Spain's unemployment rate may be at a record high but it's not all doom and gloom in the jobs market according to Adecco, a human resource consulting company, who have identified 15 in-demand positions for 2014.
If you're planning to take the career path less travelled, Spain is full of exciting one-of-a-kind possibilities. The Local takes a look at some of the weird and wonderful jobs you won't find anywhere else.
The pay gap between women and men Spain is higher than average for the EU and the country is one of only a handful where wage inequality is one the rise, a new report reveals.
The so-called 'mileurismo' phenomenon continues to grow as data from employment portal jobandtalent.com reveals that 49 per cent of jobs offered in Spain in January had net salaries equivalent to less than €1,000 ($1,350) per month.
Spain's unemployment rate hit 26 percent again this week. Here The Local gives you seven stats that will help you understand just how serious the situation is.
Washing machines, fish fingers and football teams: not even household names are safe from a Spanish bankruptcy epidemic ravaging big and small businesses alike.
A group of young Spanish jobseekers have been left to fend for themselves in a town in central Germany after an intermediary company that promised them training, language courses and accommodation failed to deliver.
In The Local's latest JobTalk feature we talk with Simon Gifford, a business consultant and lecturer at Madrid's prestigious IE Business School, about the current state of play for entrepreneurs in Spain and how a new online coaching platform can help start-ups.
Spain's 2.9 million-strong army of self-employed people is among the least skilled in Europe, a new study by employment human resources agency Adecco shows.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned on Tuesday that Spain's unemployment level won't be coming down in the next 18 months.
Research has shown that Germans and Danes lead the European contentedness league while 81 percent of Spanish workers are still "happy" or "very happy" with life on the job.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will arrive in Brussels on Wednesday for a key economic policy meeting of the European Council buoyed by the knowledge that he has the unprecedented backing of over 90 percent of Spain's MPs.
"Conservative" and "cautious" Spanish companies are the least likely to increase their workforce in 2013, according to a global survey of business expectations.
Almost two thirds of Spaniards would accept lower wages in return for greater job security, more than any other country in Europe and second only to India in global times.
Right now in Spain a good CV can be the difference between landing a dream job and having to continue the search. The Local has put together a list of dos and don'ts to help expats in Spain stand out from the crowd.
The organizers of a Madrid job fair had to call in police on Wednesday when hundreds of would-be job seekers discovered the event's venue was too small to accommodate everyone.
CaixaBank, Spain's biggest in terms of assets, said on Monday it plans to slash around 3,000 jobs or 10 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring, the latest in a string of staff cuts by lenders.
