Jobs for Spaniards

WANTED: Workers are required to fill various jobs.

GERMANY is offering several job opportunities to Spanish workers to come and work in their country.

According to a news source, Germany has launched a series of job offers aimed at Spaniards, most of which are in the service and industrial sectors and for which, in many cases, it is not necessary to know German.

The job openings have been posted on Spain’s State Public Employment Service (SEPE), where people can find different types of offers to fill jobs not only in Spain but also abroad. People looking for these opportunities need to go to the SEPE website and visit the job offers section, where they will find a notice that says ‘Germany is looking for workers’.

A starting salary of €2,800 per month with a permanent contract is also being offered in some cases. The openings include car rental sales agents, sports and children's entertainers, waiting staff, cooks, bus drivers, electricians, service employees and nurses with B2 German. Others include construction site managers, heating pump mechanics/adjusters with A2 German, production workers, food preparers and jobs in construction as well as other industries.

According to a new nationwide survey carried out among 2,000 residents throughout the country, 41 per cent of interviewees manage to save “very little,” while 36.4 per cent “just about” make it to the end of the month.

Among those who are worse off, 10.3 per cent admit having to use their savings to pay for monthly bills and nearly 6 per cent have been forced to take out loans to cover their living expenses.

In all, households in Spain have suffered a significant loss of purchasing power, with ever increasing electricity bills, mortgages and food bills, which are now nearly €900 higher a year.