The Association of Metal Industries and Associated Technologies of Galicia (Asime) closed its fifth Integrated Employment Program this Tuesday, which has achieved job placement for more than 50% of its participants.
The event, held in Vigo, was attended by the Minister of Employment, Commerce and Emigration, José González, as well as the general secretary of Asime, Enrique Mallon, in addition to about 20 users of the program, who have shared their experiences.
The initiative, subsidized by the Xunta and the Ministry of Labor, aims at job placement in the metal sector through training, guidance and personalized intermediation, to promote professionals with high demand in the industry, such as welding, logistics and administration.
In this edition, 100 people have participated, of which more than 50% have found a job. Mallón highlighted that “there are now five editions of this important initiative”, with which, in recent years, Asime has offered complete training and career guidance to more than 550 people in the area of Pontevedra and A Coruñawith Vigo and Narón being the main cities.
In his opinion, programs like this serve to contribute to solve the existing gap between demand for profiles and qualifications of workersgenerating employment and promoting the growth of the industrial sector.
Generational change
At the momentone in five contracts is being discontinued due to the oversaturation of companies in the sector whose workload is high. Even so, they cannot find enough professionals to take on more projects since many are practically at 100% productive capacity.
In fact, the president of Asime encrypted in 5,000 vacancies in metal that urgently need to be filled. The Minister of Emprego spoke along the same lines, who highlighted the job placement of the program. Furthermore, it has claimed the importance of “going hand in hand” with the productive fabric to provide it with the training it needs in order to fill vacancies and enhance its competitiveness.
In a statement, the Xunta explained that, due to the “convinction of the effectiveness of this type of tools”, the budget allocation for this year’s call has been increased, up to almost 12 million euros.
Thus, it will be expanded to the 5,800 people the number of unemployed who will be able to improve their job opportunities within the framework of these special employment centers. Precisely Asime was a beneficiary once again in this 2024 call.
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