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The best websites to look for jobs in Spain

If you’re looking for your next career challenge in Spain or indeed are new to the country and are looking for employment, here are some of the best websites to look for jobs.

Published: 15 March 2023 14:44 CET
The best websites to look for jobs in Spain
The best job websites in Spain. Photo: Oleksandr Pidvalnyi / Pixabay

Unless you’re retired or moving to Spain to retire, one of the most important things you’ll need to do when you first arrive, or even before you arrive, is to look for a job. It can be a little daunting knowing where to look when you’re in a new country, but we’ve got you covered with some of the best job websites in Spain.

Or perhaps you’ve lived here for several years and are looking to take on new career responsibilities and improve your prospects. If you always get stuck looking at the same job sites, you may want to take look below and broaden your options. 

READ ALSO: Not just English teaching: The jobs you can do in Spain without speaking Spanish

The Local Jobs

Did you know that at The Local we also have our own job site? You can find it under the jobs tab under the logo on the homepage and choose from careers in Spain including education & teaching, software engineering, sales and customer service. Most of the job descriptions are written in English too, so it’s one of the best places to look if your Spanish is not quite up to scratch yet.  

InfoJobs

InfoJobs continues to be the leading job search portal in Spain, ever since it was launched in 1988. It’s the best place to start when searching for a job here, with listings of thousands of vacancies across the country and across various industries too. Large corporations such as Telefónica, Clece and Sacyr publish hundreds of job offers daily. It also allows you to set various filters when searching, including work-from-home and hybrid positions.

Infoempleo

Infoempleo enables users to register for free and upload their CVs to the site. If you can understand Spanish, the blog section is particularly helpful with several articles with tips and news related to employment in Spain. They also have a section on courses and study centres throughout the country, in case you need to brush up on your skills first.

LinkedIn

One of the most comprehensive jobs sites out there, LinkedIn is of course one of the best places to search for jobs worldwide, not just in Spain. You can select the search terms for the jobs you want, as well as preferred locations. As many of you are probably already aware, LinkedIn is not only great for searching for jobs, but of course for making professional connections online and putting your CV online, so that potential recruiters can search you out too.

Laboris

One of the most important online employment agencies in Spain, the site allows companies to sign up and publish their first two job offers for free. It also has a geolocation service that allows candidates to know which jobs are closest to their homes.

Indeed

Indeed, allows you to search through thousands of jobs online to find your next career move and has several tools to help you such as improving your CV.  One of the best aspects of it is it has thousands of opinions from users and candidates who have already had the experience of working for the same company or have already been through the interview process.

Trabajamos

Trabajamos is a social employment site that is ideal for those who are self-employed, with more than 60,000 users and 13,000 job ads published. Under the section ‘Demands and services’ professionals from all fields have the opportunity to upload a professional description about themselves, a photo and details on what they charge per hour for certain services.

El País / Monster

The joint initiative of the newspaper El País and the American employment portal, Monster is another great option. As well as searching, the page allows you to save the jobs you’re most interested in so you can look at them any time and don’t have to search again. It also enables you to upload your CV and see which companies are interested or have been looking at it.

Adecco

The Adecco website covers both employment and career guidance and is specialised in Human Resources. As well as being a job site, it also has 280 offices throughout Spain. The company focuses on certain sectors in particular and is best for jobs in hospitality, audio-visual, logistics, motoring and transport.  

Milanuncios

Milanuncios is not solely a job website, it’s also a place to look for second-hand items for sale, search for professional services or even find apartments for rent. It does have a section on employment, however, which allows candidates and companies to get in contact with each other directly. Be aware though, that there can be some job scams posted on the site, so look out for any positions that sound too good to be true or ask you to pay any money in order to apply.  

