France,Luxembourg,Spain or Holland.Where to try and find work ?

eoins23456 · 27-04-2012 02:03AM #1

So I have to pick a country to go on coop for eight months in and ive narrowed it down the the four above.which should I choose?

strobe · 27-04-2012 02:19AM

Luxembourg!

Any country with an x in the name has to be kick ass. Plus, very few shark attacks. Also the name of the capital is also Luxembourg, one less thing to have to learn off.

Yurt · 27-04-2012 02:20AM

I'm in the same boat doing co-op in UL next year and my choice is between Luxembourg or Nice.

Wompa1 · 27-04-2012 02:27AM

I got a few calls from recruiters in Holland and Luxembourg. They seem to have a lot of English speaking companies, Luxembourg has a lot of EC offices. Holland seems like a great place for technology

joshrogan · 27-04-2012 02:29AM

Depends where abouts in the countries you'd be going.

Where To · 27-04-2012 02:33AM

joshrogan wrote: »

Depends where abouts in the countries you'd be going.

Yep North Luxembourg is sooooo much better that South Luxembourg.

humbert · 27-04-2012 02:35AM

I know some people in very good jobs in the Netherlands but isn't Luxembourg the highest earning per capita(actually it's GDP,but still) in Europe?

In France it would depend entirely where and I, personally, wouldn't go near Spain.

Lapin · 27-04-2012 02:37AM

Have you considered Nigeria?

I just got an email from a friendly gentleman offering me gainful employment there for huge money doing very little actual work.

All I have to do is send my bank details so he can pay me.

Jolly nice of him.

Jesus Wept · 27-04-2012 02:56AM

It's the Netherlands. Holland is a region within it.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 27-04-2012 03:00AM

Lapin wrote: »

Have you considered Nigeria?

I just got an email from a friendly gentleman offering me gainful employment there for huge money doing very little actual work.

All I have to do is send my bank details so he can pay me.

Jolly nice of him.

Are they taking any more people on?

kowloon · 27-04-2012 03:19AM

joshrogan wrote: »

Depends where abouts in the countries you'd be going.

It's hard to get very far away from anything in Luxembourg.

Lapin · 27-04-2012 03:28AM

jar_of_coins wrote: »

Are they taking any more people on?

PM me your bank details and I'll put your name down.

Skuxx · 27-04-2012 03:41AM

Personally I'd pick Spain, I'm mad to head over there working, I you hear of any airlines hiring mechanics please let me know!!!

Isn't Luxembourg seriously expensive to live?

NakedNNettles · 27-04-2012 04:07AM

Spain :pac:

Good luck with that,

Don't they have an unemployment rate of 24% or something?

To put it in context, Ireland's is 14%

emeraldstar · 27-04-2012 10:29AM

Personally I'd go for France. Nice food, nice (good value) wine, nice countryside, nice weather (though that's region dependent, of course). Probably helps that I speak the language too though.

biko · 27-04-2012 10:32AM

Become a vagabond and live everywhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyr8aiGUlzc

weisses · 27-04-2012 10:34AM

Andy Carroll wrote: »

It's the Netherlands. Holland is a region within it.

thats the first time i heard that about the region ... Your right about that its the Netherlands though

Thrill · 27-04-2012 10:40AM

NakedNNettles wrote: »

Spain :pac:

Good luck with that,

Don't they have an unemployment rate of 24% or something?

To put it in context, Ireland's is 14%

Yeah, highest in Europe at the moment.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 27-04-2012 10:41AM

Holland, unless you speak French....

HalloweenJack · 27-04-2012 10:45AM

Spain would be brilliant for living in, I loved it there, but I'd doubt there'd be any long-term employment opportunities right now. The country is probably in a worse state than Ireland.

I'd say Holland or France. I've never been to Luxembourg so don't know what to make of it.

tvc15 · 27-04-2012 10:45AM

Andy Carroll wrote: »

It's the Netherlands. Holland is a region within it.

