Even if some member states try to stop the “waves” of EU migrants, in reality the mobility in Europe is still very low. Furthermore in some areas of Europe it is still difficult to fill the open job vacancies in some sectors. While in some member states the rate of unemployment is very high, in some others there is a good job offer rate. The annual mobility within the EU borders, according to OECD 2012 data, is 0.29%, lower than other countries such as Australia (1.5% divided for 8 states) and the USA (2.4% for 50 states). Only 7.5 million European workers, 3.1% of 241 million, are professionally active in another member state. According to the European Parliament data, the low knowledge of languages and the obstacles to find a job would influence the low mobility.
A European network for job services
That’s why at the European Parliament there are discussions on a new regulation to improve the EU network for jobseekers: Eures. That’s a network that will try to inform about job opportunities in other member states, the achievements of the new regulation under discussion will be: to extend the selection of job offers on a European level, to improve the connection between job offers and CV, to try to make more efficient and complete the exchange info regarding the job shortage and manpower.
EU migrants, the mobility is still low
There is a big gap between regions in Belgium, Italy and Spain. In Italy the region with the lowest employment rate is Calabria, 39%, while Bolzano has the highest percentage , 71.5%. Also Belgium, in addition to Spain, shows considerable differences between Brussels , 52.5% of employment, and East Flanders, 68.5%. While Denmark, Sweden and Netherlands do not show these imbalances. Furthermore, two companies out of five say that they find it difficult to hire workers with the skills required for the vacancies. But we should also say that many workers do not find a job that corresponds to their level of qualification . In particular, the lack of suitable skills is present in all the job levels, especially in the metal, mechanical and engineering sectors, and in the ICT information and communication technologies sector. In Italy the imbalances between regions are high, there is a lack of professionals in the ICT and engineering. But there is also a lack of workers in the manufacturing , metal and automotive, health sectors and in the green jobs.
The lack of technical skills and of modernization in the manufacturing sector would be some of the reasons for these shortages. According to the analysis, it is more and more necessary to have continuous training to try to fill this gap between job seeking and job offer of skilled occupations. But the report also shows that in these sectors there won’t be any tangible results in the immediate term. That’s why in the study a policy with long term objectives is mentioned as urgent. To conclude, some measures from member states are fundamental : attract citizens from other countries, facilitate the mobility inside their nation to fill the gap between regions, train unemployed people, create more attractive job sector where there is a lack of manpower, and increase transparency in job offers info.
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Even if some member states try to stop the “waves” of EU migrants, in reality the mobility in Europe is still very low. Furthermore in some areas of Europe it is still difficult to fill the open job vacancies in some sectors. While in some member states the rate of unemployment is very high, in some others there is a good job offer rate. The annual mobility within the EU borders, according to OECD 2012 data, is 0.29%, lower than other countries such as Australia (1.5% divided for 8 states) and the USA (2.4% for 50 states). Only 7.5 million European workers, 3.1% of 241 million, are professionally active in another member state. According to the European Parliament data, the low knowledge of languages and the obstacles to find a job would influence the low mobility.
