Finding a Job in Malta: A Practical Guide for Newcomers

A job search in Malta should combine the public employment service, direct employer applications and careful verification. The risk is highest when an offer is used to sell a permit, accommodation or travel package. For current official information, see Jobsplus.

Target roles where your experience and language skills match, verify the employer, and refuse any arrangement that promises guaranteed immigration approval for an upfront payment.

Run a targeted search instead of sending the same CV everywhere

Use primary channels

Jobsplus provides jobseeker registration and vacancies; employers also recruit directly.

Tailor the application

A concise CV should make work authorisation, availability, languages and relevant experience clear.

Evaluate the whole offer

Compare gross salary, hours, transport, shift pattern, permit dependency and accommodation rather than headline pay alone.

Questions that expose a weak offer

• Who is the employer of record?
• Is the salary gross and what is the guaranteed component?
• Where and when is the work performed?
• Is any payment requested from the candidate?
• If a permit is needed, what experience does the employer have with the process? Verify the current requirements in Non-EU Nationals and Employment Licences.

A practical Malta job-search loop

1. Choose two or three job families and rewrite the CV around each.
2. State work-authorisation status accurately without guessing.
3. Use employer sites, Jobsplus and reputable recruiters alongside job boards.
4. Track applications, contacts, advertised salary and follow-up dates.
5. Research the legal employer before sharing sensitive documents.
6. At interview, clarify duties, location, schedule, salary and permit dependency. Read National Minimum Wage before relying on the summary here.
7. Compare the written offer with living costs before accepting.

Do not relocate for an informal offer

A promising call or message is not a contract or permit. Wait for written terms and verify the company before making irreversible arrangements.

Verify the company and recruiter before sending money or documents

Use this sequence rather than relying on a professional-looking website:

1. Search the employer's exact legal name and company number in the Malta Business Registry company search. Match status, registered office and directors to the offer.
2. Verify the vacancy on the employer's own domain or call the switchboard using contact details you found independently—not the number in the message.
3. For an employment/recruitment agency, ask for its Malta licence number and verify it through DIER's current employment-agency information. A company registration alone is not an agency licence.
4. Check that email comes from the real company domain; compare spelling, domain age/signals and reply-to address. Free email accounts and lookalike domains require extra verification.
5. Ask who will employ you, run payroll, submit Jobsplus engagement and—if you are a TCN—submit the Single Permit.
6. Never pay a personal bank/crypto account for a “guaranteed” job or permit. Obtain an itemised invoice and written legal basis for any legitimate fee.
7. Confirm regulated professions and sector Skills Pass/licence requirements with the issuing authority.

Stop if the recruiter refuses to identify the legal employer, pressures you to travel on a visitor basis, keeps the only copy of your passport, or changes the salary/job title after permit documents are prepared.

Additional red flags include:

• Sending identity documents to an unverified recruiter.
• Treating employer-provided accommodation as free without reading deductions and occupancy terms.

Related practical guides

Start with Moving to Malta: Complete Relocation Guide for the wider picture.

• Working in Malta: Jobs, Permits, Tax and Employment Basics
• Employment Rights in Malta: Pay, Hours, Leave and Contracts

Browse all Moving to Malta guides.

The offer comparison sheet

Compare offers on net affordability, hours, commute, permit risk and progression rather than salary alone.

Last reviewed: 9 August 2026. Recheck the official sources in the article metadata when a deadline, price, eligibility rule or service arrangement affects your decision.