summer jobs

Jun 6, 2010 · jules2610 · 7 replies · 3105 views

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hello all! i will be in spain late july and will be hoping to spick up summer work for a few months (longer if i can!) i have a UK passport so can work but have heard that a lot of the summer jobs are interviewed for in the UK? i will be coming down from germany (i will spend july travelling spain but will head to germany for a week with friends - so will be in spain for interviews etc early july) and am hoping to find a job, perhaps with accomodation.

if anyone has any info or can reccomend websites, would be so greatly appreciated!

would it be possible to turn up to a town and try to find work? or very hard in august as its mid summer and most jobs will be gone?

i am a teacher in australia and can teach english (or anything!), i can speak german, i can do any kind of work!

info would be great! thanks so much! jules

Jun 6, 2010 · Expatriator

Before the crew gets here to go on and on about how difficult it is to find ANY work right now (unemployment for youth is around 50% or so I hear), let me point out that indeed there are jobs to be had, they're just very rare and difficult to find. If you want to work during the summer, they do English teaching Summer Camps all over Spain and hire quite a bit for that, starting May/June. So you'd have to be applying for those right now.

In general, everyone in Spain gets outta dodge in August for a month long vacation, so I'd reduce your hope of finding work during that month to nil, with the exception of getting lucky with a tourism-related job on the Costas or the Islands (lots of Germans in the Balearics).

Jun 10, 2010 · jules2610

questions - what is dodge??

do you k now the names of any summer camps of where i might start looking?

thanks for your help!
jules

Jun 10, 2010 · Santi

Dodge is that American town from the western movies, the place would empty of residents before the gunfighters arrived, hence getting out of dodge.

In Spain the gunfighters are replaced by the heat, well not really, Spain has a few driveby shootings, Madrid and Barcelona has a large gang community from the Latin countries, namely the Latin Kings, Netas,Madrid DDP,Mara Salvatrucha and the Maria 18.

Summer camps rely on word of mouth and previous workers returning, very hard to get into.

Some people work the campsite's around Spain, either erecting tents or other tasks, but again your looking at less than a 100 jobs between probably several thousand applicants.

You need to be in Spain at the right time, a huge advantage is being able to speak Spanish fluently, English as well and another language would impress, ideal would be Spanish English and German, then you could find employers lookin for you as opposed you lookin for them.

Jun 10, 2010 · jurdyr

We the "CREW" will tell it hard to fine work , all over the world ....

Jun 11, 2010 · Expatriator

Keep an eye on loquo.com and read the English language publications in your local area. In Barcelona that would be the Metropolitan and Barcelona Connect.

Jun 18, 2010 · mireille83

yup, that summer-camp option sounds interesting! do you have any links on the subject? do you know how long they last and how they're paid? i agree, it's not easy to find a job these days but it never has been so keep focused, keep your eyes opened and just try out every opportunity (as long as it's an honest work) that crosses your way... ;)