That's what I thought until I started working with a bunch of Dutch guys, it was news to them apparently, they use the words interchangeably

munchkin_utd · 27-04-2012 10:45AM

Spain? :eek:

Maybe go over there to see what it looks like to have an unemployment rate of twice Irelands, and then come home and everything will seem much better !

And youth unemployment there is over 50% so if you have no work experience you REALLY are fecked over there !

arch_stanton · 27-04-2012 10:48AM

New figures this morning put Spain's unemployment rate at 5.6 million or 24.4%. There are still some jobs in specialised areas or working for international companies where they need native language speakers but in general it's a disaster.

spoofilyj · 27-04-2012 10:56AM

strobe wrote: »

Luxembourg!

Any country with an x in the name has to be kick ass. Plus, very few shark attacks. Also the name of the capital is also Luxembourg, one less thing to have to learn off.

I spent a year living monday to friday in Luxembourg and all i can say is Don't DO IT!

No one actually lives in Luxembourg but Commute from Belgum, France and Germany every day, there are lots and lots of Financial companies and not a lot else. There are four reasonable bars the same number of reasonable Restaurants. One area is good craic alright called the "Grund" which is one of the valley areas around below the main town area where there is a Bar called the Pygmalian which is run be Irish lads and good enough fun.

Other than that there's not a whole lot, I was asked to train with the Luxembourg Rugby team so there are sports you can do and football is popular but the whole city is about the size of Cork.

I would recommend somewhere like Madrid or Barcalona in Spain, good weather, nice food pretty girls etc

The one advantage of Lux is that you can go anywhere in europe from there by train. Its how I got back during the volcanic ash two years ago but that said the faster trains are very expensive and you can pretty much fly anywhere these days for the same if not less than the trains.

Best of luck with the decision, if you need any more information on Lux PM me, I've also spent time in Madrid and Edinburgh with work and I love both these locations and would highly recommend them both.

Peetrik · 27-04-2012 11:06AM

Nice is a lovely city albiet with a disproportionate amount of antique shops, also you'll only be a train ride from places like st Raphael and you'd be living on the med.

Sod Spain, happy or sad their women imeidiately resort to shouting, your nerves would be shot and you'd have to go on tablets, which are pricey.

elefant · 27-04-2012 11:07AM

Well there are two provinces of 'Holland' called North Holland (where Amsterdam is) and South Holland (where the Hague is), but the Dutch pretty much use them inter-changeably.

Canis Lupus · 27-04-2012 11:17AM

If its just a temp thing and you can get work I'd pick Spain for the lifestyle etc because it's lovely. If there is intent to stay then Spain wouldn't be great for long term employment. Also you'll need Spanish as English isn't widely spoken (same would go for France languagewise).

Mr Benevolent · 27-04-2012 11:38AM

The Netherlands, no question. France is for French people and Spain doesn't have any jobs.

mackg · 27-04-2012 12:07PM

eoins23456 wrote: »

So I have to pick a country to go on coop for eight months in and ive narrowed it down the the four above.which should I choose?

It depends, are you going to be working as a prostitute?

Immaculate Pasta · 27-04-2012 12:14PM

Luxembourg has the 2nd highest standard of living in the world.

According to its GDP per capita: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita

So go and live in Luxembourg and live like a king :cool:

TimTim · 27-04-2012 12:26PM

spoofilyj wrote: »

No one actually lives in Luxembourg but Commute from Belgum, France and Germany every day, there are lots and lots of Financial companies and not a lot else. There are four reasonable bars the same number of reasonable Restaurants. One area is good craic alright called the "Grund" which is one of the valley areas around below the main town area where there is a Bar called the Pygmalian which is run be Irish lads and good enough fun.

I was in that pub about three weeks ago, but yes I agree with the above it is a quiet city overall. Avoid the motorways at 7am and 5pm as everyone is trying to get either in or out.

It is a nice city but can be expensive to live in. On the flip side within the city you'll survive easily if you don't speak any language other then English.

France,Luxembourg,Spain or Holland.Where to try and find work ?

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