Working in Rome
If you're planning to live in Rome, unless you are very lucky, you are going to need to work there too.
Finding a job in Rome
There are several ways of looking for work in Rome, depending on what you're hoping to achieve.
If you're coming for a few months—say, you're a student on a gap year—your best bet is probably going to be working in one of the Irish bars, leading tours of the city, or teaching English.
If you're coming long term as a freelancer, it pays to have a reputation and contacts before you leave your home country. This is particularly true for journalists: there's one English-speaking freelance journalist per square metre in Rome, and sending speculative feature ideas to magazines where you aren't already known is going to put you at the end of a very long queue.
If you're planning to relocate in the long term, have the right qualifications, and reasonably good at languages, there will be more options available to you. One of the largest employers of foreigners in Rome is FAO...
Working at FAO
FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, is based in the city, and is a major employer of people from around the world in a variety of administrative and technical roles, from management positions to electricians. To find out more and browse current vacancies, see their website: Employment at FAO.
