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kanga Junior Member Member # 6828	Posted January 15, 2003 02:27 AM Hello all, just found the site and it is great. I have a few questions regarding moving to the uk.We are a young married couple from Canada, planning on getting working holiday maker visas,I am a trained chef(I have my Red Seal,highest level of training available in Canada) and my husband has lots of experience managing restaurants. Of the information I have gathered, on this type of visa, you are not allowed to persue the career in which you have been trained. Now does that mean that we can't work in restaurants when we get there, or we just can't get high level positions? also we would prefer to get a job working together, and really don't care too much what type of job it is(home care, pub work,restaurant work,etc...)are there things like that available? After the two yr. holiday maker visa is up what is the likelyhood of being sponsered by a company in my line of work? Are there many skilled chefs in the uk I that would be up against in the job market? Any help with these questions would be greatly appreciated. thank you in advance. kanga -------------------- "All truths go through three stages, first they are ridiculed, second they are violently opposed, third they are accepted as being self evident."
Elisa Member Member # 2487	Posted January 15, 2003 03:12 AM No worries there are loads of low paying jobs in the UK for seasonal work to be had. The only catch is you can't work the entire 2 years, the purpose of the visa is you work at a pub or something for a few months to supplement your travels and then find new work when you move on. Technically you can't work as a Chef (your trained occupation however who knows if they check) however you can wait tables, do dishes...etc. What you might consider is working at Hostels, they would probably hire both of you and it's a cheap way to travel around. As far as shortages go there is no shortage of Chefs in the UK and it's usually just seasonal work when they are looking for them. ie: during the high tourist months. I do know that Ireland was looking for chefs last summer however that may have just been a seasonal demand due to high volume of tourism and they were willing to sponsor people.
Moby Member Member # 4437	Posted January 15, 2003 11:02 AM Hi, I wouldn't agree completely with Elisa. The UK is currently facing a severe shortage of workers in the catering, hospitality and food manufacturing industry. (As advertised by the media and the UK government's initiative to launch WP schemes for this industry). I dont know how much of this is true in the real world. But worth checking out the link below: http://www.workpermit.com/news/uk37.htm
kanga Junior Member Member # 6828	Posted January 15, 2003 12:22 PM thank you so much for your replies,its good to know we won't have problems finding jobs. One thing I do think is interesting is that being a chef is considered low skilled work, which anyone in the industry would agree it is not. any how anything else people would like to add would still be appreciated. thank you, kanga -------------------- "All truths go through three stages, first they are ridiculed, second they are violently opposed, third they are accepted as being self evident."