The challenges of the labor market for

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Overcoming the pandemic and its effects on the economy and employment will be a key challenge in the coming year. It will be necessary to apply innovative and different solutions that allow us to protect and meet the needs of employees and employers. Javier Blasco , director of the Adecco Group Institute , assures that Spain will have to face seven essential challenges when it comes to overcoming labor market imbalances in a post-COVID world : 1.Leadership and change management Leadership is essential in a time of true disruption and change of cycle. Javier Blasco affirms that, now more than ever, “leaders are needed to promote a transformation based on a leadership style based on emotional intelligence, empathy and valuing people. Situational leadership requires that companies bring out the best in each worker with management styles adapted to each specific case.” 2.Flexibility, teleworking Candidates, workers and employers demand flexible workplaces and forms of employment that maximize hiring possibilities. The various flexibility mechanisms favor the conciliation and competitiveness of companies. For Blasco it is more than evident that “teleworking, part-time, irregular working hours, subcontracting of services or freelance professionals, or new forms of employment - some still foreign to our Workers' Statute - require that employers, “Governments and other social agents reach consensus and commit to attractive labor markets for people and employers.” 3. Remuneration The salary model in Spain remains anchored in fixed concepts, with little possibility of encouraging productivity and attracting the most competitive talent, which usually demands attractive salaries linked to variables that reward effort and value contribution.

The director of the Adecco Group Institute affirms that “most of the bonuses in our country continue to be linked to seniority in the position. The necessary salary improvement is also a requirement for the sustainability of the welfare state that we have and that we all want to maintain in the future.” 4. Diversity and inclusion The challenges of the future of work demand environments where all types of talents fit. Javier Blasco argues that “once the economy recovers, Europe may have  Country Email List a shortage of qualified workers. “Those capable of creating workplaces that ensure diversity and inclusion of people with different abilities, where the richness of gender, ages, nationalities and different cultures are combined, will win the battle for competitiveness.” Therefore, a commitment that comes from management and that is part of the culture of the organizations is necessary, ensuring that the processes and guidelines guarantee that diverse and inclusive vision. 5. Reskilling, talent development New training methodologies, more digital teachers, companies, platforms and workplaces as future regular “classrooms” for continuous training that respond to the necessary engagement of workers.





Human resources departments must plan, together with technology, the systems of adaptation and adjustments of talent to guarantee competitiveness and the battle for increasingly scarce talent. Javier Blasco highlights the importance of dynamism when training workers, “we will have to combine traditional models of regulated learning on technical skills, with an increasing commitment to “soft” skills and competencies that guarantee reskilling and continuous upskilling” . 6. Digital transformation Digitalization not only affects professionals in the technological branches and STEM training. It is a demand that cuts across all jobs and also becomes a means of greater productivity and easier work-life balance. However, there is a risk that it will become a weapon of discrimination that will further increase differences in a highly polarized and non-inclusive labor market to the detriment of certain groups. More than half of Europe's workforce will face major transitions, and automation will require all workers to acquire new skills. Employers must see this process as an opportunity for competitiveness and to expand the commitment to employability with society as a whole.