Spanish companies have hired again in 2026. The problem is that there is no one to hire

Spanish companies start 2026 wanting to expand their workforce, but they face a big problem: they cannot find enough qualified candidates for your vacancies. According to the data of the ‘Labor Market Guide 2026‘ prepared by the consulting firm Hays, companies are ready to grow and hire more staff. However, the labor market has changed and professionals are already they don’t want to give up to their current jobs. Companies step up. The Hays study reflects that 81% of Spanish companies plan to increase their workforce during 2026. The economic growth trend drives the expansion objectives of Spanish companies and, to carry it out, new vacancies have been opened. This growth in job offers is especially noticeable in dynamic sectors such as technology, professional services and industry. However, the big obstacle quickly appears: there are not enough professionals with the necessary training to fill those vacancies. 93% of the companies consulted for the Hays study claim to have serious difficulties in find qualified profilesa percentage that reaches a historical record and is paralyzing many hiring plans. Talent shortage vs. little training. The lack of qualified professionals has become an insurmountable wall in the hiring processes for new vacancies. 85% of companies claim to have launched internal training programs to develop capabilities of its employees. Only 18% of participants openly admit that they are not investing enough in closing this skills gap that holds them back so much. From the employees’ side, the perception is different. Only 48% of employees are aware that training is being carried out in their company to improve their training. This disconnection between what companies promise and what workers see aggravates the situation, making it more difficult to attract and train talent. Qualified external talent is not found, but neither are resources allocated to train the talent that is already on staff. Less job rotation. Unlike what happened years ago, in 2026 professionals have prioritized stability and growth within their company, instead of jumping to another offer. This change in mentality represents a change with respect to the years 2022 and 2023 in which the labor market had high mobility and the workers they changed jobs frequently in search of better working conditions. Even so, 62% of workers feel that their salary does not reflect all the effort that they put in day by day, but that dissatisfaction is not enough to push them to movesince they value stability and personal balance more. Christopher Dottie, regional managing director of Hays for Southern and Western Europe, puts it in clear words: “companies continue to look for talent, while talent continues to look for stability.” Better salary and flexible working hours: keys to attracting talent. To break this inertia and attract available talent, 72% of companies plan salary increases in 2026, with increases of 7% in areas such as customer service, administration and finance, and 6% in the technology sector to meet salary expectations what candidates demand. Furthermore, the flexible days They are imposed as a key piece in attracting talent, although many companies still resist implementing them despite the fact that the vast majority of employees consider them essential for their well-being. In fact, this ability to adapt to demands for flexibility and offer teleworking options is what is tipping the balance. between the public and private sectors. In Xataka | The employment paradox in Spain: we have the highest unemployment in the EU and also the lowest number of job vacancies Image | Unsplash (Beatriz Cattel)

It was hired by Spacex at age 14. Now, with 16, the young genius has turned his back on Elon Musk to go to Wall Street

His history turned the world. Kairan Quazi graduated at the University of Santa Clara with 14 years. Almost immediately, He was signed as Spacex software engineer. Now, the young prodigy has abandoned Elon Musk’s space company to work in finance. The youngest employee of Spacex. He was not a fellow they sent for cafes. For two years, Kairan was one of Starlink engineers, the Spacex satellite Internet network. His work was critical: he designed the software that determines where the satellites point their beams to offer a stable connection. “I had a very broad field of work and a lot of responsibility, especially for a junior engineer,” Count the boy to Business Insider. Spacex expected him to lead projects from beginning to end: develop ideas, present them to other engineers and address, implement them and supervise the deployments. With 16 years, I needed a change. After two years at the aerospace avant -garde, Kairan Quazi felt prepared to “assume new challenges and expand their skills” in a different high performance environment. The young prodigy received offers from the most leading artificial intelligence laboratories, but it was a proposal of Citadel Securities, a trading giant, which finally convinced him to leave Spacex. Now work as quant unaveloper developing financial models. Quants, the elite of programming. The decision to change rockets for financial algorithms is not accidental. For the best mathematicians and software engineers, only artificial intelligence competes in attractiveness with the world of finance specialized in quantitative analysis. With millionaire wages, the Quants sector combines the complexity and intellectual challenge of other sectors with a much faster rhythm, measurable in days, not in months as in many research environments. In algorithmic trading, an idea is tested, implemented and gives results (for better or worse) in a matter of hours. For the rest, a teenager. Kairan valued that Citadel Securities did not take into account his age or his years of experience when offering opportunities. But sometimes he has to remember that he is a teenager. During his stage in Spacex, his mother had to take him to work every day because, with 14 years, he had no driving license. The episode in which LinkedIn erased the account for not having fulfilled the minimum age of 16. From Silicon Valley to Wall Street. Kairan was born in the San Francisco Bay area and He began his university studies with nine years. After his early entry into the working world, he now moves to Manhattan, where he will live 10 minutes walk from the office. This Bangladesí-American, fond of reading, video games, escalation and piano, lands in a city that already knows for its family roots in Queens. Wall Street will mark a new chapter for a young man who seems to have no limits. Image | Scu In Xataka | What Spacex has achieved with Starship is incredible. The only problem is that he has done it at the expense of the health of his employees

