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Russian Federation1401 Posts
Hello everyone.
My name is Evgueni and I am a Ukrainian-born Russian immigrant currently residing in Spain.
Let me first start by telling you that here in Spain, the global economic crisis is really taking its toll on the employment-rate for newly graduated students. I've been whining to a friend from California who tells me that they have around 7-10% unemployment rate there. Well, let me tell you that in Spain the unemployment rate is around 20%, and 50% of that, are for people under 25 years of age. It's also probably more, since in Spain people who are currently signed on some kind of welfare course are not counted as unemployed. I mean, if they have to sign for welfare, how can you say they're not unemployed?
Young students and post-graduates are not finding any types of jobs here for months of even years in some cases! I mean, I have been actively looking for a job for a week only, and I am already about to commit suicide out of frustration! On every job-searching site on the internet I could find, there's a minimum of a 40:1 ratio between submitted CV's and job vacancies. With that many subscriptions, there's little chance that my CV might even be looked at, not to mention that I actually don't have much working experience in the field I specialize. I recieved a call the other day: some company wanted an HR intern. They require a Master's degree in marketing on top of some social science degree, 2 years of experience on the field, as well as fluent Norwegian. Now I've studied pedagoghy and specialized myself in stuff like recruiting, coaching, outdoor training, laboral organization, etc... I could probably work well in an HR department, getting a low-scale salary while I learn how everything works properly... but... masters degree in marketing? 2 years experience? fluent norwegian? seriously? and did I mention they wouldn't pay me anything??? ZERO! It's really getting ridiculous around here.
I have found that all those who DO actually manage to get a job, it's always with the help of family, friends, neighbours, teachers, anyhow, your classic contacts. Well, I must have been living under a rock because I have none. Or at least none that matter. Thus I have decided to use Twitter, Facebook, MSN, and all the social network media I can get a hold on to try and advertize myself to my friends, so they become aware, of who I am and what I can do, and maybe they'll find something for me, or help me get some interviews somewhere. I got called last week by a friend who needed someone really fast to fill in a position at a summer english-language school. She called me because there was no one else available and she knew I spoke English. What she didn't know is that actually I am a teacher, and that job was right for me! Those are the things I need to avoid. Somebody out there amongst the people I know has a job for me, and I need to find him. After posting this on TL, I'll create a facebook group and facebook events amongst all my friends, I don't think it will be anymore bothersome than some standard farmville friend request I receive from people all the time...
Maybe even the 1 or 2 spanish users here from teamliquid have something for me!, who knows??? Really I just wanted to share with TL my thoughts on the current job-seeking process in a not-so-first world country like Spain.
Also here's my resumé: maybe there's something wrong with it, and teamliquid will correct me!
cheers.
Currículum Vitae
Name: Evgueni xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx
ID: xxxxxxxx-x
Birth Date: August 25th, 1986
Birth Place: Kharkov, Ukraine.
Address: x/ xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
Contact Numbers: xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx
Mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Profesional Goal:
Become a teacher in elementary school, high school and university, and eventually participate in pedagogical research.
Education:
-Currently finishing 5th year in Pedagogy degree in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
-1 year studying musicology in the Universitá Degli Studi di Torino, coursing an Erasmus student exchange program in Turin, Italy.
-Degree in Musical Teaching in the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
-High school in I.E.S.Guadarrama (Madrid)
-¨Intermediate School¨, Bernal Intermediate School, San José, California, E.E.U.U.
ComplementaryEducation:
-Football coach course by the Football Federation of Madrid. 80 hours.
-Superior Certificate in the Oficial Language School, EOI (English).
-Italian language course in the Universitá per Stranieri di Perugia. 80 hours.
-6 years of non-formal studies of guitar.
Languages:
-English: Excellent level, Superior Certificate in the Oficial Language School EOI, 2 years of studies in the U.S.A and 1 year of residence in the U.K.
-Russian: Native.
-Spanish: Native level. 10 years of residence in Spain.(No accent)
-Italian: High level. 1 year of studies in Italy (coursing an Erasmus student exchange program in Turin, Italy.)
-French: Basic level.
Knowledge in Information Technology
-Windows, Office, Excel, as well as use in several music related programs.
-Expert blogger and very fast and efficient typewriter.
-Internet forum admin.
Work Experience.
-4 months working as a music teacher in practicum in Public School La Navata. (Spring 2008)
-2 years working as a football coach in Atlético Leones de Castilla (2005-2006)-(2007-2008)
-3 months working in Grubbs Burgers, Brighton, United Kingdom (summer of 2005)
-3 months working in McDonalds, Villalba, Madrid (Spring of 2005)
-Private lectures in mathematics, physics and chemistry for high school students.
Other Interests.
I am very interested in information and reading. I am usually the first person to know about everything that is going on in the world, be it global events, news, technology, etc...
I enjoy playing the guitar, the piano and other various wind instruments. I currently play in a rock/metal band as a guitarist.
I’ve played football at a semi-professional level and currently I train and compete at an amateur level in various martial arts.
