天美麻豆

Hello

I worked in Budapest for six months in the late 1990ies, and it was difficult to make a living as an ESL instructor, but I was certainly able to do it.聽
Returned a couple of years ago, and found that it wasn't a viable option in the least.聽 Individuals had to have a tax id # or be sponsored by someone who would be paying taxes on any income earned.聽 Teaching ESL 'under the table' just simply wasn't an option any longer.聽
As for other fields of employ, I have no idea, but my experience was that Hungary is a tough nut to crack for employment; the Hungarians are fiercely proud and protective of their own culture/country/heritage --justifiably so -- and many even continue to resent the Treaty of Trianon.聽
Never-the-less, if you can find a way of befriending some of the locals, they'll be just a fiercely proud to defend you as their own personal friend, so聽 . . . it's a beautiful history and culture and--dare I say?--Language too! if I could find a way of making a decent living in Budapest, I'd be there on the next plane!

Not sure about freelance work, suppose if you were good with the internet and could set up web sites or something like that there could be a need for it here.
I know wages are low so freelance work at home would be nice.
I was offered a job just by being with my Hungarian husband while we went into one of the money changing shops. They had a sign written in Hungarian saying they were looking for an English speaking person. Sort of odd since many can't read Hungarian who only speak English.
He joked with the guy telling him he would like to see me out of the house working and the guy was serious said no problem I could work as a clerk in the shop without having to speak any Hungarian.
Probably was not a great paying job, I wasn't even serious enough to even ask.
I also wonder if those people handing out flyers for tour bus rides in the city speak much Hungarian or not, I see people who really don't seem to be Hungarians at all handing those out. Probably again, not a big paying job and most likely just commission.
If someone is desperate to work they probably could find a little something here.
IT skills are needed here for international firms.
I have no interest in working in HU and my job skills while they pay good in the US are not that great paying here in Hungary. I can deal most casino games and worked for years in Las Vegas in casinos, here in HU I do not think it is a huge paying job and one would have to be young or well connected to get hired.
I also am a hairdresser in the US and my friend from Calif. worked at a well known salon here in Budapest 10 years ago and said the pay was so low she had to quit.
Tips were so low she couldn't believe it, she didn't speak Hungarian and perhaps most clients thought she was only a helper and not a trained stylist. She was getting 100 forint tips for highlights!!
Around the year 2000, we were on holiday in Hungary. My husband was reading the paper and saw an add for a skilled machinist.He at that time was doing that in the US and the pay was good. He called for fun to see how much they paid in Hungary.
It was about equal to $4.00 an hour!! Many highly trained people here so skilled hand work does not pay like in other countries. Wages have gone up slightly since 2000 but not very much.
We used to go to a dentist that did freelance dental work at home after her day job working on teeth for a gov. office.
It was so odd, she had a chair and small office in her flat. Her husband was cooking pasta on the stove and her toddler was riding his trike in the flat while we waited our turn to have our teeth looked at.
My SIL is a chemistry teacher at one of the universities in Budapest, she does freelance house cleaning on Saturdays. Not promising here .