Ashish Sharma
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Hello, I'm Ashish Sharma, and today on Business Daily, well, here's a question.
Why is it that Spain has the fastest growing economy in the European Union, but also one of the highest levels of unemployment?
The economy is expected to grow around 2.4% this year.
The eurozone average is 1.2.
Yet Spain's unemployment rate is at 10%, one of the highest in Europe.
That's Miguel Ángel Blanco Cedrón, director of the Spanish Business School.
So tourism being seasonal impacts unemployment, which is understandable, but Spain's problems run deeper.
Its level of youth unemployment is also much higher, even amongst the well-educated.
While graduates don't want to work in services or in tourism and want to use their qualifications, still some 36% of them are in jobs that don't require a degree.
So how do young people feel about their future?
That's all to come in this edition of Business Daily.
One of the biggest disconnects is in the lack of internships being offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Yes, multinational companies such as Iberdrola, Bebe Ibea Bank do throw resources and have big graduate training schemes.
But this doesn't filter all the way down.
And where Spain struggles is in small to medium-sized companies offering opportunities.
But there are exceptions.
I popped into the offices of one small but multinational company in central Madrid called Gedeth Network to meet Adela.
She was preparing a catch-up meeting with her interns who were on the company's graduate training scheme.
In terms of recruitment, where do you find these young people?
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