Looking for a job: EA/PA

We really should have a sticky to reply to these as they come up every day.

Before we reply we need to know a few more things. Where you are relocating from. what country passport you hold, what age your are etc.

We aren't being nosey but the rules are very different. For example (and I think I've posted this at least a dozen times in the last week alone) if you hold a 3rd country passport like UK, you will find it extremely to  get a work visa for Spain. If you hold a EU or EEA passport then very easy. 

But you do need to provide more information for anyone to be able to answer your questions. 

And how difficult would it be for a Spanish person to move to UK without speaking English to get a similar job?

It would be very easy for a foreigner to get a job in UK without speaking English, have you been here lately?! So thanks for your rude comment!

As the majority of the world do business in English I don't see a problem in asking this!

You obviously knew I was from the UK, so why make such an issue out of it.

I asked a genuine question, from a genuine soul and this is how I get treated. Thank you, I'll stay in London, they're more polite!!!

BTW first time on this site, so the hell would I know what was posted that you need a 'sticky' for? Get over your self

BTW I was enquiring about jobs not visas, 

No response? Were you automatically rude because you saw the same post without reading it? I told you my age, although that has nothing to do with Employment. As I said, I wasn't asking about a visa, but about work. Guess what, I'm bright enough to work out visas and know I'll get a golden one!

Marcliff  was not be rude  he  only  outlined  how Difficult  it  is for UK  passport  holders  to gain  employment in  Spain  due to new rules  regarding  Brexit,  The 90 day rule  have read up on that,  It is employer   who will get visa  but only after they have advertised  it to EU  citizens  first and if they cannot  find a suitable  EU citizens  for position, 

Yes this topic  comes on this  forum  3 or 4 times a week 🤔   it  is not as simple  anymore  to arrive  in Benidorm  or any other  Spanish  city and look for employment  those days  are confined  to History  books,  

You are correct  in saying  you will  remain  in London  but you should  read up on rules regarding  UK  citizens  criteria  to gain  employment  in Spain, no  I am trying to  be rude,  it  just the way things  are in Spain  and rest of  Europe  after Brexit 

With an attitude like that I would be surprised if any job offer in any country including the UK would be forthcoming.

Very  well  put, PA answered  a Phone  in Spain  with  no  Knowledge  of  Spanish,  that  for,  Only  Fools and Horse next episode 👏 

Let  her do some more research. 

It amazing  how many  UK 🇬🇧   citizens  do not  realise  the  Fully  reliase  the  consequences  of  Brexit,  every  week  here   UK citizens just think  it a matter  of arriving  in Spain  🇪🇸  and off to work they  go,

That also applies  in the rest of EU, Then the low  pay and in Costa Blanca South  Rents have  shot up,

Beckie  you have completely missed the point of Marcliff post.

Language is not the main obstacle, it’s the type of passport you hold.

As an English speaker you could hold a British passport or an Irish passport  Yes you could also hold a Canadian, US, Australian passport , which fall into the same category as UK, but as the vast majority of posters on here are British or Irish we’ll just narrow it down to those.

With a British passport you’ve got pretty much zero chance of obtaining work unless you have  skills that can’t be found in the EU. In that case your prospective employer would have to jump through hoops to get the necessary paperwork before they could offer you a job. You’d need them to complete that bit before you could apply for the necessary visa . Also costs for both parties here are quite high - so unless you have  specialist engineering skills  it’s probably never going to happen. 

With an EU passport your job opportunities are much higher, no visa involved, just the normal amount of  frustrating red tape to get you  to eventually be able to work.
Most expat business people speak Spanish, it’s necessary tool for the job, whether it’s speaking to customers or ordering supplies. Businesses here deal with lots of different nationalities, in most areas in the Costa Blanca the number of Northern Europeans (Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden etc)  now outnumber the Brits/Irish. There’s also a high number of Russians in a lot of the tourist areas. So  you see the common language  has to be the language of the country you live in. 

It’s also not like the UK,who provide translators for free for foreign speakers. Here for instance if you need to go to the doctors/hospital if you can’t speak Spanish, then you have to pay for your own translator

Also as Sligogent mentioned even though the cost of living is slightly lower than the UK, wages are much  much lower  (especially if you’re used to London wages) and taxes much higher. So  even if you qualify for a Golden Visa, as stated in another of your posts you’d have to wait for your 500k+ purchase to go through land registry before you could apply for your visa and before you could then apply for residency. Then you could look for employment. You’re probably looking at at at least a 6 month time scale from placing the deposit on your house, so you’ve got that time to get to grips with the language.

Lynn