How To Find a Job in Portugal as a Foreigner

Lisbon - Sintra, Palacio da Pena

Lisbon – Sintra, Palacio da Pena

Portugal is located in Europe. The official language is Portuguese.

Below is a selection of resources for searching for employment opportunities as a foreigner.

General Job Search Engines and Classifieds

With the sites below, you can expect to get a 0.5 to 1.0% response rate (people who will respond back to you to whom you sent your application/CV.) Nevertheless, I encourage you to give these sites a try as you never know what you will come up with or what connections you can make from a simple e-mail or application.

  • Emprego Sapo: Big boys in the Portuguese job search space.
  • IEFP: Check these guys out…The Employment Institute.
  • Indeed: The sister to the big U.S. job search site Indeed.com.
  • Empregos Online: You can try your luck at Empregos Online. The response rate is low, but you can’t score if you don’t shoot.
  • CareerJet:I’m sure you are familiar with CareerJet.

Teaching English

Teaching English is an option. All of the sites below are pretty similar and have a massive amount of teaching English job options. Browse through each of the sites for any teaching English job opportunities in Portugal. Also, be sure to check out this cool table from the International TEFL academy that shows how much money teachers can expect to make in various countries around the world.

  • ESL Employment: Not the most beautiful interface, but who needs a pretty website when you have so many English teaching job options to choose from.
  • Total ESL: Also an overly busy interface but a wealth of job postings for teaching jobs abroad.
  • ESL Cafe: Dave does a great job in compiling some of the best job openings from around the world.
  • Tesall: Big teaching jobs aggregator.

Other Websites and Blogs

  • Transitions Abroad: Transitions Abroad has a really comprehensive list for anyone considering becoming an expatriate in Portugal.

Overseas and Expat Job Portals

  • Michael Page: An international executive recruitment website that I’ve used in the past. This site is targeted towards high-end job seekers.
  • Overseas Jobs:  I find that there is often significant overlap between the postings on this site and that of other sites. Nevertheless this site has been around for a while.
  • Go Abroad: I’ve always been a fan of GoAbroad. In fact, on the visa information portion of my website, you will find where I have linked to their global embassies directory. They have a good job portal too.
  • Linkedin: Last but not least, this huge professional social network is a resource for building contacts in the field and location of your interest.

There you have it. The best places to find jobs in Portugal as a foreigner. For information on visas for Portugal, be sure to check out my Portugal visa page. If you are looking to spice up your dating life, check out my post on the best online dating sites in Portugal.

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