Considering the fact that Spanish labor market has almost collapsed (the unemployment rate has hit the 20% rate) chances are that you are having trouble getting a job that matches your labor experience and academic background. In that case, you may want to ... Read More

Have you been unsuccessfully looking for a job for some time now? Do you have enough working experience and academic training as to fill those positions you have applied to, yet receive no calls from prospective employers? Have you seen that people with si ... Read More

If you are an English speaker and are planning to move to Spain (or have already moved in) we are sure you are aware of two important issues: Finding a job in Spain is particularly difficult, for it has one of the Europe's highest unemployment rate (un ... Read More

Last week a scandal exploded in Catalonia, when it was discovered that the version sent to the press of the Vice President of the Generalitat's CV was not correct (it stated her as having obtained a college degree in Psychology, the truth being she had so ... Read More

In other post we talked about some external aspects that have to be taken seriously during a job interview (the dressing code, the self-assurance image, the importance of looking directly to the interviewer's eyes, the gestures and, most importantly, oratory). ... Read More

In a recent post we talked about the use of new technologies and tools for jobsearching. Today's topic is precisely one that have became kind of popular during the last few years.  A Video CV or Video resume is a short piece of video in which a job applic ... Read More

In our last post we started talking about certain job offers that are not really so, but misleading ways of taking advantage of people who are in search for a job, like asking to call a paid-by-caller number, or sending emails offering jobs and requiring c ... Read More

In a previous post we gave some tips about aspects that should be taken into account before deciding moving abroad for work, like the emotional preparation and the necessity of having some knowledge of the language and customs of the recipient country. Tod ... Read More

During the last decades, headhunter firms have boomed like mushrooms. At least one third of jobs ads are posted by these organizations, specialized in recruiting mostly upper level professionals and executives. Michael Page, Heidrick and Struggles, Boyden ... Read More