He registered unemployment in public employment service offices fell by 661 people in November in Aragon compared to the previous month (-1.3%), up to 51,388 unemployedaccording to data published by the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy. Last year, unemployment accumulated a decrease of 2,021 unemployed, which represents 3.8% less.
By sector, unemployment has decreased in all sectorswith the biggest reductions in services, down 295 (-0.83%); Industry, 149 less (-2.51%); Without previous employment, 111 fewer (-2.03%); Construction, 74 less (-2.53%); Agriculture, 32 less (-1.61%).
At the end of the month, the sectors with the most unemployment are Services (35,439), Industry (5,797), while the sectors with the least unemployment are Agriculture (1,959), Construction (2,849) and Without previous employment (5,344).
As for sexesof the 51,388 unemployed registered in November, 31,530 were women, 365 fewer (-1.1%) and 19,858 men, which represents a decrease of 296 in the number of unemployed compared to the previous month (-1 .5%).
In November, unemployment among young people under 25 decreased, with 84 fewer unemployed than at the end of last month (-1.7%), while unemployment among those aged 25 and over decreased by 577 unemployed. (-1.22%).
By provincesunemployment decreased in Zaragoza (-623), Huesca (-132), although it increased in Teruel (+94). Compared to the hiringIn November, 34,393 contracts were registered in Aragon, 1.3% more than the same month of the previous year. Of these, 12,115 were permanent contracts, a figure 2.2% lower than in November of the previous year, and 22,278 were temporary contracts (3.4% more).
Of the number of contracts recorded in November, 64.77% were temporary – compared to 63.56% the previous month – and 35.23% were indeterminate – the previous month was 36.44% – -.
Pending global context
From CEOE Aragón, its general director, Jesús Arnau, explained that the unemployment data for the month of November in Aragon “breaks a trend that destroys employment this month in the last 10 years.”
However, Arnau emphasized that “We are attentive to developments in European economies, particularly Germany. because the great opening of the Aragonese economy and its industry means that its situation greatly influences our exports, mainly in the automobile and capital goods sector.
Furthermore, this highlighted the need for Aragonese companies to fill jobs in traditional professions such as industry, hospitality or construction as in new technologies. Positions are more difficult to fill in rural areas despite the importance of businesses as the backbone of the territory.
Faced with this situation, he stressed the need to direct young people in particular towards the most in-demand professions by businesses, in addition to promoting employment in rural areas with active policies and actions related to housing, services or communications, among others.
For her part, Cepyme Aragón, its president, María Jesús Lorente, asked training measures to reduce structural unemployment. “There are many able-bodied unemployed with skills different from those currently required by the labor market. We need to train these people to meet the needs of businesses,” he added.
More active policies
Reactions to the unemployment data also came from the main trade union organizations in Aragon. From the UGT Aragón, its secretary, José Juan Arcéiz, warned against the territorial distribution of unemployment, which is why he pleaded for active regional policies by knowing the data on registered unemployment and social security affiliation.
The general secretary of CCOO Aragón, Manuel Pina, said that “the figures of the Aragonese labor market they maintain imbalances that need to be worked on“.
In this sense, he highlighted “gender differences, where unemployment among women is double that of men; sectoral, where services represent 70% of unemployment; and in improving the quality of employment. Although temporary employment has declined, it is holding steady. a high percentage with 64.77% of the total, which denotes an abuse of the possible and partial contract.
