When you have just moved to Prague, or even better, before you make that move, you should have a general idea on jobs, and related information, and how these things work, how to go about them, in connection to Prague. Where do you look for information on jobs, what rights do you have? What do you do if you become unemployed? There are dozens of pertinent questions. Hopefully, we can help answer some of those questions.
As a foreign national working in Prague, you would be able to appreciate the exact same rights as a ‘born there’ Czech Republic citizen, providing you hold a work permit and have your residency visa. These rights include the right to choosing your profession freely, or your own will, and working anywhere within the Czech Republic.
To locate a job in Prague is a simple affair, aided by hundreds of resources. Beyond Czech Republic in country resources, or Prague in city resources, an excellent place to start looking for a job in Prague is within the European Union’s job information system, known as EURES. EURES provides access to all jobs made available within specified countries and cities on their in country sites. You can visit the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs online, or even more importantly, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs’ employment website, which offers job listings for you to search through. There are also the Jobcentres of the Labor Office, which since employers are obligated to list openings, offers a plethora of jobs to search through. The Prague Jobcentre offers employment options within the area of Prague itself, instead of a national listing. Jobcentre’s offer assistance, when needed in locating, and procuring a job based on the areas you, as a foreign national, are searching for. Jobcentres, and all services offered by the Labour Ministry are completely without charge.
All foreign nationals who are unemployed are automatically listed, and registered with the Prague jobseekers’ registry. To receive the services, which can be done with assistance of a labour official, you must fill out the information, and provide proof of your identity, citizenship, as well as residency, birth certificates of children, proof of any disabilities, and any educational or professional accomplishments. In the cases of disability, with proper medical documentations, there are even resources available for disability payments. The best benefit of listing oneself with the registry is in after you are duly listed with the registry, the state actually pays your social security payments, AND health insurance, until you are employed, or removed from the registry for other reasons. With this, and all the other benefits, searching for a job in Prague is a simple affair, and be quite a pleasant one, as well.