The most advanced tip of manufacturing and services typical of Made in Italy is ready to leave behind the hard years of the pandemic. 2021 marked (after the collapse of 2020, with average decreases of 20-25%) a decisive recovery in production in the “core” sectors: fashion, design and furniture, nautical, automotive and food, with the exception of the hotel industry. hospitality.
Hence, in the next 5 years, that is to say between now and 2026, the companies of these sectors expect to have to hire 346 thousand “talents” increasingly necessary to push the recovery, the vast majority of which possess technical-professional skills .
Increasing need
The growth compared to the previous estimate made in June 2019 (236 thousand expected admissions) demonstrates on the one hand the recovered vitality of the Made in Italy industries; on the other hand, however, also the critical issues related to the mismatch, which is now hovering around 40% on average (with peaks of 50%, and even more, for the technical profiles).
The photograph contained in the second edition of the book “The Talents of Making”, which makes use of the contributions of professors Stefano Micelli and Arduino Salatin, as well as the deputy general secretary of Unioncamere, Claudio Gagliardi, and the director of the Agnelli Foundation, Andrea Gavosto, presented by Altagamma in Rome, shows how, net of the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, still impossible to estimate, and the effects linked to expensive energy and rising prices of raw materials, manufacturing jobs are an opportunity for young people to lower an unemployment rate among the under 25s of 25.3% (latest Istat data of January).
Sectors compared
L’automotive, according to Excelsior estimates by Unioncamere and Anpal, it will need 108 thousand admissions in the five-year period, of which almost 30 thousand to respond to the challenges of the recovery (first of all, digitization and green). Among the most sought-after figures stand out engineers, mechanics, fitters and maintenance workers. But also digital transformation managers, experts in cybersecurity and ICT infrastructures, specialists in digital sales and technical experts in hybrid and electric motors.