15,000 turn up for 150 jobs at Madrid's John Deere factory "The truth is I have no idea what the job is, beyond that it is at a factory," one 23-year old applicant who gave his name as Samuel, told Spanish daily newspaper El Pais. I spent from 12.30 to 4pm in the line and I don't care what the work is. Employment agency Adecco in the Getafe district of Madrid, which advertised the job, said it had seen more than 15,000 applicants for the 150 positions in the week before the application closing date on Monday. The government on Tuesday released figures that showed half a million people lost their jobs in the year ending September and that now 478,535 Spaniards are registered as unemployed. Spain's official unemployment rate reached 24.63 per cent in June, the highest in the industrialised world and a survey by Spain's workers union, UGT, revealed that close to a million people have been looking for work for at least two years. Mariano Rajoy, the prime minister, has denied that he will seek a eurozone bail-out this weekend, contrary to reports that Spain had signalled to European officials that it would be ready to make the request by October 8, when eurozone finance ministers are due to meet.