Italy : Vacancy sources

Job websites

There are a large number of online recruitment services and job vacancy websites for Italy, including:

• Alta Mira - job listings;
• Assioma - vacancies and details of free job-seeking courses for graduates;
• Cambio Lavoro - job listings;
• Clicca Lavoro - job listings;
• EURES - European Job Mobility Portal - provides information about job vacancies, living and working conditions, and labour markets in Italy, as well as a CV-posting service for jobseekers;
• Job Italy - help and advice for employment searching;
• Lavorare.net - job listings for graduates and offers from non-governmental organisations;
• Mondo Lavoro - job listings from around Italy;
• Primo Lavoro - specialises in first jobs;
• Stepstone Italy - career information and job listings.

Recruitment agencies

Some UK-based employment agencies deal with international vacancies or have branches abroad, including in Italy. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has lists of approved UK agencies.

Euro-CIETT is the European organisation of the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT). Visit the website for details of their European members.

Alternatively, the English Yellow Pages for Italy has a list of employment and recruitment agencies. There are also regional branches of this publication, with one for Rome and one for Milan.

Newspapers

Vacancies are published in the general or specialised Italian press. There is a wide range of Italian newspapers, both regional and national, carrying job vacancies. The main papers are:

• Corriere Della Serra 
• La Repubblica 
• La Stampa 
• Il Sole 24 Ore 

Kidon Media-Link is a useful resource for a list of Italian newspapers.

Other sources

Employment centres (centri per l'impiego) and guidance services (servizi di orientamento) can also help in your search for work. 

Hidden vacancies

It is common in Italy to apply speculatively to organisations. Personal contacts are also very important - a lot of work is found by word of mouth. Family businesses still make up a large portion of the businesses in smaller urban and rural areas. You must be prepared to network extensively. This kind of approach works particularly well in language schools, hotels, restaurants and large companies, particularly in large cities.

Details on where to find lists of companies, which can be used for speculative applications, can also be found in job market, in the companies section.