Labour market trends in Spain 2023

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Written by Dayesi Rodriguez
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The labour market in Spain is constantly evolving, which has led to significant changes in trends and a growing need for training in new skills that allow workers to acquire other abilities to remain relevant in a changing work environment.

These preferences have also influenced the way companies structure their job offers to fill vacancies in various sectors.

Training needs in the labour market
According to the report Labour Market Trends in Spain 2023 , prepared by the SEPE Occupations Observatory, the country continues to experience a mismatch between labour supply and demand. In addition, there is a lack of labour availability in both qualified and unqualified profiles.

In addition, the effectiveness of long-term training programmes for companies is still being questioned in some quarters . This is true for both university degrees and professional georgia phone data certificates, which is why the latter are beginning to be divided up in order to be able to accredit in stages and acquire units of competence as an itinerary, even leading to the achievement of vocational training qualifications in this way.

Non-formal training
Regarding non-formal training at work, the study indicates that larger companies were the ones that showed the greatest interest in training, reaching all workers. While only half of the smaller ones provided training. This means that large companies are better at detecting the training needs of workers.

As for the training provided , half is related to workplace techniques, the other half to transversal and aptitude aspects.

According to economic activity, most training took place in companies related to information, communication and financial activities , professional, scientific and technical activities, transportation and storage and industry .

On the other hand, there is a great need for training in digital skills , followed by those related to the ecological transition and sustainability . In general, there are training deficiencies in language skills (English, mainly), as well as in mastery of the Office package , in statistical and financial knowledge .