What's the real reason why employers don't sponsor

[methdxman]

What's the real reason why employers don't sponsor foreigners?  Is it because of the law?  They're too lazy?

I've heard that if an employer really wants to hire a foreigner it's pretty easy on their end.

So what's the real reason?

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[madridinsider]

Aside from being lazy, there is a lack of knowing how to do it and what exactly is required / involved.
People fear the unknown and it is a lot easier for them to just say no straight away instead and end things that to go through all of the trouble and work of informing themselves on what is needed and to actually do it.

It is just a lot easier for them to say 'imposible'.

Since there are already so many people here in Spain who have degrees in 'Filologia Inglesa' and nearby UK and Ireland who are native speakers with EU citizenship it makes even more difficult for them to proove that they could not find any of these first two before hiring anyone non-eu.

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[methdxman]

That's what it seems like to me.  They're just misinformed... just wanted to check to see if I was right.

Anyway... I've been recently sending out cover letters + resumes to businesses in Madrid (some international, American, some Spanish).  I'm fluent in Spanish/English with a degree from UCLA.

I mean is there any chance they'll sponsor me? I'm up to 50 job applications now I think... lol.

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[madridinsider]

You can try all of the bilingual schools here in Madrid like the American School of Madrid that do recruiting in the States to Bring teachers here.
It would be like working as a Middle or High School teacher in the States so I am sure that the qualification requirements would be about the same.
Anyway, just contact them all directly and see how they recruit / hire.

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[tk69]

My experience has been slightly different.  At least three academies I have worked with wanted go the legal route.  We tried and couldn´t make it happen.  Many academies are willing to try, but are refused, and then don´t fly under the radar and then become at risk for fines.  Basically, INEM (a kind of employment union/organization) refuses to endorse applications for English teachers from non-EU countries.  INEM´s theory is that one doesn´t need to be a native speaker to teach English (and in some cases, that is quite true) and it´s impossible to prove that within the entire European Union there isn´t a teacher available.  Without their endorsement documention, the work permit will not be approved by the government.  The whole process is time consuming, risky and frustrating for the academies who just need teachers and in some case warm native bodies.  For business/marketing purposes, the academies need native speakes on their staff to lure and appease clients.  So both academies and non-EU teachers are caught in the middle.  And then there are the bad guys who just exploit situations.  But I wouldn´t go in with the attitude that all academies are bad and want to exploit you.

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[Jonniboy]

It's because of the law plain and simple. You've been misinformed as I have been told by a couple of academy owners that the paperwork and bureacracy for hiring non-EU is just not worth the hassle. The academy in Valencia that I worked in last year had a mountain of CVs (at least 30) from EU passport holders, so why should he go through the considerable effort to hire a non-EU citizen? That just wouldn't make sense and a company in New York certainly wouldn't  bust a gut to make somebody legal either if they had 30 people already with papers to do the job! Sad but true.

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