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Murcia’s regional employment and training service: registration, guidance, vacancies and training.

Spain’s state employment service. Handles unemployment benefits; SEF manages jobseeker registration in Murcia.

Jobseeker registration and renewal document. Check its next renewal date and keep the updated receipt.

Gross pay is before deductions; net pay is what remains after payslip deductions. Compare offers using the same basis and period.

An agreement regulating conditions for a defined employment scope. Check which applies and whether it is current.

Ability to apply knowledge and skills to a task; a real example provides useful evidence.

A way to structure an example: situation, task, your action and the real result. It is not a measure of personal worth.

Recognition of assessed skills from experience or learning. It does not automatically award a full qualification.

A procedure recognising a foreign qualification under the conditions of the relevant Spanish system.

Contacting an employer to present your profile even when no vacancy has been advertised.

Recording an activity or status in the system. Check your information in Importass and ask about discrepancies.

Settlement of outstanding amounts when employment ends. It is different from compensation.

Spanish vocational education and training, organised into different grades and levels. Check entry and recognition for each programme.

Identification system for digital public services. Passwords and access codes are personal.

A Social Security benefit for people or households meeting income, asset, residence and household requirements. INSS assesses the application; this is not an unemployment benefit.