As a native speaker it took me about 5 weeks to find a job after first moving here. For those of you that have degrees and a second language then Budapest is an ideal place to find a job. Whether your a fresh grad or got some work experience there is most likely a position for you:
Firstly your CV
In Hungary the cv layout and content are a little different to that of the UK.
You must include the following information at the top:
A recent picture of your self
Date of birth,Place of Birth,Gender,Contact details.
If you already have your registration card, address card, tax number and national health card state this below.
Qualifications and languages spoken
Work experience
Hobbies/ other interested.
Like the world over the best place to start looking for a job is online:
Main Job advertisement sites.
The best place to start is the online listing. the mains ones are below:
profession.hu
This site is not available in English, but fairly user friendly and the most widely used.
Here are a few translation to help you get started:
Mit keres?
Enter the industry, job position you are looking for.
Hol keres?
Where: enter the city/town.
Click “kereses” to get the results. Any advertisements you see in English will be your options, and sometimes one other language is required.
cvonline.hu
There is an English language version
www.budapestjobs.net/
There is an English language version
There are a few Facebook paged dedicated to jobs in Budapest and quite often people will advertise then in most expat groups.
Quite a lot of the multinationals offer their current employees an incentive scheme to refer potential new employees.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/budapest.jobs/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/127041027306523/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/englishspeakingpeople/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/398718086866410/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1469966139885009/?ref=ts&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/147484858648323/?ref=ts&fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/BudapestStartupJobs?ref=ts&fref=ts
Multinationals
BT, BP, Nokia,GE,Diageo
Agencies
http://www.budapestagent.com/jobs-in-budapest.html
Friends
Ask around your friends or new acquaintances where they work, they will most likely offer to forward your cv to their hr department.
Salary expectation
This varies so much in Hungary. Of course in Budapest the salaries tend to be higher. Do a little research if you can find any info on the sector you are looking at. Ask around people you know.
When asked your salary expectation you give it as the monthly amount either gross or net.
If you’re offered a job at a multinational they normally have many other incentives on top of the salary. Such as a phone and sim card, working from home (if you work flexibile hours) and cafeteria vouchers. Which can be spent on bkk Ticket, cultural things, the cinema and restaurants!
Good luck!
A Brit Girl living in Budapest 