Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – Tra i 25 e i 34 anni il tasso di occupazione è al 57,4% in Basilicata, al 55,5% in Puglia e al 48,2% in Calabria, contro il 68,4% della media italiana. La disoccupazione nella stessa fascia d’età è al 10,8% in Basilicata, al 15,6% in Puglia e al 19,3% in Calabria, contro il 9,5% nazionale. Anche il valore aggiunto per occupato resta sotto la media in tutte e tre le regioni: indice 87 in Basilicata, 77 in Puglia e in Calabria.
Bari ha l’occupazione giovanile più alta delle tre regioni, Potenza il valore aggiunto per occupato più alto, Reggio Calabria il terziario più vicino alla media italiana. Su questi dati di AstraRicerche (elaborazione dati ISTAT) si concentra l’attenzione dei manager, donne e uomini abituati a confrontarsi con l’organizzazione del lavoro e il rendimento delle aziende.
“Chi vive la realtà aziendale tutti i giorni – osserva Domenico Fortunato, Presidente di Manageritalia Puglia, Calabria e Basilicata durante l’assemblea dell’associazione che si è svolta oggi a Bari presso gli spazi del Bra Hotel – sa che dietro questi numeri ci sono persone.
Tra i 25 e i 34 anni si costruisce una vita: nelle nostre regioni i giovani adulti che non lavorano e non risultano in cerca di occupazione sono più di uno su tre in Puglia e in Basilicata, e quattro su dieci in Calabria. È su questa fascia d’età che si misura la capacità di un territorio di offrire un futuro a chi ci vive”.
Nel dettaglio, la Calabria è all’ultimo posto fra le regioni italiane per occupazione dei giovani adulti, praticamente alla pari con la Campania.
La Basilicata (57,4%) e la Puglia (55,5%) fanno meglio di Sicilia e Campania, ma restano oltre 10 punti sotto la media. Nessuna delle 13 province raggiunge la media italiana: le più alte sono Bari (62,5%) e Potenza (59,5%), le più basse Taranto (37,7%) e Reggio Calabria (40,0%), fra i valori più bassi d’Italia.
Unemployment among 25-34 year-olds ranges from 10,0% in Potenza to 25,9% in Taranto, where more than one in four young adults working or looking for work is unemployed; in Calabria, the highest rates are in Reggio Calabria (22,9%) and Cosenza (19,6%). In Basilicata, the regional figure (10,8%) is close to the Italian average, but it should be read in conjunction with employment: more than one in three young adults is neither working nor looking for work (35,7%, compared to 24,4% nationally). Low unemployment, therefore, does not mean there is work available: many young adults remain outside the labor market.
In terms of added value per employee, Basilicata is at 87, Puglia and Calabria at 77, the two lowest values among the Italian regions. No province reaches the national average: the highest value is that of Potenza (93), followed by Bari and Reggio Calabria (80); the lowest are those of Barletta-Andria-Trani (72) and Vibo Valentia, Cosenza and Lecce (73), among the lowest in Italy. In the tertiary market sector (excluding the real estate sector) the three regions align on similar values: 77 for Basilicata and Calabria, 76 for Puglia. The most evident case is Potenza: its added value per employee is 7% below the Italian average for the economy as a whole, but 23% below in the tertiary sector. (continued)
The tertiary sector closest to the national average is that of Reggio Calabria (91), followed by Bari (82): Reggio Calabria, which has one of the lowest youth employment rates in Italy, has the highest added value per employee in services of the three regions. The furthest behind are Vibo Valentia (67) and Crotone (68), among the lowest values in the country.
"The numbers tell us that our regions have two interrelated problems," Fortunato continues. "There's little work for young adults, and the work that does exist produces less value than in the rest of the country. Reggio Calabria, where the service sector is close to the Italian average, demonstrates that the gap can be narrowed. What makes the difference is the quality of the organization: a small business grows when the entrepreneur chooses to partner with a manager and truly delegate. This requires more structured businesses, tools that make it worthwhile for managers to join SMEs, and ongoing training for those who lead them. The new contract for service sector managers goes in this direction, supporting new appointments and investing in welfare and training. We ask institutions to strengthen these tools, and businesses to use them. A region retains its young people when its businesses know how to value their work."
The public portion of the Assembly concluded with a discussion on the strategic value of the collective bargaining agreement for managers as a tool for protecting and enhancing managerial skills and increasing business competitiveness. This was an opportunity to explore the role of collective bargaining in responding to the changing world of work, offering managers guarantees, welfare, ongoing training, and tools to address new professional challenges.
The debate, moderated by Domenico Fortunato, President of Manageritalia Puglia, Calabria, and Basilicata, featured speakers: Francesco Cautillo, Certified HR Director at Cetola Spa; Vito Sandro Leccese, Full Professor of Labor Law at the University of Bari Aldo Moro; Maria Antonietta Mura, President of CFMT and Director of Human Resources at Doreca Italia; and Annalisa Presicce, Director of Risk Management, Compliance & Privacy at Intellera Consulting, Accenture Group. The discussion highlighted the importance of modern bargaining, capable of combining protections, professional development, and organizational innovation, strengthening the role of management as a key driver for the growth of businesses and local communities.
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