What Are the Most Common Jobs in Italy?
Some of the most common jobs in Italy include maintenance workers, truck drivers, groundskeepers, healthcare occupations, assemblers, childcare workers and carpenters. Equipment mechanics and installers tend to be the most popular occupation for males, and nursing and home healthcare aides are the most popular occupations for females.
Unemployment in Italy tends to be high because there is heavy competition among residents for jobs. In fact, the unemployment rates in Italy are higher than anywhere else in Europe.
The most anticipated employment growth is in the areas of tourism, food industries, wood furniture construction, office workers, wait staff and computers.
For visitors in the country, temporary agencies recommend obtaining a work permit from the Italian Consular and then applying for a temporary job at first. Temp jobs allow an individual to experience and get used to the way of life in the area.
Foreign visitors who actually know a trade are still required to take a business course before they are allowed to work in that field in Italy. If an individual is simply from another European state, the person’s qualifications and education are taken into consideration by the European Union (EU) before allowing the person to obtain employment within Italy.
