Jobs overseas for mature folk

BigAunty

Can you suggest some jobs overseas suited to those of semi-retirement age, ones that don't pay at a subsistence rate, perhaps may have cheap accommodation provided?

Teaching English is one option - some countries or organisations pay better than others with some providing a liveable wage while others offer a laughable.

Campsites in Europe pay okay wages for people with maintenance/DIY skills (while those with housekeeping/cleaning jobs get a pittance by contrast).

Some companies pay ski Chalet cooks/house keepers an okay wage but generally they pay pretty much pocket money.

I understand in Iceland, it's possible to get factory and horticultural work at a fair rate (about 200 plus euros a week with a modest deduction for modest accommodation).

What else is there out there that is regular, casual, unskilled work which doesn't pay a poverty rate of pay? We get millions of migrants working in the UK so where do UK migrants go and what do they do?

agrinnall

Given that much of southern Europe has worse levels on unemployment than we do I would expect that most unskilled jobs are taken by citizens of the country or foreign workers employed illegally at below minimum wage.

I thought the wage in Iceland that you mentioned might be below the legal minimum but it turns out they don't have a minimum wage (although I think you'd struggle to do more than subsist in Iceland on 200 Euros a week).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_by_country

whodathunkit

Which languages do you speak?