Did you see an interesting article in El Pais a while ago about working in Spain? The article is fascinating because it illustrates an extraordinary problem and one that you may not necessarily appreciate, least of all if you are thinking of coming to Spain to work. In short, Spain has an ‘over qualified’ workforce – with 31% of Spaniards [...]
CULTURE SPAIN – WORK IN SPAIN AND THE SPANISH ECONOMY
So, the registered jobless total in Spain is over the 4 million mark (4.02m)! Indeed, over 20% of the Spanish working population is now unemployed, which is over twice the Eurozone average. This is dreadful news and heralds an increasingly hard time for anyone working in Spain conventionally. Indeed, the outlook for the Spanish economy looks nothing if not gloomy [...]
CULTURE SPAIN – WORK IN SPAIN
Well, this has been a busy few days! Not only have I been keeping an eye on the terrible fires in Spain (that have caused so much trauma around Valencia Province), but also I have been busy launching my new (and fifth) book. This is called ‘The Secrets to Working and Making a Living in Spain’. I am actually very [...]
WORK IN SPAIN – A PERSONAL VIEW OF SPANISH CULTURE AT WORK
I have spent the past seven years working in Spain – which has been a somewhat interesting experience. In a way, it has enhanced my life in Spain. Certainly, within the predicatable frustrations of normal day to day work, it has provided a fascinating insight into Spanish culture – or, at least, the working Spanish culture of our area. I [...]
WORK IN SPAIN – LIFESTYLE
The routine of Spanish working life varies depending upon where you live in Spain. Certainly, what happens in the big cities such as Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia is quite different from that in provincial towns and villages. The siesta, for example, whilst hardly apparent in the major cities tends to be de rigueur elsewhere. This is particularly true of Mediterranean [...]
