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There is little to no work in Spain. Anything will be low skill below UK minimum wage. Opportunities for your daughter will be non existent unless she is happy waiting tables or working in a bar. Personally I would leave her at home with family as she will have a much better chance in life.

I would suggest you get a big chunk of savings to act as a cushion as living out here can be expensive especially with private healthcare costs.

That way you will have a couple of months to try and make it work.

wow.  Well i have waitressed for years so have no problem with that.  Love working with the public. 

As for our daughter..no way would we go without her!!  We are her family!  

How long have you lived in Spain?  If its that bad why do you stay?  

I don't live there. I have a holiday home. 

It's down to personal choice. Non Spanish speaking Brits will struggle to find anything meaningful or at any sort of reasonable rates of pay.

If you do find work you may have a chance of covering your living costs. However, the risk is very high hence my reference to savings.

My comments over your daughter my sound harsh. However, even fewer opportunities will exist for her

‘Both need jobs’? Sorry to be harsh, but do you have trade/professional qualifications? Do you speak Spanish? Previous 271935 perfectly correct about lack of work here. I do know several British people who have started their own - legal! - businesses here, mainly dealing with the ex-pat population, but I think they may have been younger than you are now. There are several legal hurdles to be negotiated if you intend to go down this route, at the very least you would need to consult a gestor. You will need to bring money with you to live on as the likelihood of finding well paying work is not high and Spanish firms are likely to employ Spanish nationals first. There are Spanish universities and colleges, but she may struggle if she does not speak the language. You may have to be prepared to do basic waitressing etc, but even supermarket work will require Spanish, although in areas with high tourist/expat populations it may be possible. You will also need to have private health insurance to qualify for residency.

I do live here, but we only moved out once we were in receipt of pensions and entitled to free health care. I wouldn't try to stop you moving out, but you have to be realistic. Unless you have special skills to offer and are fluent in Spanish, then it's unlikely that you'd get other than low-paying jobs, and you'd have to be lucky to get them. By the time you'd paid your rent and private health insurance payments, if you could do that, you'd have nothing left to live on.

I know very few residents here that aren't retired like us. The only younger ones I know are running their own businesses, some very successfully, or are being supported by parents who are retired out here.

Sorry, but that's the fact of the Spanish economic situation at the moment.

Hi.  Thank you.  Learning the language is high on our priority list.  My husband is a lorry driver at present so he may keep with the driving more international. 

Im happy to waitress, although..once i have the language..have lots of customer service and reception experience.  

We are like i said saving money up behind us before we even think about moving.  We are definitely not going into this lightly.  

Would think your husband being very sensible to keep up with international driving. Re your own reception/customer service experience, you could of course try the hotels in whichever area you are - but would advise that most receptionists in tourist areas are multi-lingual, usually to a reasonably high standard as they are often younger and have learned them as part of their basic education. And if you are of working age, then private health insurance is a legal requirement of the Spanish state - and this can be fairly costly. Your EHIC is solely for tourist emergencies. Suggest you start Spanish lessons ASAP and try to make sure you can cope at a reasonable conversational level.