If you are looking for a job, or are thinking about making a professional change to another sector, it is important that you know the productive sectors that are
demanding professionals in order to accurately focus your search and increase the chances of success.
Below, we explain which are the
5 professional profiles most in demand at this time in Catalonia:
- Tech profiles
Not only is it the professional field with the highest demand for qualified workers, but also the one that generates the most
new professions. More than half of tech-profile occupations did not exist 10 years ago! These occupations are all those that revolve around information and communication technologies. We are talking about professions such as web developer, data analyst, artificial intelligence architect, programmer, etc.
- Hospitality professionals
On the other side of the professional spectrum, hospitality is a very established and traditional sector, with a constant demand for workers driven by the growth of tourism throughout the country. It includes a wide range of occupations, ranging from waiters, cooks, and hotel reception staff to
event managers. Increasingly, hospitality prioritizes two competencies when recruiting professional profiles: being highly focused on improving the customer experience, and adapting to digital tools, which are increasingly present in any professional field.
- Community Manager
More and more companies are demanding professionals who can communicate their brand through social networks, or who can energize different online platforms to increase the sale of their products. The community manager, as a specialist in
marketing and communication, is an essential piece of the communicative architecture of any company. To be able to work in this field, in addition to technical skills, it is very important for candidates to have well-developed soft skills such as creativity, communication, and networking.
- Recruitment specialist
The demand for recruitment consultants or specialists is growing at the same rate as the general demand for specialized workers. Companies are increasingly choosing to hire professionals (internal or freelance) with training and/or experience in the field of human resources, knowledge of office tools, and proficiency in English to carry out recruitment processes. As a particular feature, a good portion of the job offers published on the web for this occupation offer work in
hybrid or 100% remote mode.
- Administrative staff
The Catalan labor market demands administrative staff constantly and increasingly, to work in the
public service or in the private sector, with assistant or more qualified technical profiles. It is a job that requires soft skills such as planning and organization and the advanced use of office tools, knowledge that can be developed and accredited through participation in vocational training actions such as professional certificates.
The essential elements
If you want to apply for a job offer in any of these occupations, you must take into account that you will compete with a large number of candidates, and that is why you must carefully consider the following elements:
- You must have the soft and technical skills required for the exercise of these occupations and you must be able to prove it. If you do not have enough training or experience in these areas, vocational training offers you the opportunity to develop these skills, update them, and accredit them. In addition to helping you get the job you are looking for, training will give you more confidence in your daily professional life while performing the new job.
- You must plan the selection processes well, identifying the offers that best suit your professional profile, adapting your application and your CV to them, and preparing well for interviews and selection tests. For this, you can ask for the help of a career counselor who will help and accompany you throughout the process.
Good professional guidance and appropriate training are key to successfully facing labor insertion or professional change processes and being able to say: I am what I want to be!
