According to an Adegi survey, the demand for STEM profiles is increasing. Three of the four contracts will be concluded with people with higher education in engineering, ICT, mathematics, biology or business administration, in addition to mechanical engineering, electricity and electronics.
Aware of the “great” demographic challenge“Gipuzkoa is facing and the strong impact it will have on the labor market, adegi, The Gipuzkoa Business Association has conducted the fourth survey on “Employment Needs and Professional Profiles in Gipuzkoa” among companies in Gipuzkoa for 2022.
According to the report, in the next 20 years there will be a shortage of almost 80,000 people in the Gipuzkoan labor market.
If in 2021 there were 2,500 over-65s over the age of 30, they calculate that there will be 47,000 over-65s in 2041 (respectively 45 and 10 years old now).
According to the research, in the near future, three out of four contracts will be with people with higher education, university/postgraduate education (44%) and higher education (30%). They will mainly hire STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, from the acronym in English) profiles: Industrial Engineering, other engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Biology and Chemistry or Physical Sciences, as well as Business Management Profiles, Economics and Law . In addition, the demand for profiles for Philology/Translation and Tourism will increase.
In higher education cycles, the most in-demand families are: mechanical manufacturing, electrical and electronics, business management and computer science
The main occupational categories of the new posts to be included are production personnel and technical-scientific and commercial personnel.
Recruitment and selection method
60% of new start-ups will be through open-ended contracts.
Three out of four companies prefer to hire people they already know directly and 21% of the recruitments are done by Dual Training students or interns at companies. In addition, there is a growing presence of using the internet and social networks such as Linkedin, Infojobs or Jobbandtalent to find staff.
Companies especially appreciate the attitude to work, training and responsibility and perseverance. However, 77% of recruiting companies say they struggle to find the professional profiles they need. The main shortcomings remain the lack of training and/or specialization, attitude or interest and experience, which weigh more heavily in the responses.
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