Editor’s note: This article was first published in February 2012; the unemployment forecast, in-demand profiles and salary ranges, taken from a Page Personnel study for 2012, describe the Spanish job market at that time.
The Spanish government has just announced that unemployment will keep rising in our country (a subject that deserves an article of its own). Even so, despite the crisis, there are certain sectors that will keep looking for professionals throughout 2012 in Spain. Page Personnel has put together a study on the professionals who will still be in demand during this crisis.
The energy sector is booming. It will be looking for profiles such as sales engineers, industrial technical engineers specialising in energy efficiency, photovoltaic project engineers and quality engineers, the latter focused more on the automotive and steel industries. Pay for these professionals would range between €25,000 and €35,000.
Sales profiles are still in demand, although companies are asking for specialised salespeople in technology and telecommunications, the packaging industry, industrial automation, and transport and logistics. Positions such as export sales, technical sales representative, sales engineer and business development manager are among the most sought after in these sectors, with pay between €25,000 and €40,000.
The internet still needs specialists such as traffic managers (€35,000) and developers (€40,000). Not to forget the star role in internet companies, the community manager, whose salary could range anywhere from €15,500 to €55,000 until the responsibilities of the role are properly defined. There is also the online marketing specialist, a professional focused on e-commerce.
According to Page Personnel, through Michael Page, demand has also grown for professionals in purchasing and logistics, as well as for people trained in international trade.
And let’s not forget the ongoing demand for professionals in economics and finance and for jobs related to the environment.
We also take this opportunity to remind you which university degrees will have very little future in the coming years.
Looking at the kinds of jobs and professionals in demand, it’s one of two things: either I’m getting old, or job titles in Spain are becoming more and more Americanised.
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