Job Hunt

[CollCarr]

Hi All,

I am a young professional hoping to return to la vida espanola prontisimo. I will certainly need to work while in Spain, though I'm not particular to a specific profession or comunidad. Is is safe to arrive without a contract? Is there a general region/job that has a high labor demand? Are there useful job search engines or other resources to find job postings? I have already scoured the like of El Pais's job pages and the careerbuilder.es page.

Thank you very much for any suggestions!

Cheers,

Colleen

[jojo]

Originally Posted by CollCarr

Hi All,

I am a young professional hoping to return to la vida espanola prontisimo. I will certainly need to work while in Spain, though I'm not particular to a specific profession or comunidad. Is is safe to arrive without a contract? Is there a general region/job that has a high labor demand? Are there useful job search engines or other resources to find job postings? I have already scoured the like of El Pais's job pages and the careerbuilder.es page.

Thank you very much for any suggestions!

Cheers,

Colleen

Assuming you are totally fluent in Spanish, then you may stand a small chance of getting work without any qualifications. If you arent fluent - well times are really hard here, possibly worse than the UK.

Try looking at the "Sur" newspaper on line?? Or Steve Wall, one of the guys on here has some links on his signature??

Jo

[SteveHall]

I never want to burst anyone's bubble - please read all the similar threads - but in Spain the declared figures are that 192,658 people lost their jobs in October alone (18% unemployment in Andalucia!) and with a large proportion of that percentage who would be very happy to work for money that you will probably not be prepared to get out of bed for.

If you have a job with income wherever you are I would be VERY cautious indeed about coming here unless you speak FLUENT Spanish and even then.......

[CollCarr]

Si, hablo bien el espanol aunque no soy una nativa..

Se que hay problemas economicas, pero solamente estuve pregunatandoles para sugerencias de sitios de web o estrategias de buscar....

Por favor, si hay una persona k tenga sugerencias, le agradezco cualquier forma de ayuda que me pueda ofrecer.

Otra vez, gracias.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by CollCarr

Si, hablo bien el espanol aunque no soy una nativa..

Se que hay problemas economicas, pero solamente estuve pregunatandoles para sugerencias de sitios de web o estrategias de buscar....

Por favor, si hay una persona k tenga sugerencias, le agradezco cualquier forma de ayuda que me pueda ofrecer.

Otra vez, gracias.

As Steve says there are a lot of Spanish natives out of work here too. I guess you need to trawl the web or maybe come over for a visit and see what you can find! Good luck anyway, you never know.....!

Jo

[chris(madrid)]

You'd be stone CRAZY to come with nothing but hope.

I know folk that found work last year - and as the last in they were the first out. With less than 6 months contributing to the DHSS here you will not be eligible for the dole. And what dole you will get will be about a month.

And please don't take me wrong - but if that is your level of Spanish - you will NOT be high on the list.

You need to be FLUENT not just reasonable. There are 1000's of bilingual Spaniards (mixed marriage kids) here now. They're fighting for 1000Euro/month jobs.

[CollCarr]

thank you for your unsolicited, pessimistic commentary on the economy; as a trained economist, i understand your naive perception of labor markets and can correctly reject your claims that there are "no jobs in spain" (for further evidence, please pick up a copy of loquo, el pais, el sur, etc....). perhaps you are in the tourism, real estate, or construction industries, where knowledge of spanish is irrelevent and where economic crises lead to significant reductions in unskilled laborers.

regardless of your profession, it is clear by your pessimism that you have not adopted the spanish way of life and therefore, per the guidelines of this forum, you should not be offering advice.

thank you to those with sound advice re: job search engines, etc.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by CollCarr

thank you for your unsolicited, pessimistic commentary on the economy; as a trained economist, i understand your naive perception of labor markets and can correctly reject your claims that there are "no jobs in spain" (for further evidence, please pick up a copy of loquo, el pais, el sur, etc....). perhaps you are in the tourism, real estate, or construction industries, where knowledge of spanish is irrelevent and where economic crises lead to significant reductions in unskilled laborers.

regardless of your profession, it is clear by your pessimism that you have not adopted the spanish way of life and therefore, per the guidelines of this forum, you should not be offering advice.

thank you to those with sound advice re: job search engines, etc.

Sorry to stick my nose in, but if your comments are directed at Chris, from what I know he's married to a Spanish lady and has been for a very long time, has lived in Spain for at least 10 years, possibly longer, prior to that travelled the world, is fluent in Spanish and works for the Town Hall in Madrid. He is totally intergrated into the Spanish way of life and family

I havent been in Spain for very long, but I can totally recognise what he's saying. I'm watching people around me, both Spanish and British alike losing jobs (professional and manual) and not able to find any new work. I know there are a few jobs around, but to come over and assume you will pick one up easily is very dangerous - why would you??. I think thats what Chris is saying and I value his opinion 150%!!

Jo

[SunnySpain]

Monster jobs is always a good one, so I'm told.

Saying that I would not fancy a job as a "monster" though

[SteveHall]

CollCarr,

Not absolutely sure who your temper tantrum was addressed at but with an attitude like that I can guarantee you will struggle.

If you ask for comment on a public forum you will get it ...... if it doesn't happen to be the answe you want, well, that's life.