{"id":1350,"date":"2022-05-11T12:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2022-05-11T12:19:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:19:15","slug":"work-in-spain-employment-guide-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/blog\/immigration\/work-in-spain-employment-guide-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Working in Spain: a guide to employment in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working in Spain is a topic that worries most foreigners who move to this country for permanent residence. Legal work in this country is only possible if you have a residence permit with the right to work in Spain.<\/p>\n<h2>Work permit in Spain<\/h2>\n<p>A work permit in Spain is what is required for legal employment. If at the beginning of the 2000s almost any illegal immigrant could easily find a job and thus last three years before receiving the coveted residence, now this has become almost impossible. Employers do not risk hiring personnel who do not have permission to work in Spain, because&#8230; the likelihood of an inspection by the labor inspectorate and the imposition of large fines is very high. The economic loss from penalties will be several times greater than the benefit from an illegal worker. In addition, the labor market has a huge selection of unemployed specialists who have permission to work in Spain, so filling vacancies with illegal immigrants makes no sense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/type\/vnj\/\">Residence permit in Spain<\/a> (residence) can be either with the right to work or without the right to work. Those. a person can be in the country absolutely legally, but not have a work permit in Spain. It would seem like a small problem to ask for permission. But in reality everything turns out to be not so simple.<\/p>\n<p>As a rule, <a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/residence-permit-in-spain\/\">residence permit without the right to work<\/a> requests are made by foreign citizens who have financial independence (or only pretend that they have such independence) and thereby convince the Spanish consulate and the country&#8217;s migration services that they do not plan to work in Spain, take away jobs from the local population, apply for social and medical services, etc. Therefore, it is very difficult to convert the original non-work residence into a working one.<\/p>\n<p>In this case there are two ways out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>open your own business and apply for the right to work in Spain as an entrepreneur or founder entrepreneur (i.e. the right to be self-employed);<\/li>\n<li>wait for permanent residence (residencia de larga duraci\u00f3n) after five years of legal residence in the country, which automatically gives the right to both live and work in Spain in any capacity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you initially obtained a residence permit with the right to work in Spain (for example, by settlement), then it is important to remember that in the first year there may be restrictions on a geographical basis: you will need to work in the province in which the documents were issued. Starting from the second year, in case of successful extension of the residence, this restriction is lifted.<\/p>\n<p>The Alegria company provides assistance with opening a residence permit with the right to work in Spain. This type of residence allows you to legally work in the country or open your own business. Details can be found here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4CaNFxPR95\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/work-residence-permit-spain\/\">\u041e\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0412\u041d\u0416 \u0441 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0443 \u0432 \u0418\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00ab\u041e\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0412\u041d\u0416 \u0441 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0443 \u0432 \u0418\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438\u00bb &#8212; Alegria Service\" src=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/service\/work-residence-permit-spain\/embed\/#?secret=AS9fvWnS1v#?secret=4CaNFxPR95\" data-secret=\"4CaNFxPR95\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How to find a job in Spain?<\/h2>\n<p>Finding a job in Spain is difficult, but not impossible. To do this, you need to use all existing ways &#8211; one of them will work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Word of mouth, local associations, friends, friends of friends.<\/li>\n<li>Local city and regional advertising publications, where vacancies are constantly published and where you can place a free job advertisement.<\/li>\n<li>Social networks, official pages and channels of companies where vacancies are published.<\/li>\n<li>Company websites where you can leave your resume.<\/li>\n<li>Job sites.<\/li>\n<li>Local employment service, where you can register (although this path can be called the most ineffective).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Work in Spain: job sites<\/h2>\n<p>There are several large job sites in Spain. Among the leaders are the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>InfoJobs<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infojobs.net\/\">https:\/\/www.infojobs.net\/<\/a>) \u2013 the largest portal for job search;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trabajos<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trabajos.com\/\">https:\/\/www.trabajos.com\/<\/a>) is another of the oldest Spanish job search sites, where more than 100,000 vacancies are currently published;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infoempleo<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoempleo.com\/\">https:\/\/www.infoempleo.com\/<\/a>) \u2013 a site for finding work both in Spain and abroad;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indeed<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/es.indeed.com\/?from=gnav-homepage\">https:\/\/es.indeed.com\/?from=gnav-homepage<\/a>) \u2013 a job aggregator site that saves time on searching and combines advertisements from various sites according to specified parameters;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Empl\u00e9ate<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empleate.gob.es\/\">https:\/\/www.empleate.gob.es\/<\/a>) is the official government website with vacancies open on the labor market within the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the sites you can not only create a competent resume using a template, but also get an idea of the labor market, the demand for certain specialists in different regions, salary levels by sector and specialty, etc.<\/p>\n<p>It is convenient to subscribe to news and posted vacancies. Often, after publishing a resume, private recruiting agencies get in touch and are ready to cooperate.<\/p>\n<h2>Working in Spain without knowing the language<\/h2>\n<p>We will not say that working in Spain without knowledge of the language is only possible in manual or unskilled positions. If the Spanish language is only in the process of being studied, but there are other foreign languages \u200b\u200bat a good level, this will not create any particular obstacles in finding a job. And even on the contrary, it is worth focusing your efforts on finding vacancies in companies engaged in the service sector for foreign citizens.<\/p>\n<p>It is no secret that Spain has long been a favorite holiday destination for the British, Germans and Scandinavians. In large English urbanizations, as well as sports centers, golf clubs, bars, restaurants, and real estate agencies operating within them, a considerable part of the staff does not speak Spanish at all.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"yellow_bg\">It is also possible to work in Spain without knowing the language online, through outsourcing to foreign companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a minimum knowledge of the language will allow you to work in the service sector (cleaning, caring for the elderly, etc.) and in agriculture (seasonal picking of fruits and vegetables, work in vegetable warehouses, etc.).<\/p>\n<h2>Work in Spain for Russians<\/h2>\n<p>Working in Spain for Russians does not have any special differences. The main requirements for applicants are a work permit in Spain, knowledge of Spanish and\/or other foreign languages, and knowledge of Russian if working with Russian-speaking clients or partners is expected. There are no restrictions or benefits in the Spanish employment market for Russian citizens.<\/p>\n<h2>Work in Spain for Belarusians<\/h2>\n<p>Working in Spain for Belarusians also does not involve any benefits or restrictions. <a href=\"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/blog\/immigration\/how-to-move-to-spain-from-belarus\/\">Belarusians in Spain<\/a> can work as employees in any sector of the economy, register as individual entrepreneurs, open their own business and independently develop it as a manager.<\/p>\n<h2>Work in Spain for Ukrainians<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"yellow_bg\">Ukrainians arriving in Spain as refugees in 2022 will receive a residence permit with the right to work for a period of one year, with the possibility of a subsequent extension for another year (provided that Spain does not curtail the temporary protection program).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thus, immediately after receiving documents, Ukrainians can get a job in any field, and this will be absolutely legal employment in compliance with all labor legislation, social contributions and the right to social services.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Spain does not create jobs specifically for arriving Ukrainian citizens, so the search for work must be carried out on the general labor market, competing with citizens of the country and permanent residents.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working in Spain is a topic that worries most\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-blog","category-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alegria-service.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}