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| The summer is helping to push unemployment down |
Summer always brings with it a boost to Spanish employment.
Millions of people flock to the country over the summer and that means more
work needs to be done and more people are needed to do it.
This year the annual boost in employment has been the
biggest the country has seen for a long time. Data from the Labour Ministry of
Spain shows that unemployed dropped at the highest rate in ten years over June.
This suggests that the economic recovery Spain has seen is staying strong.
Spain still has a bit of reputation for being a place
without jobs for some of Europe. While there is still too much youth
unemployment in general unemployment has continued to drop for the past few
years.
The June figures show that jobless claims went down 124,349
that much. So now the total of unemployed people in Spain is roughly 3.76
million. Spain also saw almost 100,000 new social security registrations in
June so now there are around 17,760,271 people employed in Spain; the highest
for over seven years.
Most of these jobs were created by the bumper summer season.
While some of these jobs are seasonal there are plenty of non-tourism related
jobs. The El Pais newspaper shows nearly 40,000 people were hired in the hospitality
trade in June, which may be classed as seasonal jobs. The retail sector saw
nearly 28,000 new hires, with nearly 19,000 in administrative activities,
14,000 hired in manufacturing, and roughly 11,500 people hired in the
construction sector.
No matter how you look at it Spanish industries are creating
thousands of jobs a month which is great news for the economy and keeps the cost of living down in spain.
