Helping an Italian friend find work experience in the UK
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I've a Neapolitan hairdresser friend who is learning English. She is B1 right now. She wants to come and work in the UK for a few months to improve her English.
Her idea was London, because she has a small support network there.
She has asked my advice. Which so far has basically been "London is too expensive and not all that friendly". I have not added that anyone offering her work will probably want her to be here for more than a few months. By the time she has learned where the products are kept she'll be leaving.
She has a son, who will remain in Italy. But she will want to return to see him.
I am afraid I am not being very helpful. I think I basically think it's a non-starter. Can anyone else think of any useful way she could come here, work, be paid and learn English? Ideally in her area of expertise, obviously.
TIA
The only option for her would be to apply for a Skilled Worker Visa. But this requires the applicant to have a degree and that the work they are doing here is 'degree' level. I'm not certain that Hairdressing would qualify but certainly worth a look. She'll need a sponsor and job offer with a salary of more than £26,500.
StevieBee said:
The only option for her would be to apply for a Skilled Worker Visa. But this requires the applicant to have a degree and that the work they are doing here is 'degree' level. I'm not certain that Hairdressing would qualify but certainly worth a look. She'll need a sponsor and job offer with a salary of more than £26,500.
None of this will happen. She is a poor girl from Naples, who lives with six people (two families) in a two-bed flat. I doubt she even finished school. If I were a sponsor, I would not want to be involved for a short stint.Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff