It is one of the biggest paradoxes of the labor market. despite being in unemployment lists there is still more than one registered 137,000 people in the province, more and more companies complain that they can’t find candidates enough to close their open positions that prevent them from growing or meeting all the demands of their customers. Some complaints that have become particularly common recovery of activity after the pandemic and successive occupancy records since then, mainly due to the growth of the tourism and hotel sector.
The situation caught the attention of those responsible. Sepe Professions Observatory That they have decided to address the issue for the first time in their annual report on the Alicante labor market. so, after survey experts and professionals The technicians of this body of the human resources sector – including the directors of employment offices – have so far been About twenty tradesmen in the province where there is a problem with renting to all personnel requested by companies
As expected, the industry hostel it is one of the prominent ones on this list of unfilled professions. they will miss you so much waiterslike chefsAccording to the inquiry made by the sepe technicians.
Very little transportation truck drivers -something that employers in the industry also complain about- and problems are identified in finding professionals in this business-related activities. customs representativesbut also accountantsIn the latter case, the problem lies more in the cross-skills they must meet than in the lack of candidates. so, in Lack of language or use of new technologies. something that happens at the same time ManagementAnother of those professions where, according to research, there will be more job offers than candidates with the required qualifications.
When it comes to sectors such as healthcare, labor shortages affect hiring. specialist doctors, nurses unspecialized and physiotherapists; and in the creative and artistic industries, the challenges are concentrated in: graphic and multimedia designers.
Construction is another point where supply and demand do not fully coincide in the province, and in fact, it is one of the sectors in which the relevant employer, in this case Fopa, advocates making it easier to employ foreign workers. Therefore, the experts that Sepe consults point to the following: plumbers, cable structure builders, air conditioner installers And crane operators as trades in which the largest volumes of unfilled open positions are recorded.
Automotive workshops are lacking tanners And electrical mechanicsand in the metallurgical industry, welders. In addition, companies can not find repairmen. marine or railroad machinery fitters.
But it’s starting to spread to other, much more common businesses as well. For example, the study shows that businesses are having difficulties hiring. butchers anyone fishermenand this too hairdressers When it comes to finding the staff they need, they start to have trouble.
The study found that, in these twenty occupations, those consulted had problems filling vacancies in 71% of cases, andn 24% were directly impossible to find candidates. enough, so they are left blank.
reasons
As for the reasons for these difficulties in finding personnel, the main reason 38% from those consulted lack of professional by education or experience; while lack of technical skills is the reason used by another position specific to each job position 31%. However, at the same time 19% of the problem is in working conditionsthat is, in disputes between candidates and the employer about salary or working day. Finally, it is cross-skills (languages, technology management) that ruin the hiring process for the other 12%.
Beyond this study, the analysis of employers and unions on this situation is very different. from ANSWER insisting on a lack of talent in skilled positions “One of the main challenges companies are facing right now” and they insist that the problem is increasingly spreading to all kinds of industries. That’s why they demand it. training offer they are closer to the needs of the productive tissue, but also welcome proposals such as those formulated by the Minister of Social Security, Jose Luis Escrivafor facilitate the regulation of migrant workers Those who are in an unstable state. They also demand the following criteria: be able to recruit originating foreign workers.
While unions are also in favor of improving the situation of immigrants already in Spain, they see the problem very differently. In fact, they even deny it. “The first thing entrepreneurs should do is go to work -public employment service- when they need to find a worker. “That’s what they don’t do,” says CC OO’s general secretary in l’Alacantí and the Navy. Francis Garcia, Also, in reality, This is a working conditions issue.employers do not want to pay the salaries demanded by professionals. Therefore, remember the latest research. European Trade Union Confederation that provides The sectors that have the most difficulty in finding labor are paying 9% below the average.
In the same vein, the general secretary of the UGT-PV, Ismail Saz, I think the problem is lack of resources from public employment services and active employment policies. That is, in the escort that the unemployed receive and should allow them to return to the labor market. An accompaniment that is effective in other European countries, but almost nonexistent in Spain.