Working In Barcelona
 

Hello my name is Nick and I am a 19 year old from Brisbane, Australia.

I am currently saving up to travel over to Europe early 2013 and was wondering how difficult it would be to get work around Europe, particularly in Barcelona throughout the year.

I am fortunate enough to have a European passport and was wondering if anyone has advice as to how to get work or if it is possible or worth my time in a country such as Spain.

I would really appreciate some feedback.

Thanks,
Nick.
:D

Re: Working In Barcelona
 

Tough one. As a native English speaker, you could theorectically get teaching work if you took a relevant TEFL/ESL course (make sure it is the month course not the weekend one). However you wouldn't be legal, and since the authorities are cracking down on "sin papeles" it's doubtful any language school or academy would touch you with a bargepole.
Teaching jobs (and others including telesales and child-minding) in Barcelona for English speakers can often crop up here:
http://www.catalunya-classified.com/...1/Listing.aspx

Re: Working In Barcelona
 

Nick, excuse my ignorance but what is a "European Passport" ??
I thought the EU left it to member countries to issue their own.

Either you are Australian or something else, you can only have one nationality surely ? ?

Re: Working In Barcelona
 

Some countries will let you have dual nationality. It can be through marriage to a citizen of another country or you can take up nationality of a new country but still keep your own. My stepson became a New Zealand National but still has British Nationality and keeps both passports. I imagine there are people in OZ who have done the same.

See here: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/br...alnationality/

But I don't think there is such a thing as a 'european passport', just passports issued by individual countries in europe.

I think the OP would be very lucky to get any work in Barcelona in the current climate.

Re: Working In Barcelona
 

Ok - for others looking for work in Barcelona - If you do have the right papers, and also have IT skills there are various start up companies in Barcelona worth approaching-

http://about.trovit.es/jobs/ - vacancies include HR Generalist, Link Building Intern, PHP programmer and SEO Analyst

http://yuilop.com/intl/jobs/ - jobs include Visual designer for mobile, Mobile App developers (Blackberry, Nokia, android), sysadmins and dbas

http://dir.betabeers.com/post/web-de...dtonetcom-572/

http://dir.betabeers.com/post/progra...ialcarcom-568/

http://softonic.asp.infojobs.net/
Jobs include SEO Specialist, Data Analyst, BI Developer and Content Support

http://akamon.com/jobs/ jobs include CRM & Retention manager, UI designer, and UX/analytics manager

The above were job pages - the following link is for various Barcelona startups who may be worth approaching.

http://www.techbarcelona.com/

Re: Working In Barcelona
 

Dual nationality was at the back of my mind but is not state by the OP.

And there are jobs in Barcelona as there are all across Spain (do I hear cries of Rubbish from the background) but not wishing to diss a 19yo who will have had no experience and has given no details on what he has done, what he can do, that will be very hard.
Employers will only take on those who can prove their ability, they don't want to teach someone for 6months and then lose them.
It is an Employers World out there, they have all the strings, and can and do hire (and fire) at will.

And as we have discussed ad nauseum for the past 12months, even bar jobs need some sort of experience and it is a long wait to get to the front of the very very long queue of people also desperate to try something new.

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Presumably he has dual nationality. I have both Aus and Brit passports. Quite common in the colonies, don't yer know!

I'm in Barcelona ATM, and many (most?) of the expats I meet here are working as either English teachers or translators. Seems to be quite a bit of work around.

Most of the people I know who are leaving are from Central & South America and are/were working in neither of those fields.

As others have mentioned, there is certainly plenty of IT work here. Not paid nearly as well as in Aus, UK or coastal USA, though.

Just some food for thought.

Re: Working In Barcelona
 

Just saw this post pop up for Barcelona, which may be of interest to BI data analysts who'd be interested in working there. Seems a very good salary (35-45k) too. As well as SQL skills, they're looking for someone with "cohorts analysis" and data visualisation software know-how. The advert doesn't name the company (just a leading brand in the social gaming industry) but I'd place money on it being Social Point! ;)
http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/JobSearch/Jo...JobId=54800935
Edit - seems I was right, the job is advertised among others for Social Point on their jobs page http://www.socialpoint.es/jobs/

Re: Working In Barcelona
 

Hello there.

There are more english speaking jobs in Barcelona than you would think.

Here are 3 of the best places to start looking:

http://www.catalunya-classified.com/Home.aspx

http://www.infojobs.net/

http://www.loquo.com/es_es

There are many call center jobs with various companies such as sellbytell (deal with apple and othe major product lines), citibank (international banking provider), computacenter, Avis, CPM and Xerox. They are always searching for new employees so picking up a job with these should be quick and easy and give you a good start to living here. You can always search for something better after. Thats how i first got started and I now a manager in a new start up company in Barcelona which I would never have been had i not met the people in a call center that provided me with good contacts.

Barcelona is a land of opportunity for those who have the determination.

Good luck.

If you need any further advice let me know.

Bryan