relocation
Jaye,
the only and most important question is: what passport your friend is holding. She wants to relocate from where to where?!
She should familiarize herself with the rules first. For example:
- If you are Australian, you cannot work in the UK as you don't have an EU passport.
- If you are Slovak, you cannot work in Germany even though you have an EU passport because the labour market is closed in some EU-countries for some nationalities till 2012.
- If you want to work in Switzerland, you need to have an EU passport as well, even though Switzerland is not part of the EU.
- If you want to work in the US, you need a greeen card to work, even though Australians and British don't need a visa.
- If you want to work in Australia, you need to have a valid work permit. For example if you want to work for Qantas. (It is written with huge capital letters on the homepage.) And you cannot relocate from London (QantasUK). The same story for the ones who are based in London and work for Air New Zeland.
Whatever she wants to do, she needs money. The easiest way to save a significant amount is to complete 3-4 contracts on a cruise ship. Or work for Emirates but she doesn't want to live in the Middle-East. (Note: you can only save if you have the right attitude.) You can try gambling, as well...
I heard about two other ailrines beside the Middle-Eastern ones offering accomodation:
- Cathay Pacific, only in Hong-Kong base, not in London (a crew told me)
- Kingfisher, India (accomodation provided only for non-Indians, a saw an ad before)