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My friend Massimo is looking for work as a cook in an Italian restaurant.
He makes excellent pasta and pizza and other dishes.
He speaks Italian (obviously!) Spanish and English.
Does anyone know of any vacancies in the UK?
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Presumably he does have somewhere to live - so where in the UK is he hoping to work?
I am not sure he's thought it through, to be honest - I just promised him I'd put the word out wherever I could.
Unemployment here is dire - about 30% - and Massimo is desperate enough to consider anywhere, but he'd need accommodation too.
It may be possible in the summer months in the UK employers might take anyone from anywhere though I doubt they'd be interested in paying for staff acommodation too.
I knew someone who worked as a chef at a hotel yet if they wanted to stay at the hotel during the winter when travel to and from was extremely difficult (it was in a rural area) they still had to pay £30 per night themselves.
He'd be happy to get work just for the summer, but the accommodation would be his downfall.
None of my family in the UK have spare rooms - even I have to share my grandsons' bedroom when I visit.
I know quite a few people who want full-time jobs but can only get part-time work, and that isn't enough to live on.
It's hard enough for people wishing to relocate within the same country without having to actually travel from another.