Hertz hired an AI company so that his clients felt safe by returning cars. Are more insecure than ever

“I only have one problem, I am too perfectionist.” No, if you have thought about saying this in your next job interview, I would say you park the idea aside. And I would say that it is not the best idea if you want the work to move forward efficiently. It can be very effective but very little efficient. If you have doubts, ask Hertz. What happened? Hertz is one of the large rental cars companies. In his search to clarify the possible conflicts with customers about whether or not that scrape was before taking the car keys, the company associated with Uveye in April and since then it has been deploying verifier tunnels in the airports that analyze the state of the car. In its statementHertz pointed out that “AI -driven camera systems and Uveye automatic learning algorithms allow automated inspections in real time of the body, glass or tires.” The ultimate goal is to give “greater precision to our maintenance process, so that we can focus on our vehicles being ready when and where our customers want them.” Too much precision. And what if they have achieved precision. As soon as a few months have passed before the company has to face its first controversy. At the International Airport Hartsfield-Jackson From Atlanta, in the US, the system has already been mounted and one of the clients already knows what it is to face the scrutiny of the AI. Patrick, a client who had rented a Hertz car, found a $ 440 sanction by the company. This alleges that the customer marked the car with a scratch of 2.5 centimeters. With the contract signed by Patrick, the company defends that the driver must pay almost half of that amount for the repair of the car and, in addition, pay $ 125 for the processing and another $ 65 to administrative expenses. This reached the sum of more than 400 dollars. Nail clients. The client, they explain in The Drivehe refused to pay for the damage after seeing the images provided by the company that, through an application they advanced that, as if it were the soon payment of a fine of the DGT, he would receive a bonus of 50 euros. But Patrick’s case is not the only one. Carscoop He explains that more than one client has had problems with the artificial intelligence system that Hertz’s cars is reviewing. The problem, they say, is that the system is failing on some occasions, either ignoring friction in cars or by giving bodies that do not have any damage. There is nothing. This last medium echoes a client who has told his Reddit experience (Akkasca of user name). There he presented his case. Before leaving the car at Houston airport, Texas, she checked that everything was in order. The tunnel passed without novelty but when he already set up to the terminal, a notification came to the mobile phone that there was a body damage. Strange, he went to the car again and found that the detail shown by the AI should only be a reflection. He decided to record a video and, subsequently, present it as proof to Hertz. However, he says, the rent is washed and says that she has to talk to those responsible for the company of AI who, in turn, have dismissed the video in which nothing is seen. This is not. Chaos has also been followed by New York Post. The media indicates that among the few solutions that are there is, obviously, not to rent a Hertz car where they have implemented the tunnels with AI. The problem: at the end of the year they hope to have 100 operating tunnels distributed throughout the United States. The problem would be such if it were not for the small detail that the AI is not only being extremely careful on some occasions or making errors for the incident light in the body. As if that were not enough, there are friction that does not contemplate and, therefore, the next client runs the risk of being accused of touching a car that was already damaged. The solution should be to record a video in which the status of the car is shown before getting on it but we have already seen that in case of error Hertz’s clients are not obtaining the best response from the company. In fact, The New York Times It tells the story of a client who was sanctioned by the AI with more than $ 100 dollars despite the fact that a Hertz employee had verified that the car had been delivered correctly. Photo | Uveye In Xataka | We are less and less owners of our cars. The renting in Spain accelerates even between individuals

