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yzw200 · Joined: 18 Dec 2016 Posts: 10 Location: Washington DC

Hi All!

I'm a newbie and I've seen many mentions of "In Company" work in Spain. Can you explain what it is and what the qualifications are?

I did search the Newbie forum but didn't see anything.

Thanks

Yisrael

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

In company is usually read to mean that you have a contract directly with a firm, usually medium to large in size, to teach their staff. This cuts out the middleman (a language school) and thus usually pays better than language school gigs.
As a US citizen, any Spanish school or company that hired you would have to have an argument that you have quals/experience that no EU member citizen applying for the job could match, and that those specific skills are necessary to perform the job.
There is a thread below on here with a post from an American teaching in Spain on a language assistantship. I suggest you send them a pm inquiring how it's done as there are otherwise very few ways indeed US citizens can be legal in Spain. None of the possible work you could get is lucrative, btw-

jonniboy · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:47 pm Post subject:

I'd disagree with Spiral's definition. In-company means that you do classes at the client's offices, which could mean that you have to travel there on your own dime. Often these offices may be in an industrial zone on the edge of town.

It is possible to get in-company work directly, but most of the ads for it will be language centres looking for people to do such classes for companies that they have contracts with.