Demand for English speaking finance / admin staff in Spain?

[leon_telford]

High or low?

I've got a decent CV just testing the water though.

[jojo]

Low! If you're totally fluent in Spanish - still low. There are one or two telesales jobs around for english speakers, but they're not very secure or well paid

Jo xxx

[leon_telford]

Originally Posted by jojo

Low! If you're totally fluent in Spanish - still low. There are one or two telesales jobs around for english speakers, but they're not very secure or well paid

Jo xxx

Cheers, its not a long term thing so I'm prepared to drop to a fairly low salary you see.

Got a few places in mind, Spain, Dubai, Greece and Cyprus.

[jojo]

Originally Posted by leon_telford

Cheers, its not a long term thing so I'm prepared to drop to a fairly low salary you see.

Got a few places in mind, Spain, Dubai, Greece and Cyprus.

I dont know about the other countries, altho I suspect the european ones will be similar to Spain, all still trying to climb out of the recession. If you're single (no dependants) and have savings or an alternative income, you could come over and see how you find it - either you'll find something or you'll just have a bit of a holiday???

Jo xxx

[leon_telford]

Originally Posted by jojo

I dont know about the other countries, altho I suspect the european ones will be similar to Spain, all still trying to climb out of the recession. If you're single (no dependants) and have savings or an alternative income, you could come over and see how you find it - either you'll find something or you'll just have a bit of a holiday???

Jo xxx

Yes valid point about the recession, no kids etc so i'm a free man so don't really have to consider anyone else in what I do, the majorty of my expeirence is office work which I guess is a bummer when considering these places as Id imagine most the jobs are tourism based?

[jojo]

Originally Posted by leon_telford

Yes valid point about the recession, no kids etc so i'm a free man so don't really have to consider anyone else in what I do, the majorty of my expeirence is office work which I guess is a bummer when considering these places as Id imagine most the jobs are tourism based?

Most of the type of jobs I think you're talking about will, without doubt require you to be fluent in written and spoken spanish and have knowledge of the Spanish crazy way of doing things! I work in telesales in a tourist company and like I say, its us lowly telesales people who are the only real category to get away without being fluent. My boss only gets away without being totally fluent cos he has a bilingual secretary. In fact all the other departments in my company are spanish and actually speak very little english (and enjoy making us speak spanish if we need to talk to them!!!!!?) The end result for most companies here is that they need to converse in Spanish

Jo xxx

[leon_telford]

Originally Posted by jojo

Most of the type of jobs I think you're talking about will, without doubt require you to be fluent in written and spoken spanish and have knowledge of the Spanish crazy way of doing things! I work in telesales in a tourist company and like I say, its us lowly telesales people who are the only real category to get away without being fluent. My boss only gets away without being totally fluent cos he has a bilingual secretary. In fact all the other departments in my company are spanish and actually speak very little english (and enjoy making us speak spanish if we need to talk to them!!!!!?) The end result for most companies here is that they need to converse in Spanish

Jo xxx

Cheers for the advice Jo

Out of interest what sites would you recommend to find the said jobs?

[jojo]

Recruitment | Situations vacant | myservicesdirectory.com | surinenglish.com for the costa del sol

Free Ads & Online Classifieds, Buy & Sell Classified Ads in Spain | Friday-Ad.co.uk Has a few

Jo xxx

[leon_telford]

Originally Posted by jojo

Recruitment | Situations vacant | myservicesdirectory.com | surinenglish.com for the costa del sol

Free Ads & Online Classifieds, Buy & Sell Classified Ads in Spain | Friday-Ad.co.uk Has a few

Jo xxx

Cheers

[alanzani1974]

I am actually recruiting a ot of staff who used to work for the spanish civil service. Very trustworthy people and I meet alot of them at my kids schools