Moving to Spain, near Gibraltar?

Question

Any ideas how to earn a living? I work in an office here and only speak a bit of Spanish. I can't do plumbing or anything...no building skills.

Answer 1

Try these websites, they are both great forums for expats.

Answer 2

Jobs are hard to come by for people with qualifications.

Spain has high unemployment and especially so in the province of Cadiz. ( I think that the area near Gib is a ZUR; a high unemployment zone).

Assuming that you are totally unqualified and only speak English, you have little hope. Spaniards do not really like foreigners taking their jobs.

The locals speak heavily accented Spanish which is difficult to understand.

But, you could study and obtain a qualification to teach English, (try International House).

There is always grape picking or boat cleaning.

I would suggest that you go to the Costa del Sol, not Cadiz. There you could perhaps get a job as a holiday rep, if you are young and beautiful enough!

Spain has plenty of its own unqualified unemployed and the area has also pleanty of illegals looking for work.

Do not go hoping to find work; it will only end in tears. Buy an open return.

Answer 3

You're more likely to get work in one of the Casino Call Centres in Gib, but then you've got to get across the border, easier on foot!
Unless you speak reasonable Spanish, it's very hard to find work, although easier on the coast. Bars aren't so busy this time of year, this work is still a bit seasonal.
Don't come out here with too high expectations, there are so many people trying to do the same thing, Good Luck!

Answer 4

depends what you do as a trade. I'm english and have been brought up in spain. Spanish is useful to speak as many office jobs require you to be bilingual. There are a few that don't though.But just make the effort to pick it up while you're there. There are a few recruitment agencies in spain you need to get your papers sorted as in applying for an NIE number at the police station as you can't really get a job (with a contract) without one.Gibraltar should have a few jobs. If not you can always do telemarketing for my old company livingstoneestates.com they're ok to work for. I actually left spain to start a career in london as the salaries over there are crap. But if you want a chilled way of life, it's a great place to be.

Good luck

Answer 5

Gaz, depends what you mean by near...Estepona, Duquesa,Sotogrande,San Roque, La Linea. Your best bet, taking you speak little Spanish, would be to search for a job in Gibraltar, since most office work, generally Accounting and Law firms will deal with the English, but all in all you should not have a problem in any type of job.

There are many that live in Spain and commute on a daily basis to Gib to work.

On the otherhand taking you would be in what is called the Costa Del Sol (Spain), you shouldn´t have much of an issue to find a job related exclusively to tourism, where your Spanish skill level can be considered secondary...however, if you want to find a job in Spain A) You would need to have a good level of understanding and language speaking skill and B) Lucky to find one...unless it is a temporary job ...bar tender, bar waiter and I don´t know if much more...because most employemetn is quite temporary, unless you have a profession, Doctor, Architect, Lawyer, which you would also need to seek advice as to what requisites are required to undertake your profession in Spain EU.

My view..your best bet...work in Gibraltar..get paid pound sterling and better paid than in Spain...you then visit Spain to sleep on a daily basis..you will note getting paid in pound sterling and changing them to Euros...improves your standard of living in Spain.

By the way a NIE is not required anymore...EU regulation

Cheers and all the best,

Answer 6

You might want to think about working in the marinas in somewhere like Puerto Banus where there is a high percentage of English speaking clients. There are plenty of jobs on the yachts or for the services that look after them and of course office administration jobs are alwa`ys available in these places. Boats need to be maintained - cleaned and provisioned. They also need crew, if that would appeal. Plenty of jobs in Gilbralter too. I used to run a Bistro called Biancas that would have work for someone like you - it is in a large marina.

Good luck!

Answer 7

You are not going to get a lot of opportunities for anything constructive or a career! there are very few jobs worth anything in Spain, you will not be employed by spanish companies if you dont speak it fluently, and a lot of english companies want multi lingual staff...apart from crappy jobs like waitering, and odd jopbs, there is'nt much else open for you, especially during the winter months, the job market is very bad here and nowhere like it is in the UK

Contrary to another's opinion on here, you must have an NIE number, its the equivalent of the National Insurance, the first thing any employer will ask for, and here you ahve to show the documentation ( original) when you apply for a job!

It is residencia that one is not obliged to take up now under EU directives

Answer 8

thought you meant gibralter sorry
its difficult to get work in spain as a british citizen there loads of brits looking for work there
you could start working in an english bar
i only just managed to get a job in marbella enticing people to spend money on a scam so good luck

Answer 9

I admire you moving like that, a bit odf Spanish, no other skills than your current job...hey! I'd say, since you are a native English speaker, try to find something related, maybe try the airport or something related to travel.
Good luck
(Is it Cadiz you are moving to?)

Answer 10

Recently returned from a holiday in that region, lots of British bars that could employ you whilst you find something that perhaps suits you more.