Spain, May 05, 2013 - The Minister of Employment and the Economy of Castilla-La Mancha, Carmen Home, said today that the reduction of 6,022 people, or 2.20 percent, on the unemployment rolls "encourages us to continue working in the same direction." These figures represent the best historical data of April in the history of our region.

Home has valued "very positively" that unemployment has fallen in all regions and in all productive sectors of Castilla-La Mancha, which, in his opinion, "shows that the measures taken by the Government are Cospedal the right path. "

By provinces, in Albacete unemployment falls by 2.78% (1529 people), in Ciudad Real low by 2.50% (1847) in Basin fell by 1.91% (-427) in Guadalajara falls 2-66% (-690) and Toledo fell by 1.58% (1529)

On the other hand, low unemployment by sectors in the services sector in 2,847 people, 1,423 people construction, agriculture in 1,067 people, 561 industry people, while the reduction in the group without previous employment has been of 124 people.

Unemployment decline year on year
As regards the annual rate, Casero recalled that unemployment in December was nearly 17 percent higher than the same month last year, but now "we're at 6.6 percent, is that has been reduced by more than 10 points. "

The Minister of Employment and the Economy has emphasized that "on-year, it is particularly encouraging that lower unemployment in the construction sector, as it is the first in which the crisis occurred and, therefore, the first in which you have to start to notice the economic recovery. " According to statistical data, has highlighted, there are now 2,248 fewer unemployed than last year in this sector.

Home Carmen also expressed his satisfaction by reducing on-year unemployment among young people under 25 years, as evidenced by the fact that there are 609 unemployed youth less than a year ago.

By province, in annual terms, data are also positive. Specifically, in Albacete year rate indicates that unemployment has fallen by more than 8 percent in the construction sector over the last year, and the decline among those under 25 years was 6.5 percent. "In the case of this province, it is very close to reaching a year with widespread declines in absolute terms," ??he highlighted.

For their part, the annual rate in Guadalajara drop in construction sector by 5.8 percent, youth unemployment to 4 percent, while it is very close to reverse the trend in both the industry as in agriculture.

The annual rate in the province of Ciudad Real also low by more than 6 percent in the construction sector, as in Cuenca, which also reduced by 5 percent unemployment among young people and is close to entering also negative in the field of industry.

Finally, in the province of Toledo, as in the rest of the region, unemployment is down year on year in the construction and aged less than 25 years.

Regarding the number of contracts, Casero has very much appreciated the increased number of self for a second month in our region, 450 particularly in the last month with the previous month.

In procurement, the Minister of Employment and the Economy has welcomed, given that during the month of April there have been a total of 37,251 contracts, that is, an increase of 5,513 contracts from the previous month, which in terms percentage translates to a 17.37 percent increase.

Promotion and Development Unit at the Council of Guadalajara
In another vein, the Minister of Employment and the Economy, Carmen Home, presented the Unit for the Promotion and Development (UPD), funded by the government led by Maria Dolores Cospedal and developed by the Provincial Council of Guadalajara.

In this sense, Casero has stated that "the Government of Cospedal wants all employment workshops, training courses and UPDS to be carried out will become a gateway to the labor market."

Finally, he said that "not a fashion launch in our region and, therefore, we want our training tailored to the needs of employers actually serve to generate employment in Castilla-La Mancha."

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