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Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Employment agent

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Employment agent Job placement officer

Employment agents work for employment services and agencies. They match job seekers with advertised job vacancies and provide advice on job search activities.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Matching jobseekers with vacancies;
(b) Finding workers for vacant posts against a commission from the employer or worker;
(c) Discussing with employers the skills and other characteristics required of the workers to be employed or contracted;
(d) Finding workers with appropriate skills, and undertaking the necessary formalities according to national or international regulations and requirements;
(e) Ensuring that the employment contracts meet legal requirements and signing them;
(f) Advising on training schemes.

Knowledge

  • Management and administration
  • Work skills
  • Law

Digital competencies

  • Complying with operational procedures
  • Recruiting and hiring
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Developing professional relationships or networks

Digital competencies

  • Browsing, searching and filtering digital data

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Leading others
  • Following ethical code of conduct
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Business and administration associate professionals

Business services agents

Employment agents and contractors

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Employment agents and contractors

125

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

51,23%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

28,87% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

80,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

4,80%

Part-time contracts

1,09% Turnover index

3

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

73%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration associate professionals

61%

39%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Business services agents

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Employment agents and contractors

No experience
3%
Less than 1 year
38%
Between 1 and 2 years
16%
Between 2 and 4 years
11%
Between 4 and 8 years
2%
More than 8 years
30%
Administrative and support service activities
29%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
14%
Information and communication
12%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
9%
Education
9%
Others
27%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.