"Hello, my girlfriend (both 30 years old) and I are thinking about moving to Denmark, as we've seen it mentioned everywhere as a country with many opportunities and a demand for professional skills. I'd like to mention that we are Italians, where over 40 years, salaries have dropped by almost 10%, and with the current lifestyle, it's not enough to live normally. We pay rent, groceries, bills, gasoline, and we almost run out of money. We would like to start a family sooner or later, something that isn't possible in Italy. So, for a guy (me) with 7 years of experience on lathes, grinding machines, and lapping machines, who has worked for Ferrari and Bosch, and holds a diploma as a Full Stack Web Developer, could there be a future? And what about my girlfriend, who has a 3-year bachelor’s degree in economy and finance and works as an accountant?
PS: I’m studying Dutch just because I love foreign languages. I can speak English and French too (B2).
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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/I360Nosc0pedJFK at 2024-02-14 07:45:14+00:00.
Jeune_Libre at 2024-02-14 09:24:43+00:00 ID:
kqd3og2I know quite a few Italians who lives here and work corporate jobs. Very few of the ones I know have left and the remaining are not planning on leaving in the near future.
What seems to be common is that they enjoy the lack of hierarchy, better salary and work/life balance compared to Italy. Common complaints are
In terms of language; Danish is not really needed to get by. You can get jobs at big Danish companies and international companies. But without Danish small- and medium companies will be more or less off limits. I don’t know much about IT but accountants and financial controllers seem to be in fairly big demand. Your girlfriend’s challenge will be that she only has a bachelor degree. Right or wrong, that it seen as only half a degree here, so she will be competing against people with a masters degree.
Good luck!
I360Nosc0pedJFK (OP) at 2024-02-14 11:22:10+00:00 ID:
kqdd44wShe would like to get the master. But they know nothing of Danish. If there could be the possibility to study in English it would be perfect.
Jeune_Libre at 2024-02-14 11:53:42+00:00 ID:
kqdg21xMasters within finance/economics in English is absolutely possible. Copenhagen Business School (think Bocconi) offers quite a few master degrees in English. Many of the Italians I know in Denmark, I know through my Master studies at CBS
somersomers1 at 2024-02-14 13:54:18+00:00 ID:
kqduci9Many Masters degrees in Denmark are in English, so that should be easy enough. She can even get SU (a monetary stipend from the state to help cover cost of living). When you're from the EU you can get SU if you work 12 hours a week while you study