Until recently they presumed how much they hired. Now the more they say goodbye, the more proud they feel

What times those in which technology companies hired as if there were no morning. The talent war affected even to countries like Spainwhere Amazon fought with a goal to achieve thousands of professionals. The CEO of all these companies celebrated the phenomenon and brought breast explaining that the pandemic had changed the rules of the game. They were proud to hire, but now they are proud otherwise. Checking. Charlie Scharf, CEO of Wells Fargo, has a doubtful record: to have managed to reduce its template for 20 quarters in a row. This manager has described the reduction of workers in this bank “as our ally.” In the last five years the total reduction amounts to 23%, They point In The Wall Street Journal. And there are more cases. Other companies also celebrate these workforce reductions, they indicate in WSJ. Loomis, a Swedish financial company, indicated that it has managed to grow despite recent layoffs, and Union Pacific, the railroad company, stressed that despite firing 3% of its workforce, it has achieved a record quarter. The Verizon CEO, Hans Vistberg, Indian In a recent conference with investors that in the field of workforce “we are being very, very good, and is constantly going down.” Or what is the same: he is very happy to fire people because as he highlighted “we are very efficient when managing our resources.” Lip-bu tan, CEO of Intel, advertisement that They would fire 15% of the workforceand his argument was that they needed to become a “faster, agile and vibrant” company. If you say goodbye it is because you are a great CEO. That seems to be the current perception of the technological industry, because while not having a long time to say goodbye to be a symptom of problems and a strategic withdrawal, it is now seen as a commitment to efficiency and the promising role of artificial intelligence. Elon Musk taught the way. The CEOS did not usually presume to fire people, but the thing changed When you bought Twitter. His first and controversial decision was dismiss approximately 75% of the workforce. The measure made the alarms jump and many wondered if the platform would subsist after that labor debacle. He has done it, and Musk, maximalist of efficiency, has always taken chest When talking about that measure. The efficiency argument. It is as if suddenly the industry had realized that it could make cuts punishing those Employees with lower productivity or looking for maximum efficiency in the template. More and more of the employee is talked about, and there Nvidia is one of the great prominent – clariously benefited by the AI boom. Now the argument between the bosses is defended that No one is irreplaceable. Prize to cut template. Zack Mikewa, of the firm Sloane & Co., explained in WSJ how to “be honest with the costs and the workforce is not only allowed, but is rewarded” by investors. The argument for dismissals in the past was the search for pure economic profitability, but now the excuse is the search for change and renewal, adaptation for that future complex that is presented to us. Downward hiring. Not only are there massive layoffs: there are companies that have also temporarily frozen hiring or slowed them for long periods. This is the case of Bank of America: his CEO, Brian Moynihan, explained to investors that during his mandate the template reduction has been remarkable. Since CEO was named in 2010, the workforce has gone from about 300,000 people to about 212,000, and as stressed “we have to continue working to reduce (that figure).” In Xataka | Microsoft has discovered that lining and saying goodbye to thousands of employees is compatible. The problem is that it is not alone

A 19 -year -old hacked the iPhone, was hired by Apple and ended up fired for not answering an email

