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The job market changes faster than you think. The mismatch between what companies offer and what workers want, or are trained to do, leaves a job gap to fill. In Spain there are more than 150,000. A good chance?
The topic of the week
chasing a job
Personal foul. 149,645. This is exactly the number of job vacancies in Spain today, a record figure. Above all, people are needed in services. Madrid, Catalonia and Andalusia is where there are the most positions to be filled. If we have 2.7 million unemployed, something indicates that supply and demand do not match… And if we are too qualified for our economy?
People disappear. In the midst of the mess, the ghosts are growing. Candidates who disappear in the middle of the recruitment process are on the rise. Is he ghosting. The same is that the thing has not liked. As an example, due to poor working conditions, 32,000 waiters have disappeared. Or maybe we are fed up with working and we don’t want to accept the first thing that comes our way.
Work like you want to get fired, says one expert
Prepare well. If you are one of those who is looking for a job, you have to follow several tips. Do not make mistakes with the resume or in the offers, take care of your social networks, prepare for the worst scenario. And if you do, work like you want to get kicked out, with constant constructive challenge and being active. That’s what the experts say.
Mandatory relief. An entire generation is nearing retirement. Are the baby boomers, those born between 1958 and 1975. Their exit from the market will force them to be replaced. Especially since his retirement, and lower consumption, will reduce GDP growth for 20 years. To cover it up, prices are already going up: who will be the most affected?
And also… The day to day
The thing goes bills
A new electricity bill arrives. The regulated tariff, the PVPC, is adapted so that there is not as much volatility in prices as we have suffered in recent times. It will affect 9 million consumers from January 1st. This is how the new system works.
The electricity bill of 9 million consumers will change
Not even in summer do you have to lower your guard, because the troubles come later. Browsing the internet, sending messages, listening to music… Using your mobile phone lightly abroad can trigger your bill when you return home. In some places you have to be very careful with the roaming.
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