Technological and environmental transitions experienced by business, public administration and society in general are completely modifying the labor market. Companies are currently looking to find professionals who are trained and experienced in issues related to sustainability and the digital world, while future employees are targeting these same areas to address the so-called talent gap. This can be estimated in Spain with an imbalance of more than 20% between the active population and what the market offers, according to the report. Addressing labor shortages: Lessons for future policy published by Eurofound in the spring. This community body, which processes data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), directly points to the “environmental and digital transition” as one of the main drivers and links it to “technological skills becoming basic”.
Therefore, Eurofound clarifies that at the moment the most sought-after profiles are data processing specialists and engineers, as well as specialists in the field of cloud, cyber security or the Internet of Things. Minsait’s latest Ascendant Digital Maturity report agrees with this premise, finding that the main obstacle to digitalization for companies is “not budget,” but rather “it’s talent constraints.” More precisely, Indra is in the midst of growth and expansion thanks to the aforementioned digital transformation, as evidenced by its 18% increase in turnover in 2022 or the recent acquisition of communications consultancy NAE, which adds to the inorganic growth it has experienced in recent years .
In fact, Minsait has announced that it wants to “meet its customers’ technology challenges by adding 17,000 professionals to its workforce in 2023,” adding to the more than 45,000 the firm has in the countries it operates. According to sources in the company itself, 13,500 people worked last year. In our country, the number is 5,000 new employees, and to eliminate the imbalance in the labor market, the Indra subsidiary will formulate the search for talent along three main axes: “Professional, with attention to the remote work model and your career and training. plans; technological, with projects that have a strong impact on customer competitiveness and social transformation; and ecological, with cutting-edge innovations that connect the physical and digital worlds, promoting sustainable development,” its managers detail.
Regarding the first, the company strengthened its employer brand More digital, more human and is specifically targeted at STEM profiles, i.e. professionals specializing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics who have a university degree or secondary and tertiary education from FP training cycles. The goal is to “serve innovative technology offerings related to artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, meta-universe, SAP profiles or low code“, the company clarifies. Flexibility and remote work are among the attractions of the proposed positions, in addition to internal mobility, own training plans or its equality plan.
Therefore, Minsait confirms that remote work “in many cases reaches 100% of the working day and affects 80% of the workforce in Spain” and allows “participation in international projects on five continents”. Among the training plans, Smart Start, aimed at youth, and Udemy for Business, available to all employees, stand out. The firm has strengthened its commitment to an inclusive and diverse policy to adapt it to current regulations, operating along five dimensions: gender, functional, cultural, sexual and generational.
The technology axis is one of the biggest challenges for consultants because of the impact that projects have. An example is the banking sector, where it works to reduce the digital divide that affects some older people, while at the same time promoting innovation in payment methods. In industry, this brings convergence between information and operational technologies, while in hospitality, food and events, the focus is on sensors with IoT Intelligence. In the field of public administration, the firm is responsible for systems that enable the scaling of safer, faster and more sovereign models in contexts such as administrative, judicial, tax, educational, social or medical. And from a care perspective, it promotes personal autonomy and support for caregivers while developing the adoption of the electronic record and digital health record in healthcare.
Together with the University of Granada and Google Cloud, the Indra subsidiary has created one of the most innovative artificial intelligence centers in Europe “to promote the creation of intelligent organizations based on effective data management and to reduce the gap between the development of technology and the speed of adoption by companies and public administration entities” , – the company specifies. At the same time, he signed a cooperation agreement aimed at promoting actions for training and technology transfer in the field of artificial intelligence with the University of La Coruña and, in parallel, has agreements with Microsoft, Amazon or Google, among others. startups in fintech.
Finally, in line with the demands of climate emergencies, Minsait’s third line of action is environmental. In this sense, the aim is to “increase the efficiency of cities, take care of coastlines, promote sustainable tourism, improve water and waste management, detect fires, protect birds in wind farms, preserve life in the oceans or offer solutions for the agri-food sector”. From the Indra subsidiary, they confirm that “in many cases, transformation projects focus on more sustainable use of resources in public administration, healthcare, telecommunications, education and justice, enabling savings of 70% in implementation and maintenance costs and up to 30% reduction in time and papers used to process files,” they illustrate.
