Farmaindustria launches Jóvenes en Farma, a web space to raise awareness of job opportunities in the sector and connect junior talent with companies
Recruitment forecasts for innovative pharmaceutical companies for the coming years exceed 10,000 new jobs for the under-30s.
The website offers practical information about the sector and pharmaceutical companies, as well as keys to job orientation and training to bring young people closer to this industry.
The project was presented this Tuesday at JoBarcelona, an employment congress attended by some 8,000 university students and recent graduates.
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Young talent is one of the most valued assets for the innovative pharmaceutical industry in our country, which in the coming years plans to create more than 10,000 new jobs for people under 30 years of age. Digital transformation, artificial intelligence and the revolution in advanced therapies are some of the challenges that young talent will help to address.
In Spain, the pharmaceutical industry is a driving force for the labour market, offering more than 51,000 direct jobs and more than 260,000 when indirect and induced jobs are added. Data from Farmaindustria’s latest employment survey also reveal that employment is stable, with 93% of contracts being permanent, as well as being egalitarian, with 53% of the workforce being women and 45% female representation on management committees.
To raise awareness of the sector and the job opportunities it offers and to connect junior talent with companies, Jóvenes en Farma was created, a new website with its own social networks (on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter) and which will also reach young people through face-to-face events such as job fairs or student conferences.
‘The innovative pharmaceutical industry is strategic because it is an economic engine, generating employment and wealth, but also because it generates knowledge and promotes people’s well-being and health, and this makes us a highly motivating sector, especially for young people. Hence the motto of the project, Your talent can change people’s lives,’ explains Juan Yermo, CEO of Farmaindustria.
This initiative is aimed at young people with different academic backgrounds, both university and vocational training, as the sector is looking for professionals of different specialisations and ranks: from basic research to clinical trials, drug development and production, logistics, sales or regulatory aspects.
Presentation to students and recent graduates at JoBarcelona
Young people from different backgrounds and human resources managers presented the portal to students and recent graduates as part of JoBarcelona, an employment and career guidance congress for university students and recent graduates held on Tuesday in Barcelona.
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The portal was presented to the young people and a round table discussion was held with the participation of Laura Moya, director of Human Resources at Reig Jofre; Noelia Gutiérrez, talent management head at Amgen; Meritxell Mitjana, R&D project manager at Almirall, and Valentina Ezeiza, production planner at Sanofi, moderated by the director of Communication at Farmaindustria, Miguel González Corral.
In front of the young people who attended the talk, Mitjana highlighted her interest in an industry ‘with purpose, where you can have an impact on people’, while Ezeiza recalled that, as an economist, she thought that the pharmaceutical industry was not for her, and now she is proud to work ‘in one of the most modern industries in terms of conciliation, gender diversity and intergenerational’.
For her part, Moya advised young people to be ‘passionate and enthusiastic, because regardless of what you have studied, you can feel it. They should look for what makes their eyes light up. ‘Curiosity is basic, as is purpose. We have a common goal and that is impact; we are driven by patients,’ said Gutiérrez.
More than 8,000 students came to JoBarcelona on Tuesday to learn about Farmaindustria’s new project designed especially for them.
