Advice Needed Please! :)
Feb 25th 2016 | 3:42 am
#31
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Re: Advice Needed Please! :)
No, sorry, once again I have to come to his defence. Even though he's a bit blunt. What he's trying to say but people aren't listening, and what official figures never do tell you is that the real level of employment in Spain can never be known and is WAAAY better than the figures present. The majority of expats (and I'm not casting aspersions here) do not experience life in the majority of Spain only in their enclaves with their English speaking news reports. For example, around 67% working age, healthy people in my village are technically unemployed. Most of them actually do at least some work. much of it is unwritten local exchange type work though, unwritten and informal. It's still a living in that it pays at least the food bill. Sometimes quite literally with food rather than money or with wood for the fire etc etc. Though due to it's low level just bordering on poverty, albeit not as uncomfortable as the word expresses. You couldn't tax it. You really wouldn't want to, It's still part of a 'living' whichever way you look at it. These people are on the unemployment figures but have no need to change their means of gaining part of the family "income". No figures can show a healthy exchange economy. Nor would they want to. This may of course not be of any help to the OPs however it does undermine the idea of the oft quoted broken economy of Spain. Spain actually has quite a healthy albeit fairly alternative economy. It would be very difficult and certainly slow (and arguably undesirable?)to formalize such a deeply ingrained culture.
By the way, the Spanish unemployment figures exclude all kinds of people - under 35s who have never had a job, the long term unemployed, yhose who were previously self-employed, the sick or disabled. The real rate of unemployment is probably more like 35%
And by the way, the only time I see or speak to British people is when I go back to see my parents!
Feb 25th 2016 | 3:43 am
#32
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Re: Advice Needed Please! :)
If you do speak spanish then you'll find things much easier.
As has been pointed out it's probably too early to get in touch with estate agents but there are lots in Málaga and once you arrive you can just drop into a few and see what they have available in the areas you're interested in. Speaking spanish will be a big plus if you're really looking in Málaga itself as you'll find that not all agents speak English - they're not so geared up to foreign buyers/renters as they are along the coast. Meantime browse their sites to see what's available and to get an idea of prices. You can also try private lets via classified ads sites, again it'll be much easier communicating with landlords if you speak spanish.
The link Mina_alicante gave you on the other thread is definitely the best place to get an idea of employment though there are lots of online 'agencies' (which I'm sure you've found already) where you can get an idea of what's available and what kind of salary you can expect. In your position I might be enquiring about some jobs via those sites now if only to see what kind of response I'd get.
As has been pointed out it's probably too early to get in touch with estate agents but there are lots in Málaga and once you arrive you can just drop into a few and see what they have available in the areas you're interested in. Speaking spanish will be a big plus if you're really looking in Málaga itself as you'll find that not all agents speak English - they're not so geared up to foreign buyers/renters as they are along the coast. Meantime browse their sites to see what's available and to get an idea of prices. You can also try private lets via classified ads sites, again it'll be much easier communicating with landlords if you speak spanish.
The link Mina_alicante gave you on the other thread is definitely the best place to get an idea of employment though there are lots of online 'agencies' (which I'm sure you've found already) where you can get an idea of what's available and what kind of salary you can expect. In your position I might be enquiring about some jobs via those sites now if only to see what kind of response I'd get.
Feb 25th 2016 | 3:52 am
#33
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Re: Advice Needed Please! :)
i just noticed that one of the employment links mina posted allows you to post your CV - why not try that and see what response you get? It might give you a more realistic idea of what might be possible.
Feb 25th 2016 | 3:55 am
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Re: Advice Needed Please! :)
If your partner has IT qualifications, and I mean high level programming, computer science, etc. He might be alright closer to Barcelona or Madrid, elsewhere I would be less optimistic. I have a PhD in physics and have applied to plenty of research positions in BCN and didn't even get a 'no thank you'. The few high end jobs are in massive demand, as well as the low end. Also, beware, there is a lot cronyism, incompetance and corruption in place, with bosses employing their partners/family members/friends, who were generally incompetent. It was rife at the last place I worked - a lot of jobs are already sewn up (but that happens everywhere I suppose).
Have you thought about setting up an online business? Your boyfriend, with his IT skills etc?? It might be a better bet. Many young Spanish now try this path (if not flocking to Germany or the UK for work!)
I certainly won't talk you out of it. I moved here 3 years ago (with Spanish girlfriend) and at first I thought I had no chance of getting work here or enjoying it but I finally did get a job. Try to make Spanish friends; it can help a lot to network and get your name about.
On a personal note I have enjoyed it here. I am not a massive fan of the sun so that doesn't really enter the equation but the lifestyle is better. I love the food (better than French or Italian in my opinion but not as arrogant!) The fact that you can walk around town safely at night and go for a caña and tapa is priceless. Give it a go!
Have you thought about setting up an online business? Your boyfriend, with his IT skills etc?? It might be a better bet. Many young Spanish now try this path (if not flocking to Germany or the UK for work!)
I certainly won't talk you out of it. I moved here 3 years ago (with Spanish girlfriend) and at first I thought I had no chance of getting work here or enjoying it but I finally did get a job. Try to make Spanish friends; it can help a lot to network and get your name about.
On a personal note I have enjoyed it here. I am not a massive fan of the sun so that doesn't really enter the equation but the lifestyle is better. I love the food (better than French or Italian in my opinion but not as arrogant!) The fact that you can walk around town safely at night and go for a caña and tapa is priceless. Give it a go!
Last edited by Leode; Feb 25th 2016 at 3:58 am.
Feb 25th 2016 | 4:06 am
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Re: Advice Needed Please! :)
La firma tecnológica Ciklum se instala en el PTA para generar...
but to counter it, El 42% de los trabajadores malagueños cobra menos del salario mínimo . SUR.es
