The lack of qualified personnel in the technology sector is a latent problem throughout the world, but especially in Spain, where there are up to 120,000 jobs currently unfilled. Obviously we are facing a warning sign regarding the economic evolution of the country, which is behind and does not adapt to the cutting edge of IT that is followed in other countries of the European Union.
Spain is facing a feared ‘brain drain’ and technological talentthe largest in its history, which added to the talent shortage 3.0 It shows that all those ICT positions cannot be filled due to the lack of necessary qualifications. In fact, according to data from DigitalES (Employers of the technological sector), the demand for personnel has increased by 70% compared to 2021 in a sector that represents 3% of the national GDP. The communities where these professionals are currently most in demand are Madrid (41,000 jobs), Catalonia (20,000 jobs), the Basque Country (11,000), Andalusia (10,000) and the Canary Islands (7,000).
Hope in this sense is found in Barcelona, which year after year opens its way to consolidate itself as one of the technological hubs of reference in the old continent. In fact, the city of Barcelona competes to take part in the ranking of the main technological cities.
Barcelona’s commitment to technology and technology companies from around the world to open new offices in the Catalan capital using its strategic position and looking for qualified personnel in Spainhas led to honey potEurope’s leading technology jobs platform, to embark on a new path here.
Since Honeypot was founded in Berlin in 2015, it has worked to expand its services throughout Europe and now comes to Spain from Barcelona to develop its efficient reverse recruiting system. On this platform, it is not the workers who are looking for a job, but the companies that come looking for qualified personnel who adapt to their needs. The number of IT experts is so small that companies from all over Europe are betting on this service to increase their ranks with experts in the field.
The main idea of Honeypot is to do the same as in other countries (such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands), retain talent and not leave the regionbut in turn encouraging the attraction of qualified personnel from different parts of the world, encouraging unprecedented expansion.
In recent years, the city is filling with innovative startupstechnology and culture that seek economic incentives in Spain, but also human ones, to maintain and expand.
In fact, in the few weeks that Honeypot has been available in Barcelona, hundreds of talents from the IT sector have already joined to create their profile on the platform. The other side of the coin, that of companies, is also very positive. And it is that companies present in Barcelona such as DGTLS, Zoundream, Rover, Qori, ePages and bike24 have signed up and managed to recruit their first employees quickly and effectively.
Currently, Honeypot has 270,000 tech talentsadding an average of 1,500 new weekly registrations. Now that it has arrived in force in the city of Barcelona, a benchmark for investment in new technologies, everything indicates that its evolution and its consolidation as a platform for technological employment will increase.
How does HoneyPot work?
The key to success lies in your intuitive powerhis agile design and the ease of use. It also has a team capable of advising users 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, so that friendly and human side is what makes it succeed in the sector.
They generate organic relationships in which the company finds the technical personnel it is looking for and the worker manages to access a relevant job position and according to their claims, so the degree of satisfaction is quite high.
In this way, the candidate creates their profile, sets their preferences and the companies contact them inviting them to an interview. As a differentiating element, the offers include a very complete information (tech stack, programming languages, salary, team culture, work environment and conditions). it is achieved like this reduce waiting times and staff recruitmentin such a way that if the company is urgent, it can find certain candidates, according to said profile, in a matter of minutes.
Honeypot opens the doors to a new concept of employment platformswhich could transcend the technological field, since its counseling is twofold; on the one hand to the companies by informing them about the benefits and available candidates, and on the other hand to the workers themselves by training them on how they can be successful in their interviews.
