This year, Easter will generate around 7,980 labor contracts in the Canary Islands, 23.3% more than a year ago, when 6,470 vacancies were signed, according to forecasts from the temporary employment company Randstad.
Significant increases will be recorded in both provinces, with increases of 24.1% in Las Palmas and 22.5% in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
In the Spanish market as a whole, Randstad predicts that Easter will generate around 116,200 contracts, 18.6% more than a year ago, when 97,978 were signed.
All the autonomous communities will register significant increases in hiring, and in terms of volume, the Community of Madrid, Catalonia and Andalusia account for 46% of the total vacancies.
Tourism drives hiring throughout the country
In general, the Spanish labor market will benefit from the good performance of both national and European tourism activity, which will boost hospitality hiring during this Easter campaign. Hotels, lodging houses, restaurants and bars will significantly reinforce their staff to attend to the increase in clients expected for these dates.
Thus, in the Basque Country, the hiring of employees will increase by 24.2%, up to 4,450 people, while in the Canary Islands the increase will be 7,980 workers, 23.3% more than last year.
Behind these two autonomous communities will be Castilla-León, which will see the hospitality, entertainment and transport sectors reinforce their staff by 5,600 employees, 22.9% more.
Among the main autonomous communities, Andalusia will lead hiring by volume, with 23,765 people, 15.2% more, followed by Catalonia, which will register 16,710 new contracts for Easter, 19.9% more.
In the Community of Madrid, the estimated hiring will be 13,500 people, 21.4% more, and finally in the Valencian Community 12,478 contracts will be signed, 19.2% more.
