Desperately looking for a job in Colombia

Hi Arthur,

Please send your resume to ben@adlook.com - We are currently hiring in Bogota, and need French speakers.

Thanks,
Ben

Hello maybe speking whit SENA

Hello,
Thanks for the answer. However, I have no idea what it is. Could you be more specific?

SENA:
http://www.sena.edu.co/Paginas/Inicio.aspx

Will check it out. Thanks!

I would think that to work at SENA in any city in Colombia you would need a cedula -- meaning, some form of residence status. SENA being public sector is likely to require this.

I obviously have a foreigner cedula but I do not think it'd help for such an organisation, as colombians are usually favoured. But I can give it a try.

It might. Give it a try. I worked for awhile at a Coliombian government institution -- with legal permission quite obviously -- not SENA  it was another institution -- but I have since left Colombia. I have a cedula extranjera. Actually, that cedula is still valid as it hasn't expired yet. But I'm not using it right now because I am not in Colombia. You will have to go through a lot of background checks and stuff for any government position in Colombia. Yes, they usually favor Colombians. Yes, it pays to know someone and have a personal referral. That's how it works in Colombia.

For government positions you are likely to find that fluent Spanish-speaking ability helps, which you said you have. I speak fluent Spanish although English is my native language.

Well, as my original post said: it has not come that handy so far (and it has been almost two years). I'll keep trying though. Thanks for the help.

Colombia can be super hard to find a job. The recent deportation of thousands of Colombian living and working in Venezuela by the government of Venezuela flooded many places in Colombia with job seekers, putting even more pressure on an already tough job market. I lived in Colombia for nearly a decade. I might go back sometime, we'll see.