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Working abroad Summer 10-Valencia or Gibraltar?

  • 06-04-2010 4:26pm
    #1
    babyfratelli_x
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    Hi, not sure if Im posting on the right forum here but was hoping someone might be able to give me some advice.

    Me and 2 of my friends, all 19, are hoping to head to Spain for a working holiday from start of June till mid August. We were originally going to head to Santa Ponsa or Salou but were put off by the high unemployment rates in Spain.

    We then decided to either head for Valencia, as it has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Spain and apparantly also had a great nite life ( quite important to us!). BUT the problem is not one of us speaks a word of Spanish.
    This probably slashes our chances of gettin a job.

    We then thought of Gibraltar, climate of Spain but the benefit of no language barrier. not sure what the night life or chances of getting a job would be though?

    Does anyone have any advice/comments at all?? or any other suggestions of where to head?

    Thanks :)


Comments

  • #2
    InKonspikuou2
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    Without speaking español you would probably have difficulties finding a job in Valencia. Unless for some mysterious reason you happen to speak the type of Catalan they use there. I'd imagine even a lot of resorts would want you to have a basic conversational level of spanish. But then again i have seen shows on Sky where English people worked in bars and i don't remember them speaking spanish. Look up some Irish bars on the net and send them an email asking the language requirements. Also spanish isn't difficult and if you were dedicated enough you could learn the very basics by summer.


  • #3
    babyfratelli_x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭babyfratelli_x


    InKonspikuou2 wrote: »
    Without speaking español you would probably have difficulties finding a job in Valencia. Unless for some mysterious reason you happen to speak the type of Catalan they use there. I'd imagine even a lot of resorts would want you to have a basic conversational level of spanish. But then again i have seen shows on Sky where English people worked in bars and i don't remember them speaking spanish. Look up some Irish bars on the net and send them an email asking the language requirements. Also spanish isn't difficult and if you were dedicated enough you could learn the very basics by summer.

    okay thanks very much for your comment.... has anyone else had any experience finding jobs in Spain, outside a resort?? Or any suggestions at all for any other European destinations?

    Were really not fussy jus wanna get ou of Ireland for a couple of weeks, preferably somehwere sunny! :)


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