Questions about hotel work.

bettyboo · 10th February 2008, 14:38

do the spanish hotels only hire spanish people to work within their hotels?

doreen · 10th February 2008, 14:57

No, I´ve come across many "foreigners" working in hotels (front of house) - however, they all do seem to speak fluent Spanish. Would presume a good level of Spanish would also be necessary for kitchen work.

CornflakeGirl · 14th February 2008, 21:23

you don't need to be absolutely fluent! i worked in a hotel as a receptionist for a few months myself and my spanish was still fairly poor at the time. but you need to be able to make yourself understood in the language!!

doreen · 14th February 2008, 21:27

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Originally Posted by CornflakeGirl

you don't need to be absolutely fluent! i worked in a hotel as a receptionist for a few months myself and my spanish was still fairly poor at the time. but you need to be able to make yourself understood in the language!!

But CornflakeGirl, didn´t you already speak several other languages at the time ? Probably why you got the job without a great command of Spanish.

el1369 · 14th February 2008, 21:34

I work for a spanish company and theres at least 10 english people that I am aware of, all with various degrees of spanish communication skills

doreen · 14th February 2008, 21:46

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Originally Posted by el1369

I work for a spanish company and theres at least 10 english people that I am aware of, all with various degrees of spanish communication skills

I am not saying you need fluent Spanish for any job out here ... if that was the case, then there would be a lot of unemployed British on the island. The question was about Spanish hotels from someone who works in catering.

superdolla · 25th February 2008, 18:40

Can anybody help me, please

Hi 'cornflakegirl', you say you've worked in a hotel as a receptionist? Well, I am originally from south africa and have been living in the uk for a while, and I am really fed up with the weather here. Ive just been to tenerife for hols, and really really want to move out there around september/october this year. I can speak afrikaans (which is almost exactly the same as dutch) and i also reasonably understand German and can have steady convos in german and french. I plan to take up a Spanish language course here soon.

I was wondering whether you can give me some info on getting jobs like a receptionist, or a child-minder assistant in the kids clubs that some resorts provide. Can you give me advice on how I would go about getting a job like that? Or maybe if you know someone I can contact about it.

I hope to hear back
Cheers, M-J