Jobs in Spain

[joshpin]

Can anyone suggest easy way to find the right job in Spain ?

Thanks

[xabiachica]

Originally Posted by joshpin

Can anyone suggest easy way to find the right job in Spain ?

Thanks

Hi & welcome

Not wishing to upset your plans, but you do realise that there is about 20% unemployment here in Spain, and that around 40% of 16-25 year olds are currently unemployed??

This really isn't the best time to be thinking about coming here.

The other thing that comes to mind - are you Australian & if so do you need a visa to live & work here??

If you can come here to work I think it might be a plan to learn Spanish if you can't already speak it - and wait until the recession eases.

[xabiachica]

Just checked - if you are an Australian citizen you do need a work permit, and apply for it before you come here

Visas for Australian citizens travelling to Spain - Embajada de Australia

[laulah]

Originally Posted by xabiachica

Hi & welcome

Not wishing to upset your plans, but you do realise that there is about 20% unemployment here in Spain, and that around 40% of 16-25 year olds are currently unemployed??

This really isn't the best time to be thinking about coming here.

The other thing that comes to mind - are you Australian & if so do you need a visa to live & work here??

If you can come here to work I think it might be a plan to learn Spanish if you can't already speak it - and wait until the recession eases.

The unemployment does not necessarily affect to foreigners at least as hard as the locals. It's a different story if you are thinking about self-employment though.

I would advise getting in touch with recruitment agencies - find all big multinationals and smaller ones concentrating on international profiles and ask help. You can also send open applications directly to global companies who have departments here in your area of expertise.

Whatever you do, plan beforehand and don't rush here before you have a good understanding of what could be on offer for you. Good luck

[SteveHall]

Have you ever been to Spain, Laulah?

[jojo]

Originally Posted by SteveHall

Have you ever been to Spain, Laulah?

Runs an employment agency Steve!!!!

Jo xxx

[jojo]

Originally Posted by laulah

The unemployment does not necessarily affect to foreigners at least as hard as the locals. It's a different story if you are thinking about self-employment though.

I would advise getting in touch with recruitment agencies - find all big multinationals and smaller ones concentrating on international profiles and ask help. You can also send open applications directly to global companies who have departments here in your area of expertise.

Whatever you do, plan beforehand and don't rush here before you have a good understanding of what could be on offer for you. Good luck

Please be careful advertising your own company on here or touting for business. If you do wish to advertise you can become a premium account holder or go to our classified section


Jo xxx

[SteveHall]

Ah, runs an employment agency! Why am I not surprised? Explains everything! Well deducted Sherlock Casas!!

[jockm]

Originally Posted by joshpin

Can anyone suggest easy way to find the right job in Spain ?

Thanks

Surely Joshpin a little bit more information would be helpful before people can give you a specific reply? The forum is awash with stories of ~20% unemployment (and much higher for young people). You might be a brain surgeon or a waiter (or a tinker, or a tailor) - such little clues could potentially help to give you a more focussed reply.

Nevertheless, I would have thought targetting recruitment agencies would have a very low success rate. I imagine you would have to have specialised, in demand skills to find work this way over a person with the right to live and work in Spain (but perhaps you do? We don't know!). Right now the positions in demand in Spain (according to the published lists by each province) are pretty much for medicos medicos medicos. So if you are a doctor, you could be lucky!

[Pesky Wesky]

Originally Posted by jockm

Right now the positions in demand in Spain (according to the published lists by each province) are pretty much for medicos medicos medicos. So if you are a doctor, you could be lucky!

What list!? Can you post a link, please?