https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Late breakfasts, long lunches, and remember to always blame the intern – Spanish office etiquette may not be quite what you are used to. Here's The Local's guide to the ten catchphrases all foreign workers need to know. https://www.thelocal.es/20181114/ten-phrases-youll-only-hear-at-work-in-spain Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:02:00 +0100 ten-phrases-youll-only-hear-at-work-in-spain This week we chat to California native Michelle Fabregas, who founded food company Dribble Dots in Barcelona with her husband, Jason Clevering. https://www.thelocal.es/20160509/my-spanish-career-dribble-dots-cuisine-barcelona Mon, 09 May 2016 16:43:45 +0200 my-spanish-career-dribble-dots-cuisine-barcelona This week The Local chats to British wine expert, Anna Harris-Noble, about how best to enjoy the incredible wines Spain has to offer. https://www.thelocal.es/20160307/my-spanish-career-wine-tasting-madrid-taste-exchange Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:03:44 +0100 my-spanish-career-wine-tasting-madrid-taste-exchange In this week's My Spanish Career, The Local chats to Brit Jane Spivey, founder of Two Bird Languages - a language school with a difference. https://www.thelocal.es/20160229/my-spanish-career-language-school-two-birds-tefl Mon, 29 Feb 2016 13:02:17 +0100 my-spanish-career-language-school-two-birds-tefl The start of a new year is the perfect time to think about making a change and chase your career dreams. Here are some tips that should help you along the way. https://www.thelocal.es/20151230/nine-ways-to-help-you-land-your-dream-job-in-spain-in-2016 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 13:14:47 +0100 nine-ways-to-help-you-land-your-dream-job-in-spain-in-2016 In the latest installment of My Spanish career, The Local talks to Darren Fisher, an English rugby league player turned coach who came to Spain to establish the Spanish rugby league. Quite a task in a country where football is the national obsession. https://www.thelocal.es/20150511/have-fun-smile-and-lets-play-some-rugby Mon, 11 May 2015 13:47:45 +0200 have-fun-smile-and-lets-play-some-rugby In the latest instalment of My Spanish career, The Local spoke to Valeriya Zaytseva. Born in Moscow in 1986, she co-founded Smartaxi, an award winning app, which helps taxi drivers find customers easily. https://www.thelocal.es/20150504/spain-is-a-bureaucratic-paradise Mon, 04 May 2015 11:31:16 +0200 spain-is-a-bureaucratic-paradise In the latest instalment of My Spanish Career The Local talks to Delfin Mocache, editor of Diario Rombe, one of the few media that openly criticises the political regime in his home country of Equatorial Guinea. https://www.thelocal.es/20150427/ive-made-a-few-enemies-even-in-spain Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:14:07 +0200 ive-made-a-few-enemies-even-in-spain In the latest installment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Morgan Howie, an American surf enthusiast and graphic designer who traded land-locked Columbus, Ohio for windswept Cantabria. https://www.thelocal.es/20150420/if-the-surfs-up-ill-skip-work-and-head-to-the-beach Mon, 20 Apr 2015 18:05:22 +0200 if-the-surfs-up-ill-skip-work-and-head-to-the-beach Spain's gender pay gap is increasing, with women on average earning 19.3 percent less than men and rarely getting promoted above them, figures released on Thursday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20150305/women-lose-out-pay-gap-widens Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:03:00 +0100 women-lose-out-pay-gap-widens In the latest installment of My Spanish Career, The Local meets Lance Tooks, a writer and illustrator of graphic novels and a resident of Madrid's Barrio de Las Letras who is keeping the storytelling tradition alive. https://www.thelocal.es/20150302/its-queso-manchego-that-has-kept-me-here Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:08:00 +0100 its-queso-manchego-that-has-kept-me-here In the latest instalment of My Spanish Career, The Local chats to Inés Diarte a sculptor whose work is exhibited at Art Madrid 2015 this week. https://www.thelocal.es/20150223/i-encountered-a-new-and-marvellous-energy Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:46:00 +0100 i-encountered-a-new-and-marvellous-energy Samantha Chappell took a sabbatical from a publishing job in London to spend a summer living in the northern city of Oviedo. She loved it so much that eight years later she is still there and has discovered her vocation. https://www.thelocal.es/20150216/the-secret-is-the-asturian-way-of-life Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:04:00 +0100 the-secret-is-the-asturian-way-of-life The Local talks to Max Dodinet, a manager at My Major Company, one of the top crowdfunding platforms in Spain, about choosing projects that have the potential to triumph. https://www.thelocal.es/20150202/our-mission-is-to-make-every-venture-reach-its-full-potential Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:37:00 +0100 our-mission-is-to-make-every-venture-reach-its-full-potential After stints in locations as diverse as Caracas and Kazakhstan, this versatile chef has now bitten the bullet by setting up a catering business in Madrid. Meet Belgium's Moustafa Moussaoui, aka Mousse. https://www.thelocal.es/20141110/mousse Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:00:00 +0100 mousse With competition for jobs in Spain so fierce, a killer résumé is key to standing out from the crowd. Here are eight dos and don'ts that will mean the difference between the scrap pile and the final selection list. https://www.thelocal.es/20140929/ten-dos-and-donts-for-the-perfect-spanish-cv-resume Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:36:00 +0200 ten-dos-and-donts-for-the-perfect-spanish-cv-resume With the summer holidays now over for most people in Spain, The Local has put together some of the most common and useful slang expressions used in Spanish workplaces to help ease the pain of the return to work. https://www.thelocal.es/20140831/top-ten-spanish-work-slang-expressions Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:33:00 +0200 top-ten-spanish-work-slang-expressions In the latest instalment of my Spanish career, The Local speaks to Émilie Emond, a 25-year-old French woman who just landed her first job in Madrid after an internship with the French culture and language foundation, the Alliance Française. https://www.thelocal.es/20140819/madrid-has-a-lot-to-offer-culturally-spanish-career-expats-french Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:13:00 +0200 madrid-has-a-lot-to-offer-culturally-spanish-career-expats-french After 15 years living it up in Spain's capital, Swede Marina Hyytiainen is looking to turn her hobby and her sanctuary into a refreshing career change. The Local talks to her about where there's work in Spain and where sporty Scandinavians should head to on their next holiday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140519/marina-hyytianen-spain-pyrenees-trail-running-benasque Mon, 19 May 2014 18:52:00 +0200 marina-hyytianen-spain-pyrenees-trail-running-benasque If this charismatic German is successful, giant marbles could soon be powering our planet. Now he hopes to go into production. Meet Barcelona-based architect and inventor Andre Broessel. https://www.thelocal.es/20140303/giant-marbles-could-power-our-homes Mon, 03 Mar 2014 12:24:00 +0100 giant-marbles-could-power-our-homes