For people you work with Red Cross, difficult situations will not start with the crisis, but the latter has increased. The effects of the economic crisis in the immigrant population began to see the end of 2008, coinciding with the period in which our market work was unable to absorb new assets demanding entry into it.
The unemployment rate reached a historical dimension in the immigrant population, reaching 31% compared with 20% unemployment in the whole population, and shows the huge gap between immigrant and native population (which peaked in 2009).
Keep in mind that the immigrants worked primarily in the services sector (63.2%), followed by construction (15.85%), sectors where more strongly has beaten the crisis. And if we look in more detail the occupations where most jobs have been destroyed, have been unskilled, those with less seniority and greater seasonality, ie those where the immigrant population is more concentrated.
What impact unemployment can have on these people?
This unemployment of immigrants leads to situations of greater vulnerability for several reasons:
* The poor incomes alternatives to wage income.
* A reduced capacity to save the necessity of sending remittances to the country of origin.
* The probability that all members household are unemployed.
* Limitations on the financial support that your network social offer.
* The short history of contributions that limits both severance payments and unemployment benefits.
* A biography immature work limiting adaptability to changes in the standard labor market.
* A less knowledge of resources and self-employment , etc.
"Notes from Red Cross teams job this situation?
teams using Red Cross have found this increased vulnerability in which migrants are people, expressed through:
* Worsening economic situation of families and increased indebtedness.
* Increased cases where all household members are unemployed.
* Increase women jobseekers under great pressure to become the only means of support household economy.
* Return participants already functioning autonomously, employment services, asking for further advice and assistance in finding employment.
* New requests of participants to work at the family reunion.
* Discouragement, self-esteem issues and even health, as time passes and the prospects of finding a job are not foreseen.
* Decreased jobs and lower quality with higher demand business requirements in manpower, and is also common origin discrimination in an explicit way in the selection process.
* Increased competition for jobs that until now have been mainly of immigrants such as agriculture and hospitality.
* Increased work in the underground economy (with the loss of rights that it entails). Increased
legal advice on unfair dismissal and employment, calculation of settlements, labor rights, etc..
What are the main barriers to migrants when looking for work?
* Evidence an increase tion by origin discrimination in hiring.
* negative social stereotypes associated with certain nationalities.
* training supply reduction and rigidity in conditions of access (lack of approval of qualifications obtained abroad makes it difficult for immigrants to access some training).
* non-creditable work experience (for come from the country of origin or work in the informal economy)
* Minor relational capital for employment (there are fewer contacts).
* administrative difficulties to renew the documentation.
* Difficulties with language .
* Lack , in some cases, the use of new technologies as a tool for job search.
* Work habits misaligned in relation to business demands.
* benefits are exhausted they get and the support networks that can sustain, leading to a precarious lifestyle that makes it even increase access to employment.
How has Red Cross for their information and guidance services?
In the last four years has gone from 18,822 people in projects addressing specific measures (primarily for guidance and information) to 33,673, ie 85% more, nearly doubled the demand, "he explained. The whole Employment Plan Red Cross has gone from 45,000 participants in 2,007 to 65,000 in 2010.
The contents of the requested information has changed in some respects, and all that has changed the profile people who arrive. Before the outbreak of the crisis the people who came were in many cases irregular, and sought to standardize information resources their situation, whereas now people come and regularized that after years of experience in our country, are again unemployed and need training or retraining to sectors with higher demand.
"What employment services offers Red Cross?
From Integrated Services Employment Red Cross is always part of a diagnosis that takes into account the causes that put people in vulnerable situations. Thus, it is found that many of the barriers depend on the people, while many others are more related to the environment. With this diagnosis and also after learning abilities and interests of each person, and the potential they have in the labor market, establishing an intervention strategy in two parallel and complementary areas:
Direct work with people through the establishment of customized itineraries of insertion (including information provision and employment counseling, training in transferable skills, vocational training, job placement, etc.).
Development shares with environment that contribute to minimize the exogenous factors that hinder social inclusion for removing barriers caused by prejudices and social stereotypes, and promoting inclusive labor markets characterized by equality of treatment.
What skills should enhance migrants?
The skills are not tied to a particular origin, therefore, migrants, by virtue of coming from one place or another, do not possess or lack certain skills. What is reality is that the labor market and business increasingly demand a range of skills they have many people in different areas of your life, and through learning can be transferred to the performance of most jobs. Therefore, from the Integrated Employment Services works specifically the strengthening of certain generic skills, such as the following:
* Disclaimer *
Initiative * Learning capacity * Trust
* Flexibility * Negotiation
* Communication * Time Management *
Teamwork
What can bring immigrants into the labor market?
The full integration of foreigners in the labor market and generate greater social cohesion, clear benefits to the business in terms of growth and development.
* The addition of these people to the company strengthens the diversity of the human capital of the templates such as creativity and innovation, human relationships, new values, motivation in the company, do
* Immigrants are highly motivated to work and have significant personal desire to excel.
* The inclusion of foreigners in enterprises facilitates the introduction of new potential markets.
* The addition to the labor market of persons in difficulty minimize pockets of poverty, and consequently reduce welfare costs that are supported more by the companies through the tax system and Social Security.
* A higher employment rate means more resources for families, and therefore greater consumption of goods and services, which directly benefits the company sales.
* The labor market participation of people experiencing exclusion increases the aggregate supply of labor, which benefits businesses that need workers for their growth and expansion.
* Above all, the social integration of disadvantaged generates, as already mentioned, greater social cohesion, and ultimately greater economic development that primarily benefits the business.
And you, what can you do?
* Share knowledge! Help people in your environment to expand their face-to-access tools labor market
* Go to the Red Cross headquarters your nearest city and works with your Employment Plan * Discuss your personal situation Intercultural Community our 
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