Job Search Overview

Learn about the best approaches to finding a job in your target country from GoinGlobal local researchers.

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Finding a job in Spain can seem like an insurmountable task, particularly when you consider the drastic changes that the pandemic and the economic crisis have caused in the national job market. While most job information is published online nowadays, networking (both in-person and online) remains a central step in finding employment in the country.

As the pandemic accelerated the importance of online spaces and remote jobs, few positions are still published by traditional means, such as newspapers and local institutions’ billboards. The number of job offers announced in these ways has decreased significantly throughout the country.

These are the main sources you can use to find a job in Spain:

Professional associations
Chambers of commerce
Government offices and social services at all levels (local, municipal, provincial, regional, national and European institutions)
Internet (specialized websites, portals, social networks
   and mobile technology apps)
Job agencies
Job fairs and career events
• Personal contacts
Temporary search firms
• University-enterprise foundations

Most of the formal sources listed above are useful when looking for a job in a big city or with international companies and public organizations, but personal contacts can often be the most effective route to finding work in Spain. Small and medium-sized local companies specifically tend to use informal methods of recruitment, such as word-of-mouth, direct networking and speculative applications.

Social media is a useful and quick way to find professional communities near you, so you can begin networking in your field. This has become particularly relevant with the pandemic, which forced many firms to close their offices and require most employees to work from home. As such, even more jobs have become fully remote positions, and many employers are looking for new candidates online.

This is just a brief sample of the extensive information in the GoinGlobal Spain Career Guide, which is carefully researched and regularly updated by career experts.

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