My daughter is a maths teacher with qualifications gained in UK. She teaches at an international school in Lisbon where she earns a good salary. Perhaps Madeira is different to mainland

Supremegermalene

Yes I also know someone that teaches at a private Portuguese school in Lisbon and she was trained in the UK. I also know a fair few English teachers/Headmistresses/masters that teach at International schools.

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CBANDY

Scotland for me everytime my friend. I wish i still lived there.

brandane

lets do a swap then!!

brodev

I'm fortunate. I have both

CBANDY

Hmm. I am actually in Spain. Just stumled upon this thread and had to reply.

gedscottish

1 of 3 things im guessing cbandy...

1,you never lived in the Central belt
2, its been ages since you were home & you need a holiday to remind you of how bad it is
3, Spain is really bad?!

OrkneytoPortugal

International schools pay better than UK schools, so my teacher-daughter tells me - she's currently looking at jobs all over the world.

OrkneytoPortugal

You are lucky - I miss Scotland too. If I could I would share my time here and there

brandane

No you are lucky,grey skies doom and gloom and Scotland still not doing well at the footie!!!!