There are very few residential nursing homes in Cyprus as the family tends to look after the sick, disabled and elderly. There is also an established pattern of hiring in very cheap immigrant live-in maids who often act as personal nurses to the elderly (on very low salaries). Fluent Greek is essential in the microscopic Care Industrythat does exist.

Aesthetics, hairdressing, make-up, nails etc is a BIG industry, on the whole Cypriot women of a certain age and status are high maintenance (apologies for any stereotyping) and there is a thriving Salon sector (with many women attending almost every day of the week [certainly in Nicosia] to have different parts of their anatomy maintained, pampered, coloured, waxed, detoxified, exfoliated, peeled, varnished etc.) The downside is that there are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of salons all competative and jealously guarding their patch. It will be a difficult market to break into (with friends and contacts essentail and a willingness to accept the lower prices generally for Beauty treatments outside of the International Chains - one of the reasons that some women CAN go to the Salon almost every day)

Joinery was also (until recently) a big trade within the building industry. There is a trend for immigrant workers to mop up the jobs as they are willing to work for low salaries, so again it will be difficult to break into the trade if UK salaries are expected. Working hours and conditions are also sometimes a bit of a shock as many work very long hours and don'r get paid very much.

Sorry to be a bit negative - it is possible to get work here, but it is better to go into the search with realistic expectations.

Good Luck in your search...