Office workers in suits and ties stroll smartly down Main Street, blending incongruously with the shorts and T-shirts of visitors to the Rock.

If you want to work in Gibraltar, business generally revolves around a number of key sectors: tourism, banking, online gaming, accounting and all the various IT and legal services these require. There are also several more casual employment opportunities in bars and restaurants throughout the city.

Around 20,000 people have permanent employment in Gibraltar, both locals and foreigners who live just over the border from Spain. have qualified. This conveniently means that UK-trained local professionals are available to run local businesses, with law, business and accounting graduates being the most common.

Neighboring Spain has earned a relatively bad reputation for a lack of good job opportunities, low wages and generally inferior working conditions and contracts, so many people come to Gibraltar in search of a professional and relatively stable environment. . Here they can enjoy a Mediterranean lifestyle, crossing the border as many times as they like, while benefiting from Gibraltar’s calming British working and living environment.

Gibraltar mirrors the UK system in that you will not normally be made redundant without legally required notice and payment, in accordance with your contract. This rather obvious professional courtesy is often ignored in Spain, leading to many stories of mistreatment, particularly among expats.

If you’re looking for a job in Gibraltar, it’s worth giving your details to recruitment agencies who will send you updates on the latest vacancies suited to your particular skills.

List of Gibraltar Recruitment Agencies

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corporate resources

Gibraltar Recruitment

Quad Consulting

environmental jobs

Wemploy Recruitment

However, when looking for a job, being physically in Gibraltar, buying the local newspaper, The Gibraltar Chronicle, talking to people and keeping your nose to the ground will prove invaluable, as will sending your CV direct to the Human Resources departments of the main companies. If you are not yet in Gibraltar, try browsing through their online magazines such as The Gibraltar Magazine, Insight Gibraltar and Gibraltar Finance to get a good idea of ​​the business market and lifestyle you are thinking of joining:

Work Permits, DNI and Residence Permits

EU members: As a member of the European Union, Gibraltar allows people from other member states and Switzerland to come and live and work there without work permits. You will need an identification card to live and work on the Rock and for this you will have to go to the Civil Registry Office, Secretaries Street.

Will need:

passport

2 x passport photos (full face and with mouth closed)

5 pounds sterling

If you rent a property: rental contract for the next min. 6 months

If you own the property: Title deeds

Employment and Training Board (ETB) contract

TIPS: Normally you will have to wait a long time to be attended. Go armed with a book or music, as well as plenty of time and patience.

outside the EU Members: You will need to prove to the Gibraltar Employment Officers that there are no locals willing or able to carry out your work. If you or your employer can convince them of this fact, you will be granted a work permit for up to 12 months. Your employer must apply for your work permit before your employment start date.

Until December 31, 2011, as ‘new’ members of the EU, Bulgarians and Romanians will need to obtain a work permit before starting work in Gibraltar. If you are from either of these two countries, you will not need a work permit to get another job in Gibraltar, provided you have worked for a minimum initial uninterrupted period of 12 months.

Residence permits: they are not required if you are a Gibraltarian or British citizen. People from other EU member states need a residence permit to live and work in Gibraltar and it will be granted as long as you show that you are not a burden on the state. Non-EU members may find it more difficult to obtain a residence permit because they must first present an employment contract, something that can only be issued if the employer can prove that no Gibraltarian or EU citizen is capable of doing the job. .

Immigration Office tel. (+350) 200 51725