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Living and working in Spain

The Spanish regions

Castilla-León

Baleares

Comunidad Valenciana

Rioja

Galicia

Asturias Cantabria País Vasco Navarra

Aragón

Murcia

Madrid

Castilla La Mancha

Extremadura

AndalucíaCanarias

CeutaMelilla

Cataluña

Unemployment rates

Castilla y León: 19,7%

Baleares: 23,2%

Comunidad Valenciana: 27,7%

Rioja: 20,5%

Galicia: 20,7%

Asturias: 21,8%Cantabria: 17,7%

País Vasco:14,9%Navarra:16,2%

Aragón: 18,6%

Cataluña: 22,6%

Murcia: 27,9%

Madrid: 19%Castilla - La

Mancha: 28,5%

Extremadura: 33%

Andalucía: 34,6%

Canarias: 33%

Ceuta: 38,5%

Melilla: 28,6%

Spain (average): 26,7%

Unemployment rates

Unemployment rates, Spain

26,7%

Labour market

• Tourist entertainment organisers (languages)• Hotel and restaurant workers in general (waiters, cooks, etc.)• Sales executives.• Helpdesk (languages)• Engineers (computers and positions with English)• Agricultural labourers (non qualified)

Shortages

Labour market

• Unskilled construction workers (building construction labourers)• Manufacturing labourers (hand packers, etc.)• Assembling labourers• Sales assistants• Cleaners• Sewing – machine operators• Lawyers

Surpluses

THE SPANISH REGIONS: THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC SECTORS (I)

High-Tech Industry, Metal-Electronics Industry, Transport, Computer Industry, Consulting, Telecommunications, Banking, ...

MADRID

THE SPANISH REGIONS: THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC SECTORS (II)

Computer Industry, Commerce and Marketing, Tourism, Automobile Industry, Health Sector…

CATALONIA

THE SPANISH REGIONS: THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC SECTORS (III)

Agriculture, Furniture, Metal Industry, Transport, Ceramic Industry, Shoes, Toys Industry, Food Industry, Marble production,

…

C. VALEN

CIANA

THE SPANISH REGIONS: THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC SECTORS (IV)

Metal Industries, Transport, Construction, Electronics, Computer Industry, …

BASK COUNTRY

THE SPANISH REGIONS: THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC SECTORS (V)

Tourism, Services, Commerce, Agriculture, Construction, …

ANDALUCÍA

Job Search

Pathways to look for a job in Spain

• Speak good Spanish: compulsory for marketing employments, work face to face with the public, etc

• Qualified Professionals: understand and speak

Language

• Check EURES network in Italy• http://eures.europa.eu • All Public Employments Services in Spain (Regional Employment

Services)• www.sistemanacionalempleo.es• www.sepe.es

• (links also available in EURES Website)

Before leaving Italy (Internet)

Job opportunities are in…

• So, you will have chances in the main Spanish cities: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia....

Regional distribution of job opportunities

If I speak Spanish

• The Public Employment Services - EURES

• The Media (newspapers, specialized magazines, etc)

• Personal contacts

• Temporary employment agencies (ETTs)

• Internet

• Spontaneous applications

I can look for jobs in…

How do I find vacancies?

If you speak Spanish…

• In every Spanish city you can find some Regional Employment Services Offices

• Local Jobcentres offer you:• Information about vacancies• Training opportunities• Advice (vocational guidance)• Information about benefits

• All the information in: www.sepe.es (links to every region)

The Public Employment Services

How do I find vacancies?

• Newspapers publish vacancies in the Sunday editions

• The main Newspapers (national distribution) are:

• EL PAIS (www.elpais.es)• EL MUNDO (www.elmundo.es)• ABC (www.abc.es)• LA VANGUARDIA (www.lavanguardia.es)

• Local newspapers offer local vacancies

The Media

How do I find vacancies?

Temporary Employment Agencies

How do I find vacancies?

Top Spanish Internet Jobsites

If you don’t speak Spanish…

• http://ec.europa.eu/eures

EURES

• http://spain.jobs.com• http://surinenglish.com• http://jobsineurope.net/spain.html• www.exposure-eu.com

Some specialized sites for foreign residents

• www.turiempleo.com

In tourist entertainment sector

How do I find vacancies?

No, I don’t speak Spanish

If I don’t speak Spanish…

• Costa Brava• Costa del Sol• Canary Islands• Balearic Islands• Big cities

Opportunities in the tourist areas / coast line

In jobs related to the tourist sector: Seasonal

Spanish is not compulsory…

• Some important call centres are based in the Spanish cities with more foreign European residents, such as Madrid, Barcelona or Malaga

• Usually you can work in call centres as a native speaker of a European language, usually with a good command of English

WORK IN CALL CENTRES

Spanish is not compulsory…

• Call centres based in Barcelona, with a permanent demand of foreign candidates:

• SELLBYTEL www.sellbytel.com • CPM INTERNATIONAL www.es.cpm-int.com • VISTAPRINT www.vistaprint.es • RIPLIFE GAMING TECHNOLOGIES www.riplife.es

WORK IN CALL CENTRES

Spanish is not compulsory

• Every year there is an important recruitment of candidates for tourist entertainment at hotel & resorts

• The suitable candidates are young people between 18 and 35 years old speaking English and native of some other European language

• The easiest way of searching for these job offers on EURES or other Jobsearch sites is entering the keywords:• “Tourist entertainers” or• “Animadores turísticos”

WORK IN TOURIST ENTERTAINMENT

Spanish is not compulsory…

• The vacancies are usually on the Balearic and Canary Islands and on the Spanish Mediterranean Coast

• Important recruitment companies in the sector:

• COSMO ANIMACIÓN http://cosmo-animacion.com • ACTTIV LEISURE PROJECTS www.acttiv.net/ • CREATICS ARTES APLICADAS www.creatics.es

WORK IN TOURIST ENTERTAINMENT

http://ec.europa.eu/eures

EURES Barcelona

Arnau Soy Massoniarnau.soy@gencat.cat

www.sepe.es

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