Portugal is a privileged destination for shared services and … – Magazine BIT, computers for all.

on the side Of the companies, the mindset comes with evolution. Increasingly, organizations value, in addition to technical skills, the component of the soft skills and motivation of the candidates. Dynamism, autonomy, motivation, good skills of communication and proactivity are variables that prove increasingly significant to those who hire.

With the growing internationalization of businesses, global market, and the proliferation of Centers of Shared Services there are new languages as a requirement. In addition to the traditional English and French are the Spanish, German, Dutch and mandarin.

Trends in the labour market to 2017

• Consolidation of Portugal as a preferred destination for the creation of Centers of Shared Services, with a special interest in the areas of financial services, technological services and customer support.

• The position of Portugal Technology park is reinforced by the mobilization of development teams to Portugal, by the internalization of multinationals in the growth that you are looking for outsourcing and the need for new skills in areas such as Virtualization, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud computing, and Cybersecurity.

• Growth of Tourism and Portugal as one of the most popular tourist destinations, in part driven by the instability experienced in north Africa and the Middle East. However, we expect an asymmetry, with the exponential growth in the region Porto and stable growth to the south.

• The Industry will assist to a greater the investment in the areas of automotive, food, moulds and plastic and metal, where already recorded strong growth and investment. More specifically, they hope to be relevant projects in the automobile and aeronautical industry to 2017.

• The Financial Sector is expected to dynamic, with several changes on the way:

– after the bet on the capture of resources (private banking), everything points to the credit (sale and purchase of credit portfolios) to be the betting area of the sector;

– in the wake of the increase in the granting of credit, it is likely the strengthening some positions of business with the aim of promoting the sales teams and find new distribution channels;

– the application of new technologies and their influence on the evolution of the relationship of the sector with the market, in particular the granting of credit through the Web platform.

• In the Sector Insurance regulators will continue demanding, suggesting the strengthening of specialized technical staff (atuariado and pricing), driven by the requirements of the Solvency II.

IN the PORT:

"overall, the market of the north zone recovers fairly significant, with the regions with an unemployment rate below 4%," points out < / b>, Carlos Andrade, Senior Manager of Michael Page Porto.

According to Michael Page, to 2017, the construction of four dams in the north zone, with investment of more than 1600 M€, leads to the prediction of the recovery of the construction sector. Tourism and leisure will continue to be a great expansion to the north and it is expected foreign investment in new businesses in the industrial sector.