Are you interested in getting paid working in Ukraine? Or thinking is this even possible as a foreigner right now with the current war in Ukraine? Find out everything you need to know about working in Ukraine.
Main Industries
Agriculture, energy, aircraft and aerospace, banking and finance, chemicals, food industry, it, mining, petroleum, automotive and the defence industry.
Best Places to Get Employment
Kyiv is the capital and where most companies are based. Other large cities include Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Donetsk, Lviv, Zaporizhzhya, Kryvyi Rih, Sebastopol, Mykolaiv, Mariupol and Luhansk. Due to the war with Russia a lot of these cities are not currently safe to visit and some are under Russian occupation. For a lot of seasonal jobs especially in the agriculture industries these positions tend to be in very rural locations.
Seasonal Jobs in Ukraine
Every year Ukraine export millions of tons of products from sunflower oil, maize, wheat, rapeseed and barley and thousands of people are employed in the farming and agriculture industries.
Visa
As a foreigner wanting to work in Ukraine you must get a permit to enter the country and a work visa is issued after an offer of employment. You can find vacancies online and there are also lots of international companies operating in Ukraine which hire international staff.
Voluntary Work in Ukraine
Ukraine is currently facing a humanitarian crisis due to the ongoing conflict with Russia which has shocked the world. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have left the country, leaving behind their homes and whole lives.
The situation is really heartbreaking with whole towns and cities being destroyed and thousands of innocent civilians dying. You might be feeling powerless watching the situation unfold, but there are though lots of ways how you can help Ukrainian refugees right now.
If you would like to volunteer abroad, there are lots of international humanitarian organisations working on the ground and operating in Ukraine which hire international staff.
If you don’t feel safe travelling to Ukraine right now there are lots of organisations in neighbouring countries like Romania, Poland, Moldova and other countries in Europe and around the world where you can can play a small role in offering assistance through donating, fundraising and volunteering.
Working in Ukraine FAQ
Population
37,000,000
Currency
The hryvnia.
Language
Ukrainian