Prices in Cyprus.

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by PJandDB

Thanks for that, I wish we were a young couple! (both in our 50's) . Really nice to speak to some people in Cyprus. I appreciate the advice :-)

Hey are you saying that all of us in our fifties are old fogies

[PJandDB]

Originally Posted by Veronica

Hey are you saying that all of us in our fifties are old fogies

Certainly not! I have never felt so positive and excited about the future. Cant wait to start our new life in Cyprus...

[BabsM]

[QUOTE=kimonas;201808]The salary of a teacher depends on your qualifications and level of teaching (primary, secondary etc). The average salary of a teacher starting out is c. 1400 euros a month.

When my daughter tried to move from a private primary school in Nicosia to a private primary school in Larnaca last year, she was offered 9800 Euro per year. She has a PGCE and 7 years experience teaching in the UK plus a year in Cyprus. She was only getting c1300 Euro per year in Nicosia! She went back to England.

[theresoon]

If the accountant is UK qualified and with a experience you are in luck. Add an Eastern European language and you're in much luck. Just open the newspaper in the career section and pick one with eyes closed. 75% if not more of the ads are for qualified accountants. They are looking for a Marketing person. no not a marketing degree or an MBA - an accountant. the salaries are also better than for teachers. Check out IN BUSINESS magazine.


Kimonas, your sister in law lucked out with only 17 years on the list, a friend will have a job next year after over 25 years on the list!

[kimonas]

[quote=BabsM;201914]

Originally Posted by kimonas

The salary of a teacher depends on your qualifications and level of teaching (primary, secondary etc). The average salary of a teacher starting out is c. 1400 euros a month.

When my daughter tried to move from a private primary school in Nicosia to a private primary school in Larnaca last year, she was offered 9800 Euro per year. She has a PGCE and 7 years experience teaching in the UK plus a year in Cyprus. She was only getting c1300 Euro per year in Nicosia! She went back to England.

That does sound on the low side (but is unfortunately within the range of the average). Experience doesn't count for much here - they always try their best to start people on the lowest possible salary(especially ex-pats because of the 'risk factor' - is the candidate really going to stick it out and stay with us for the whole academic year? etc [I know - who would on these poor salaries] - but there is no reasoning with them). I started on something similar to your daughter in Nicosia (with 15 years of teaching experience) but managed to turn it into a living wage with a few private lessons in the afternoons. To be honest there were so many holidays and days off when dignatories died, plus the three month paid summer holiday that the salary wasn't too bad on reflection, and when I had proved myself it had doubled. I once had a management position in a school in Cyprus (which will remain nameless) where I had to verify the salary contracts and was surprised that some teachers doing the same role were earning two or three times as much as others. It all boiled down to who was related to who - terribly unfair. I hope your daughter found a good job back in the UK

[theresoon]

Experience doesn't count for much here

So true! When I arrived a friend referred me to an HR manager in my field who he thought would refer me to other HR managers in my field as I would be out of her range with my experience. She plainly told me yeah sure you have 15 years experience but that's in NY not here so it doesn't count you have to start from the bottom again. I tried very hard to remain polite.

[PJandDB]

Thanks every one for your comments but I guess when it comes down to it if one/or both of us is lucky enough to get offered a job we will have to calculate whether it offers enough money to live on. If its meant to be etc... DB