Working in Spain: what to sort out before you arrive
Foreign Workers
The paperwork that gates everything else — NIE, social security, empadronamiento — in the order it actually has to happen.
Guides to working in Spain
Practical writing about finding work, getting paid and staying legal in Spain — written to answer a question, not to fill a page.
How Spanish salaries are advertised — and what you actually take home
Careers
Gross annual, twelve or fourteen payments, the convenio, and the deductions between the advertised figure and your bank account.
Finding work in Spain without fluent Spanish
Foreign Workers
Which parts of the job market are genuinely open in English, which are not, and how to tell the difference from an advert.
Contract types in Spain, and which one you are being offered
Careers
Indefinido, temporal, fijo discontinuo, prácticas, autónomo — what each one means for your income, your rights and your next year.