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Cabaret Work in Spain
A post on the message board of another site asked for
advice on how to get cabaret work in Benidorm,
and having been through the process myself, I offered some
recommendations. Here they are.
House
Hunting in Spain
A dedicated page of wittily, illuminatingly annotated links
to help you find your ideal home, or at least a roof to sleep
under.
Living
and Working in Spain
A review of this splendid book by David Hampshire of Survival
Handbooks. If you only intend to buy one book on the subject,
it should undoubtedly be this one, which takes you through
most of the tricky situations an emigrant to Spain is likely
to encounter: jobhunting, househunting, buying a car, driving,
etc., without forgetting your all-important leisure time.
Set
Piece - Working as a Film Extra
To find out about the possibilities of making a living as
a film extra in Spain, I signed up to work on the Fernando
Trueba film El Embrujo de Shanghai (Shanghai Gesture).
I discovered that it is possible, but it is far from
easy and even further removed from being well paid.
TEFL in Spain and Portugal
Call it TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), TESL
(Teaching English as a Second Language) or TESOL (Teaching
English to Speakers of Other Languages), it is a good way
to be able to live and work in a country for a year or two
- sometimes much longer. A dedicated page of selected, annotated
links.
Apart from the above, you will find most of this site's hard
information about living and working in Spain and/or Portugal
under the following headings:
Buying Property
Job Hunting
Living
in Spain/Portugal
Study in
Spain/Portugal
Elsewhere on the Net - Recommended
Links
Au
Pair Agencies in Spain
A list of names and addresses.
Ideal Spain
Especially oriented towards those who are considering moving
to Spain, Ideal Spain will be very useful for other visitors
as well. Run "by Steve and Sandra from their base on
the Costa del Sol," with content which is "all our
own work" (and good work, too), it is highly informative
and entertaining.
Immigrants
and Foreigners
This site, from the Bar Society of Saragossa, is dense and
difficult to navigate, but has a tremendous amount of information
and some interesting links for the legally minded. Unfortunately,
the English is a little strange in places and many of the
links lead to a Spanish-only page.
Importing
a Car to Spain
Like many bureaucratic procedures in Spain, this can be tortuous.
(I have a theory that the Hapsburgs brought a Teutonic taste
for paperwork with them, the combination of which with the
Mediterranean tendency to procrastination is deadly.)
PAYAway
- Spain and Portugal
A splendid site with shiploads of information and links, which
will be especially interesting to those looking for vacation
jobs. TEFL is amply represented as well, but on the down side,
Portugal is not really dealt with at all.
Portugal's
Guide
Some great stuff here from a Portuguese removal firm. Residence
visas and permits, healthcare, finding somewhere to live...
I really hope their efforts are rewarded.
Studyabroad
- Portugal
Studyabroad.com's Portugal page. A rather meagre list of courses
and country information.
Studyabroad
- Spain
Studyabroad.com's Spain page has plenty of courses for all
tastes, including a course-finder and with country information
thrown in.
Summerjobs.com
- Spain
Summer jobs in Spain. Not many, but constantly updated, at
least in theory.
Work
Permits in Spain
Detailed information aimed at employers who need to use non-Spanish
workers, but others will probably find what they are looking
for as well.
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