In Calabria construction sites without workers. «Now focus on skills»

John

By John

Training first and foremost. Entrepreneurs and social partners agree on the solutions to the surprising phase experienced by Calabria, called to deal with an abundance of construction sites on the one hand and a shortage of personnel on the other. Moreover, in a region that is suffering from a record unemployment rate.
«We have a great season of infrastructural investments ahead of us which will affect Calabria in the coming months. It concerns over 20 billion between the Bridge over the Strait (or what will take its place, ed.) State Road 106, the Santomarco Tunnel, interventions on the railway network, healthcare buildings, etc”, analyzes the regional secretary of the CISL, Giuseppe Lavia, who adds: “Despite the presence of an employment rate of around 45% and high levels of unemployment, we see the difficulties of companies in recruiting workers and specific professional figures”.
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