References:
xxxxxxxxxxx: Director of Atlético Leones de Castilla Football Academy. Tlf: xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Proffesional musician and music teacher. Tlf: xxxxxxxxxxxx
****I edited out personal info.*******
 
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United States12269 Posts
Greece, Spain, and soon Portugal are on the brink of economic collapse, so it's not surprising that unemployment is dramatically high. If it's within your ability to relocate to another more stable country until the crisis is over, that may be a preferred path for you. You've clearly been to many different countries: Italy, UK, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, USA... is it within your power to try searching for a job in one of those other countries (probably except USA since that's quite far, but in an emergency situation...).
Best of luck to you and to our Spanish netizens.
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if u have friends that are also unemployed u could try starting up some kind of small business?
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I like your CV - you are a very accomplished person and your CV reflects that so there isn't a problem there. The unemployment situation is bananas everywhere. The ratio of applications : free jobs here is 500:1 for certain unskilled labour, but considering you have a degree, thats just a fun fact. Until recently I've been sending out applications online, but all it's generated is some call backs and frustration. The past week I've been out talking to people in my field, walking up to the business and asking to speak to the manager, and the response has been amazing. A couple of places need some extra help so I'm going back to talk to them this week and it feels pretty good. Tomorrow I'm heading out again to try my luck at some more distant places and to revisit some from last week. If all else fails, walk up to some potential schools and talk to the principal. Maybe you could start off as a substitute.
Best of luck to you and your job hunt!
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Private music lessons could boost your income in the meanwhile. Private tutoring could do the same. Both are pretty profitable short-term stopgaps.
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Russian Federation1401 Posts
On July 19 2010 02:53 Excalibur_Z wrote:
Greece, Spain, and soon Portugal are on the brink of economic collapse, so it's not surprising that unemployment is dramatically high. If it's within your ability to relocate to another more stable country until the crisis is over, that may be a preferred path for you. You've clearly been to many different countries: Italy, UK, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, USA... is it within your power to try searching for a job in one of those other countries (probably except USA since that's quite far, but in an emergency situation...).
Best of luck to you and to our Spanish netizens.
I have heard that the UK is in dire need of teachers. I am currently looking into it!
On July 19 2010 03:27 tryTRY wrote:
if u have friends that are also unemployed u could try starting up some kind of small business?
I do have some ideas on starting a business with my friends. On my free time I am trying to learn how to create a proper business plan. Right now the banks are looking for new business enterpreneurs in order to move some money to benefit the economy, so it is not impossible to get the loans required for a new business.
On July 19 2010 03:54 Emon_ wrote:
I like your CV - you are a very accomplished person and your CV reflects that so there isn't a problem there. The unemployment situation is bananas everywhere. The ratio of applications : free jobs here is 500:1 for certain unskilled labour, but considering you have a degree, thats just a fun fact. Until recently I've been sending out applications online, but all it's generated is some call backs and frustration. The past week I've been out talking to people in my field, walking up to the business and asking to speak to the manager, and the response has been amazing. A couple of places need some extra help so I'm going back to talk to them this week and it feels pretty good. Tomorrow I'm heading out again to try my luck at some more distant places and to revisit some from last week. If all else fails, walk up to some potential schools and talk to the principal. Maybe you could start off as a substitute.
Best of luck to you and your job hunt!
Thank you very much for the compliment on my CV.
I would only be able to walk up to private schools and ask directly for a job. I should try to do that.
For public schools I need to pass an exam which is held on June 2011, and for which I will be preparing throughout this year. At first I thought about taking the ''musical teaching'' exam, which is my speciality, but I am really thinking of taking the ''english teaching'' exam, since they have like 1000 job offers for english, and only 180 for music. It don't think it would be more difficult for me to study the english exam instead of the musical one.
On July 19 2010 04:07 lac29 wrote:
Private music lessons could boost your income in the meanwhile. Private tutoring could do the same. Both are pretty profitable short-term stopgaps.
Currently I am in practicum for a month in order to obtain my pedagoghy degree (I work just the same but I don't get paid). After I finish, I will post some adds in bus-stops, schools etc to see if I can get some students.
Thank you everyone for the advice :D
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If you can't get a job with that CV that's a little depressing. Fluent in 3 languages, high level in another, good qualifications.
Unemployment levels are just ridiculous right now.
Have you tried finding jobs abroad looking for multilingual people? I know some people that found jobs solely off of being fluent in two languages, but that may be because they are native english speakers, I don't know.
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It's bad in Spain at the moment. If you can't find something quickly, go somewhere else, unless you're tied down with family or something.
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With that CV i can say that finding a job in any public school district in Canada after you finish that degree.
With all your background you can teach english, second languages, human studies, sociology, human development, and the list goes on.
Just finish that degree and come to Canada my man
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With that CV i can say that finding a job in any public school district in Canada after you finish that degree.
With all your background you can teach english, second languages, human studies, sociology, human development, and the list goes on.
Just finish that degree and come to Canada my man
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Very impressive resume, other than some misspelling ur cv was great and adequat.
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