LATEST reports from global recruitment agency ADECCO have listed the type of job vacancies likely to be most prolific in Spain this year – some of which do not require prior experience or where qualifications in the field are either not necessary or can be gained quickly.
Process engineers, to define and implement strategies for improving competitiveness in vehicle factories and supporting the design department, can earn around €35,000 to €38,000 a year – a very rare salary in Spain where a typical wage for even a qualified worker sits at around €1,000 a month for a 40-hour week.
But a degree or at least the equivalent of a BTEC HND or foundation degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, some experience in soldering or assembling vehicles and at least two years in production engineering, great communication skills, leadership, flexibility, self-confidence, self-discipline and being bilingual in English and Spanish are crucial, meaning the highly-demanded employees for this type of role are likely to be few.
Fewer aptitudes are needed for the oft-advertised role of warehouse storage handler, which involves packaging, drawing up inventories of stock, preparing orders and dispatching, but experience in the field and at least a basic qualification in stock-handling are needed, even though the salary is just €12,000 to €15,000 a year before tax.
Anyone with an engineering qualification and, ideally, experience, depending upon the level of the role, is likely to find a job very quickly and an eye-watering salary – up to €45,000 a year for management – especially in the renewable energy sector.
Industrial engineering jobs, for example, include mechatronics technicians, which combine mechanics, IT and electronics and can earn the applicant between €24,000 and €30,000 a year.
The same is also true for anyone with the equivalent of at least a HND in computing or IT engineering, since jobs for programmers or programming analysts are among the most-advertised – and experience after qualifying is not always needed.
A junior programmer will normally earn a gross wage of around €18,000 a year, rising to between €23,000 and €35,000 for senior programmers, who need at least three years' experience.
Anyone with a business or health sciences degree or the equivalent with some experience in sales, marketing, or anything health or pharmaceutics-related will be able to find product manager or market access technician jobs to apply for, with salaries for the former ranging from €25,000 to €55,000 and for the latter, from €45,000 to €70,000.
Media studies graduates, or those with the equivalent of the first two years of a degree in the subject, have long suffered from either unemployment or having to take jobs in fields totally different from the one they studied – but not any longer, says ADECCO's latest report.
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