Tenerife employment

Within the next 12 months, 9,000 foreign nationals will move to Tenerife to work.

If you're a good salesman with experience of any kind and you're British, Dutch, German or Scandinavian, or speak any of those languages, you'll get a job as a PR (public relations).

To be a PR you need to be able to stop tourists on the street and in whatever seconds or minutes you have with them, convince them to try your product or service.

Tenerife vacancies

Tour operators are another option but normally you'll need to apply and train with them in your own country, before coming to Tenerife.

If you have previous experience and knowledge of the Spanish language, it's worth contacting them direct once you're here for casual work, maybe doing airport runs or helping out with the bigger, busier excursions.

Summer jobs in Tenerife

Much of Tenerife's employment is around the holiday resorts and most businesses are of the type that caters to tourists.

Preference to locals is given if a job vacancy arises in other areas of business.If you're a resident of the EEC/Europe, then you won't need any special work permit, otherwise check with your local Spanish embassy for requirements.

European nationals do need to register with the police here if living here for three months or longer. Take out an insurance policy to cover you for medical treatment as that can be difficult to get and expensive without cover, unless in cases of emergency.