How to get a seasonal job in Finland or Poland - work on collecting strawberries
With the onset of spring and summer, there are more and more willing not only to earn money in the summer, but also to spend time in nature.
As an option - to collect strawberries onplantations of Poland or Finland, where the working season begins in May, when the planting of young plants takes place, and ends with the clearing and preparation of plantations for the winter in September.
At the very collection of strawberries on average takes one summer month - July. And for such a short time on the plantations of Finland alone there are about five thousand people working!
On average, they have earnings of about 800-1400 eurosper month. In order to get a job, you need to know not only what it is, but how to properly draw up all the necessary documents. Finland, for example, gladly accepts foreigners (the same Russians) for seasonal work to collect strawberries.
And I must say that the reviews are similar workgets exceptionally good. So, this kind of work can last up to three months. In Finland and Poland, a lot of planting strawberries, but there is a catastrophic lack of workers. First of all, those who can and want to work constantly, and therefore anyone who wants to help in these countries will be unspeakably happy.
To go to collect strawberries, do not needTo know in an ideal Finnish or Polish languages (it is possible and at all to not know), the permission to stay in a foreign country is also not required. The most important thing is your desire, endurance and strong back. Otherwise, you will be more tormented at such work, and not get pleasure from it.
Visa application
First of all, you need to do a visa. Without it, unfortunately, the collection of strawberries in Finland does not deal with Poland. The document should be prepared in advance. Best of all - three months before the start of the season. To apply for a visa, you need to obtain an invitation to work from the Polish or Finnish side.
Everyone can receive such an invitation himself,having addressed in one of set of strawberry plantations, having found their sites on the Internet. You should also do without intermediaries - you need to do everything yourself, so reliable and more correct.
Moreover, for example, the Embassy of Finlandwarned that for the seasonal worker to submit documents can only he, and not third parties. The only "but" offers of Finnish and Polish companies are likely to be in Finnish and Polish, respectively.
Schedule
So, one more important information that you should know is the approximate schedule of your work during the collection of strawberries. Many people think that this is a kind of recreation,combined with pleasant work. In part, it is. Usually the working day starts at six o'clock and lasts eight hours. Of course, there is a lunch break. Under the contract, the employer can provide you with accommodation and meals. This is discussed separately.
You will receive money either for quantitycollected berries, or for the number of hours spent at work. In the first case, it seems that you can earn more, but this is not always the case, because all the same work is monotonous and time-consuming. It is also necessary to remember that the work will take place in the open air, which will be useful for everyone.
And in good and sunny weather, docollecting strawberries is a pleasure. So, if you are determined to spend your summer vacation with benefit for your wallet and health - safely start collecting documents for a trip to Poland or Finland.
Author: Katerina Sergeenko
