Professions in demand in Spain
Despite the fact that Spain maintains one of the highest rates of unemployment in the European Community, the progressive recovery in productivity - after the recession years (between 2008 and 2013) caused by the global financial crisis - generates a demand for workers in various economic sectors.
It seems that the negative economic cycle passed and now Spain is experiencing the progressive recovery of productivity and the moderate, but sustained, employment growth.
According to consultancy Adecco, an organization specializing in Human Resources, which annually develops studies on employment in Spain, university professionals are still the most demanded candidates by companies in their job offers.
According to the Adecco Infoempleo Report on Degrees with more professional opportunities, 55% of qualified job offers in Spain require a university degree or diploma.
According to this study, presented in 2017, these are the most requested professional profiles in the labor market in Spain:
Business Administrator, Computer Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Trade and Marketing Specialist, Psychologist and Psychopedagogist, Telecommunications Engineer, Industrial and Labor Relations (HR), Economist, Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Actuary, Nurse, Lawyer , Medical and Biomedical, Professionals of Hospitality and Tourism, Philologist, Linguist and Diploma in Literature, Architect, Biologist, Biochemist, Biotechnologist, Pharmacist, Dentistry.
Economic sectors that generate employment in Spain
The consultancy Adecco also studied the sectors of the Spanish economy that generate the most employment.
According to the study, there are four areas where jobs are created sustainably in Spain.
These are the sectors that generate more employment in Spain:
Services: Tourism and hospitality, Health and well-being, Sales and marketing, including digital marketing and exports, Insurance, banking and finance.
ICT Sector and Telecommunications: Data analysts or experts in «Big Data»., IT security experts,
Programmers (Java, J2EE and .NET), Specialists in ERP, CRM and Bussiness Intelligence, Mobile Application Developers, Project Managers, Database Administrators, System Experts, Technical Helpdesk, Telecommunications Engineers, Expert Video Engineers ( Video Engineer), Radio Solution Manager.
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