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Unemployment is a reality for 40.13% of the Spanish population under the age of 25. This has been one of the biggest problems in the Spanish labor market for decades and has reached its peak with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
"We have grown up with a social promise that, if we studied and knew languages, had many degrees and masters, we were going to be successful and, when we entered real life, we realized that it was not so", exposed the CEO of Trivu, Pablo González, during the XIII Smart Business Meeting organized by Business Insider Spain.
The figures in Spain become even more worrying when compared with the average for the European Union and the continent's main economies. In Germany, it is only 6.4%, while in Italy it is 33.3% and in Greece, 35.7%. The EU average is 17.8%.
This graph shows how Spain has become the leader in youth unemployment in Europe.
González emphasized that the current context is very different from that of previous generations. "The context in which we are born, grow up, and start working is very different from the one my father or grandfather could have had (...). The concept has changed from working for organizations to working with organizations," he explained in one of his speeches. "It's a single word that makes a lot of difference, in terms of how we value and how important it is for us to feel identified not only with what we do on a day-to-day basis but with the very essence and purpose to which we contribute."
These figures make many young people doubt the usefulness of having a university degree since today it is no guarantee of success. However, Gonzalez does not believe that college is useless.
"I believe that we should not be radical in the approach that the university is useless, but that we have to look for intermediate formulas. The educational system in a country like ours has to evolve, not only for the people who are being trained but also for the work it does," he said.
And he added that it is also the responsibility of the younger ones to change what is not working.
"The new generations have a responsibility to, if something is not working, see what alternatives there are and how we can start working ourselves to be able to work better in the company we are in," he stressed.
González appealed on several occasions to the individual responsibility of each person and that, if you want to change the world, you have to start with yourself. María José Martín, general manager of Talent Solutions at ManpowerGroup, pointed out that the generational change is noticeable in the willingness of young people to choose where they want to work.
"Increasingly, you want to decide where, how, when, and with whom you work and companies have to make efforts to adapt, if they want to have the best talent, to the expectations of candidates," agreed María José Martín, general manager of Talent Solutions at ManpowerGroup. María Gutiérrez, CEO and founder of the Hiwook job portal, added that "if you don't have your own goals, you will be a tool in someone else's".
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