Spain : Vacancy sources

Job websites

The following websites are in English:

• EURES - European Job Mobility Portal - European jobs portal with online CVs and access to regional EURES advisers (in English).
• Eurograduate - the European Career Guide - search multinational companies offering employment in Spain.
• Exposure Jobs - professional jobs in Spain for English speakers.
• Think Spain - mainly southern-based jobs.

The following websites are in Spanish:

General

• CompuTrabajo - vacancy portal with company search and online CV.
• Infojobs - searchable vacancies and online CV.
• Infoempleo.com - vacancy search and online CV.
• Laboris - large vacancy website with careers information and course search.
• Monster (Spain) - includes company search and careers information.
• Trabajos - national vacancies and online CV.
• Primerempleo - includes vacancies where previous experience is not required.
• Expansión y Empleo - includes online CV and employment news.
• studentjob.es  - Empleo para estudiantes
• Trabajo 
• Turiempleo - jobs in tourism.
• Unique - job search site with online exercises and tests.

Graduate jobs

• Universitarios 
• Catalonia Research - jobs and research contracts in Catalonia.

Academic and teaching jobs

• Educajob - academic and educational jobs including teaching English.
• Profesores.com - teaching vacancies.

Jobs in IT

• Tecnoempleo 
• TecnoJobs 

Recruitment agencies

Recruitment agencies in Spain mainly deal with temporary work opportunities and are called Empresas de Trabajo Temporal (ETT). A searchable database of recruitment agencies is available at Empresas de Trabajo Temporal (ETTs), or use the Paginas Amarillas (Spanish Yellow Pages). The professional associations for recruitment agencies in Spain are the Asociación Estatal de Trabajo Temporal (AETT) and the Asociación de Grandes Empresas de Trabajo Temporal (AGETT).

You can post your professional CV at CV Explorer to be looked at by Spanish headhunters and recruitment agencies.

Newspapers

• Costa Blanca News - English language weekly, small employment section for mainly temporary work.
• EL Gazette - teaching English.
• El Pais classifieds - national newspaper, jobs section searchable by region and you can upload your CV.
• La Razon classifieds - national newspaper vacancy site with details of courses and employment advice.
• La Vanguardia classifieds - the vacancy website for Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia.
• Sur in English - English language weekly for southern Spain, good for jobs in the expatriate community and short-term opportunities.
• Search for newspapers in Spain at Kidon Media-Link.

Other sources

• The British Chamber of Commerce in Spain publishes a list of British companies in Spain and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain publishes some Anglo-Spanish trade directories.
• The Enterprise Europe Network and Quiero un buen trabajo list resources and contacts for setting up small companies.
• Careers fairs: EURES - European Job Mobility Portal hold an international jobs fair Spain (Feria Internacional de Empleo Universitario).
• AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) organise occasional careers fairs and Universia holds a virtual careers fair online.

Hidden vacancies

Many vacancies are found by using contacts and networking. Contact any friends and family you have in Spain and tell them you are looking for work. Personal recommendations are extremely important.

Speculative applications to companies can be effective - use the resources listed under job market. You should always contact the manager of the company or department you would like to work for. Direct phone enquiries are not uncommon but make sure that your Spanish is up to it! Alternatively you can send a speculative letter or, if it is a smaller company, take your CV in person. For examples of speculative letters, visit Quiero un buen trabajo. Always follow up a letter with a phone call or email.