The iPhone has been among us for almost 17 years. During all this time, the phone has changed a lot, but some things have remained practically intact since its launch. One of them is the closed ecosystem to which Apple products belong. Anti-Jailbreak. The Cupertino company has struggled to maintain a strong control over what can be done on the iPhone. But even in the first generation of the device there were those who rejected this mechanic and offered users an alternative: the Jailbreak. Jailbreak was nothing other than a method that was used of certain vulnerabilities of the device to remove the restrictions that Apple had imposed. Thus, those who resorted to this method accessed unpaid functions in exchange for putting their safety at risk. The road from Allegra. From advanced adjustments to the possibility of installing third -party applications without going through the App Store (store that was not available at the beginning and arrived in 2008 with OS 2). One of the hackers that had developed his own jailbreak was Nicholas Allegra. The 18 -year -old known on the network as “Comex” launched the first jailbreak publicly available for the iPhone 4 In 2010. To achieve this, he found a way to exploit vulnerability in a Safari library, so his method worked directly from the browser. Advanceing. Comex continued to cultivate his ability to break Apple’s telephone security and the following year launched Jailbreakme 3.0, which reached several iOS devices, including iPad 2. At this point, the community believed that Allegra was “years ahead” of other iOS hackers. And hired. But in 2011, his reality changed radically. The young man He went from creating Jailbreakme to be part of Applethe company that had challenged, as “remote fellow.” It is not clear what the dynamic between the multinational and the young man was, but that link did not take too long to dissolve. The farewell. After almost a year in Apple, in 2012 Allegra He announced on Twitter that was no longer part of Apple. In another message he explained that he had reached that situation because he had “forgotten to answer an email.” The mail in question was an offer to continue hired. The internship had a duration of one year and, apparently, Apple asked Comex by email to confirm if it would continue in the company for one more year. Not receiving an answer, the firm left the iphone hacker contract without effect, so it ceased to be a fellow. Images | Unspash In Xataka | Banks spent years criticizing cryptocurrencies. The BBVA will soon allow to operate with Bitcoin and ETH from its app In Xataka | Japan’s demographic crisis is leaving him without workers. Your solution: thousands of robots with a cat’s face *An earlier version of this article was published in January 2024

Javier Mascherano confessed the reason why Inter Miami hired the Venezuelan Telasco Segovia

The young Venezuelan midfielder Telasco Segovia It has been the last hire of the Inter Miami of Lionel Messi. Last Tuesday afternoon, Javier Mascherano was questioned on this topic and revealed the reasons behind the signing. In a mixed zone with journalists, the coach was consulted about the negotiation that led the Venezuelan to InterMiami. Mascherano He was clear and assured that one of the main reasons was having faced him so many times when he was technical director of the Argentine national team’s youth teams. In this sense, the strategist argued that he knows very well Segovia and another of his virtues is his versatility in midfield. By being able to perform several positions, the Inter Miami He became more interested in him. “He is a player that I have had to face many times. With Sub-20, Sub-23 in Venezuela. He is a player who has the ability to play in various positions in the midfield. You can give them different variants. We brought him because we like him, I think he can contribute from midfield to forward,” he explained. Segovia came to Miami thanks to a disbursement of $2.5 million dollars that was paid to the Pia House of the first division of Portugalaccording to the Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano. The 21-year-old midfielder was a starter with this team in the first division of Portugal. He has played 15 of 17 games this season, scoring two goals. Segovia It became the most expensive sale in the history of the Pia House. The young promise became the third Venezuelan in history to play with Lionel Messi. The other two were Jeffren Suarezwhen they agreed on the FC Barcelona in 2010, and Josef Martinezwith whom he shared in Inter Miami just a few months. Who is Telasco Segovia? Telasco Segovia is a young Venezuelan soccer player born on April 2, 2003 in Barquisimetostate Lara. He plays as a midfielder and his profile is characterized by being more offensive. Segovia made his professional debut with Sports Lara on September 8, 2019 in a match against Carabobo in Venezuela. During his time at the club, he played 58 games and scored six goals in the Futve League. His self-confidence and great performance in the Maurice Revello Tournament 2022where he was the top scorer and Best Player of the Tournament with the national team Venezuelathey quickly took him to Europe. In August 2022, he was loaned to the Sampdoria of theto Series A Italian. Although he played only one game in the Series Ahis team descended to the Series B. This scenario led him to sign a three-year contract with Pia House in Portugal in September 2023. Keep reading:· Venezuelan Telasco Segovia will play with Lionel Messi at Inter Miami· Javier Mascherano targeted Mexicans in the Messi controversy: “They are hostile to us”· Messi rubs Mexican fans in the face with controversial celebration of the World Cup won by Argentina

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