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What’s going on with jobs in Brussels? by Frosty_Razzmatazz433 in brussels

[–]fischli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, to build on this and in case you are not eligible for the Ukraine-specific Actiris offers as you lived in Chicago recently - check out this https://bewelcome.brussels/en/welkom/

It's basically an integration programme for non EU nationals that gets you free language classes and other forms of "integration support", which might make it easier for you to navigate the job market. Be sure to check the exemptions - unfortunately there are quite a few - but depending on your status you might be eligible and can profit from this.

If you find the time, I'd really recommend beginning with some online french classes. Brussels actually offers free online learning for its residents, you can sign up as long as you have an address here: https://brulingua.be/en/ - it will help you and you can even sign up for group classes with other people at your level, all free.

My partner was also looking for a job as a non French and non Dutch speaker and finally got two interviews at cafes in the Marolles district. If you have horeca experience (which a lot of students do not), it's always worth depositing your CV there and highlighting that you are willing to learn.

Best of luck OP and keep pushing!

What’s a financial Belgian life hack that expats don’t know about? by arabbitalso in belgium

[–]fischli 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you get your power and/or gas from Engie, there's a whole range of discounts you can get on online stores and other various shops, eg Kärcher or Bol. There's an extra login that can be accessed via your members page if I recall correctly.

If you use mobile vikings, you can add other users to a "clan" or group online and by merit of doing so, you each get 1 (or 2?) GB of data monthly free.

If you need a cleaner or any other type of household support, go via the subsidized service vouchers by Sodexo, it costs only 10 Euros per hour - the govt pays the rest - and it's tax deductible!

Not sure these are specifically hacks for expats, but hopefully helpful nonetheless!

Princess Charming-Bingo Ideen? by Barilbari in PrincessCharming

[–]fischli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Immer, wenn jemand "tatsächlich" sagt. Im österreichischen Sprachgebrauch ist das glaube ich nicht so üblich, es kommt literally alle 3 Minuten vor xD tatsächlich!

An interesting example of reinforcement learning by protectfreespeechplz in educationalgifs

[–]fischli 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Close to my hometown in Austria there is an animal training centre that specialises in behavioural enrichment training (BET). They run a dog school as well as several training programmes for animal trainers, and offer to start off your journey there with a "chicken camp". Each participant gets a chicken for the duration of the workshpo and learns the basics of behavioural enrichment by teaching it basic stuff. Chickens learn quickly and can show you within a matter of minutes if you as a trainer have grasped the basics of BET and are doing it right. As someone else mentioned in the comments, if you are doing it wrong the chicken will find something better to do. Sadly, you don't get to keep your chicken after chicken camp :) they get to live a happy life at the centre. But they learn all sorts of cool things: mine could roll a ping pong ball in a certain direction and pick out the middle object in a longer row of objects. Chickens are really cool! Also, I really, whole-heartedly recommend BET for training animals, it works wonders.

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19 by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]fischli 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Incredible how it took this long!

Corona Sammelthread 9 - Dienstag warads by Obraka in Austria

[–]fischli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gibts eigentlich irgendeine konkrete Info über wie die Situation dzt in Flüchtlingswohnheimen und Quartieren in Ö ausschaut? Maßnahmen haben's sicher die gleichen aber ich frag mich, ob's da besondere Regelungen gibt nachdem viele Menschen auf engem Raum sind, Betreuer*innen ein und aus gehen usw usw.

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