THE JOB MARKET IN PORTUGAL

&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-cover has-background-dim-20 has-very-dark-gray-background-color has-background-dim is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow" style&equals;"background-image&colon;url&lpar;https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;impots-sur-les-societes&period;jpg&rpar;"><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">the job market in portugal<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><strong>Portugal is a very popular destination for French expatriates&amp;period; Proximity&amp;comma; living environment&amp;comma; economic development&amp;comma; tax advantages&amp;comma; etc&amp;period; What's more&amp;comma; Portugal's economic situation also makes it easier to find a job, with many opportunities in certain sectors&amp;period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The Portuguese market<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal has recovered from a difficult period in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;le-portugal-en-pleine-forme&sol;">economic level and is now on the right track<&sol;a>&amp;period; Portugal's working population represents 5,226,900 people&amp;period; The unemployment rate is falling sharply&amp;period; Indeed&amp;comma; this was in August 2018 6&amp;comma;4&amp;percnt;&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>More and more international companies are setting up in Portugal and are looking for multilingual profiles to join their teams&amp;period;<strong>So you come with a significant advantage: a perfect command of a highly sought-after foreign language&amp;period; French in this case&amp;period;<&sol;strong>With this asset, it's much easier to find work&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Consulting&amp;comma; tourism&amp;comma; technologies&amp;comma; health sectors that recruit<&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Jobs are mainly concentrated in the Lisbon and Porto regions&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;But which sectors are recruiting &amp;quest;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;job&period;webhelp&period;pt&sol;portugal&sol;fr">WebHelp<&sol;a> for example&amp;comma;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<strong>is constantly looking for new collaborators<&sol;strong>In this type of company, where you'll often be working on behalf of international groups, being bilingual is a real asset&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal is a very touristy country&amp;period; Logically&amp;comma;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<strong>everything to do with tourism&amp;comma; hotels and catering is in development&amp;period;<&sol;strong>Companies in these sectors are also constantly on the lookout for multilingual staff&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Lisbon has been described as Europe's new Silicon Valley, with Amazon&amp;comma; Natixis &amp;lpar;is actually based in Porto&amp;rpar; or&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<strong>the holding of the Web Summit since 2016<&sol;strong>&amp;comma;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;kit-creation-entreprise-portugal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" aria-label&equals;"le secteur des nouvelles technologies est également à l’écoute et la recherche de nouveaux talents&period; &lpar;ouverture dans un nouvel onglet&rpar;">the new technologies sector is also listening and looking for new talent&amp;period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Last but not least, private clinics and hospitals suffer from a real shortage of staff;<strong>The situation is similar among&amp;lpar;general practitioners and some&amp;rpar;&amp;comma;specialists;<&sol;strong>Portugal is an ideal destination for professionals in this sector&amp;period; What's more&amp;comma; the possibility of working as a freelancer with rates you set can be advantageous&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Working conditions in Portugal<&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>With a legal working week of 39 hours &amp;lpar;maximum 48 hours&amp;period; However&amp;comma; the Portuguese often work on Sundays&amp;comma; particularly in call-centers, restaurants and shopping&amp;comma; which could lead you to do so too&amp;period; Conditions a little tougher&amp;comma; but compensated by a much better working environment than in the center of Paris for example&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The main criticism levelled at Portugal is its pay&amp;period; Indeed&amp;comma; the legal minimum is well below the rest of the EU&amp;period; It is 700&amp;comma;00€ gross in 2019&amp;period; However&amp;comma; rest assured&amp;comma;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;a French employee is often offered a higher salary in the region of <strong>1000&amp;comma;00 €&amp;sol;month to 1500&amp;comma;00 €&amp;sol;month<&sol;strong> for an employee <strong>qualified<&sol;strong>&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;This remuneration is also to be put into perspective with the cost of living&amp;comma; which is much lower than in France&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>As far as paid vacations are concerned, Portugal's labor law grants 22 days with the possibility of a 3-day bonus for impeccable attendance&amp;period; The legal retirement age is 65 and you can legally start work at 16&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<hr class&equals;"wp-block-separator"&sol;>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The Portuguese job market is quite open, with many forward-looking sectors and companies recruiting&amp;period; They are often looking for new talent, and the advantage of arriving from France is that you can master a foreign language, which is an important asset&amp;period; <strong>This doesn't mean you don't have to learn Portuguese&amp;period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p> All these things will make it easy for you to find what you're looking for if you want to move to the banks of the Douro or the heart of Lisbon&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<hr class&equals;"wp-block-separator"&sol;>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-woocommerce-handpicked-products is-hidden-price is-hidden-rating is-hidden-button">&amp;lbrack;products limit&amp;equals; 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