Noticiastrabajo

Noticiastrabajo specialises in employment, labour rights, economy, benefits and admin. Job boards are published daily with offers from large multinationals such as Mercadona, Leroy Merlin, Bricomart, Decathlon and Primark, among many other leading companies looking to recruit. One of the best parts about it is that it clearly states accurate salaries, the number of hours and how to send your CV. It even gives you tips on how to pass the job interview.

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WORKING IN SPAIN

How Spain will allow workers to keep claiming unemployment benefits

Following an agreement with trade unions the Spanish government is seeking to reform unemployment benefits, including paying unemployed people more and allowing some workers who find a job to keep claiming benefits.

Published: 9 May 2024 11:22 CEST
How Spain will allow workers to keep claiming unemployment benefits

Spain’s Ministry of Labour signed an agreement with trade union leaders on Wednesday to reform unemployment benefits, known as el paro in Spain.

This comes amid ongoing government attempts to reform unemployment protections in the country. The first proposal was voted down in January in Spain’s Congress of Deputies by right-wing opposition parties the Partido Popular and Vox, as well as far-left, former government coalition member Podemos.

Political pundits in the Spanish press believe this second attempt, especially with the new reforms agreed with unions, will be enough to get Podemos on board and therefore through Congress.

The agreement was made without the input of employers’ groups, however. Among many new measures the deal increases the amount of unemployment payment available, broadens the groups that benefit it and even makes it possible to claim unemployment benefits while in work for a short period.

“This is not a little payment, this is a right,” said Spain’s Labour Minister, Yolanda Díaz, at the signing ceremony together with the general secretaries of Spain’s two major trade unions, the CCOO and UGT. The reform, Díaz stated, is intended to help “the lives of those who are having the hardest time” in Spanish society. The reforms were a requirement for Spain to receive its next tranche of European funds.

The key reforms

Benefit increase

Unemployment benefits are being increased. Like with other types of state aid, it is calculated as a percentage of the public indicator of multiple effects income (IPREM).

The draft bill raises the amount to 95 percent of the IPREM in the first six months (around €570 per month) and to 90 percent (€540 per month) in the following six months and, finally, maintains the current 80 percent (€480 per month) or the period thereafter.

Another important change is that the benefit will be the same whether the applicant was previously in part-time or full-time work, something intended to benefit women because the majority in part-time work in Spain are women.

Benefits become compatible with employment

Perhaps the most eye-catching aspect of the draft reform is that it is now technically possible to be both claiming el paro and be employed if you earn less than €1,350 gross per month.

By making the two compatible, it will be possible to receive a salary and unemployment benefit for a maximum of 180 days (6 months), regardless of whether the employment is full-time or part-time. In practice, this will be only available to those who have previously worked and paid taxes for three and half years.

The aim of the work and benefits compatibility, sources from the Labour Ministry say, is to encourage workers’ reintroduction into the labour market.

The amount of unemployment aid will depend on the length of the working day and also on how long the benefit has been received, so that the longer you have been receiving it, the lower the amount, which is also calculated as a percentage of the IPREM. It will range from €480 a month to €180.

Though some details still need to be confirmed, according to the reform, it will not be possible to combine work and unemployment benefits before April 2025.

The benefit will be lost if the gross monthly salary is higher than 225 percent of the IPREM, €16,200 gross per year in 12 payments, or €1,350 per month.

Speeding up processes

The reforms also try to speed up the procedures when claiming unemployment benefits.

The Ministry wants to get rid of the one-month waiting period after unemployment benefits run out, but will also tighten up the deadlines: if you apply for benefit six months after the benefit has run out, your application will now be rejected.

Widening the scope

The reform proposal also extends the groups of people who can access unemployment benefits. It will also now be paid to those without dependents who have paid social security contributions for less than six months, and to temporary workers in the agricultural sector.

Equally, whereas before it was necessary to prove a lack of income in order to be eligible, this required evidence of both personal and family unit income, with this reform only one will be required.

Workers over 52

The agreement also maintains the retirement contribution for recipients over 52 years of age at 125 percent of the minimum base in force at any given time.

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