DominicMarc

I recently made a thread about needing work in the Valencia city center area and had some good responses. I took the advice but sadly was lead to a few dead-ends. By this I mean we had interviews for two scam companies; one trying to take money from us and the other a telesales job selling fake products to the British public. So yeah, declined both offers with a very negative response and are now back to square one.

I have learned a greater amount of Spanish since my last post so feel confident with bar work and basic work so I will be handing out my CV tomorrow but for now does anyone know of any websites or any advice on work that us Brits would be able to do?

If anyone knows of any job offers or has any contacts that would be even better but to be honest anything you can suggest right now would be ridiculously helpful.

jojojojojo

Sounds about right. There is mass unemployment in Spain

Jo xxx

s1nkster

Hi,

I'm in the same kind of boat, there is about 6 of us looking to move to Valencia or some province of Spain to live and work. We are willing to do anything to earn our way and pay for our accomodation. Any ideas or information would be gratefully received.

Cheers, Simon.

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Lynn R

I wonder how bad it will have to get before people who ask about the possibility of finding work in Spain, with no particular skills to speak of and no knowledge of the language, will start believing the responses they get? I know the replies are overwhelmingly negative, but they seem to think people are just out to rubbish their plans, not that the replies actually reflect the truth of the situation.

jojojojojo

There is no work! There is mass unemployment. To become a resident in Spain you need to show proof of income and healthcare provision. So you need to be applying for jobs before you arrive to make sure you have work contracts

If you are planning to come over and do a bit of anything just to pay your way, you will need to engage a gestor who will help you to become an autonomo self employed, otherwise you will be working illegally and Spain are cracking down on illegals + you will have no healthcare - Autonomo will cost around 250€ a month excluding tax etc, but regardless of income (you pay even if you earn nothing) for each potential worker, but it will mean you get your healthcare covered

Jo xxx

Rosemary

Totally agree with you. In another thread Jo wrote about talking to some Spanish people who were working in England, I presume that they spoke English because otherwise they would a) not have taken the leap and b) not found work. Why is it that people expect it to be different for them than for others?

Rosemary

jojojojojo

Interestingly I've read of a young lady had told people off for their negativity cos she'd found lots of jobs - all without contracts. Sadly, her place of work was raided by the social security office last night and they seem to all be in trouble now!

gone are the days of pitching up in spain, doing a bit of this and that and living the dream!

Jo xxx

jojojojojo

They spoke very good English, but openly admitted that coming to England for work was their last resort lol!!! But they found some and were in the process of bringing their families over!

jo xxxx

Domino

sorry to hear about scam agencies but that happens everywhere, even in the big bright and bold UK, so.....
what experience do you have - degree in something useful ?
what do the cv's look like ?
used to be a time when employers would be more than happy to hire a wandering lute player as (s)he would have experience of life, making own way, endurance etc etc
but nowadays what they want is someone with relevent experience, who doesn't want much money, who isnt going to go off on a whim or pretty face.

Despite the avowed intent by the EU to allow anyone from within the borders to move anywhere within the borders it still allows nation states to decide who actually drops anchor and stays

I know its all negative, but if a few million desperate Spaniards with family responsibilities can't get a job what makes you think you are special enough to get one ??
My local painting business is so short of work he is getting his guys to paint the shop and house again just to keep them employed for an extra week in the hope others may see how smart his place looks and will get their place painted. It costs less to keep them employed on this than laying them off.

Lynn R

They do seem to, don't they? The young man I referred to in response to Jo having mentioned in her post on the other thread having met Spanish people who had found jobs in England certainly does speak good English. Not only from having studied it at school, but from having an English girlfriend here in Spain for 3 years (she has lived here since she was tiny and been through the Spanish school system for the whole of her education, so is also bilingual - her family speak Spanish at home as her mother's second husband is Spanish and does not speak English). Although he wants his girlfriend to move over to be with him, she is reluctant to go. I think she's crazy - her job prospects are dismal to non-existent over here, in spite of the fact that she's in a better position than some young British people who were brought here by their parents when they were much older and don't have her command of the language.

Domino

There was a newspaper (negative) article about the living accommodation for the cleaners at the Olympic stadium (converted containers, afloat in a sea of mud etc) and one of those interviewed was a Spanish woman - who said she wouldnt be staying !!

s1nkster

Thanks that was great...

Fred James

At the moment prostitution or housebreaking seem to offer the best opportunities for foreigners. The Eastern Europeans seem to be having some success in that area.

Apart from that there aren't too many opportunities around.

Fredbargate

A positive post at last.