By Francisco Briseño
To take advantage of the opportunities offered today relocation In terms of talent, it is important to prioritize the sectors in which we can best compete, to act quickly and legislate in favor of upcoming companies, as well as to create laws that also benefit us as a country through the creation of training centers so that this moment truly contributes to our economic development.
The industries most likely to benefit from this business opportunity are automotive and auto parts, white goods and electronics, although aerospace, medical equipment, textiles and sporting goods could also see significant growth. . This could give us the opportunity to accelerate steps towards a global economy.
However, so that we can, as a country, take advantage of these opportunities and translate them into economic development for the entire population, it will be essential to have very clear rules of action. On the one hand, companies expect economic incentives. These could take the form of grants, land, etc. However, the companies that have yet to arrive must have on their agenda the development of training centers allowing employees to develop the expected skills, many of them on issues of digitalization and technology. It should be noted that this issue would not be new, but should be strengthened. Some car manufacturers are already doing this, they have even founded universities in the states where they operate such as San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Aguascalientes.
In this sense, it is important to be certain of the sectors from which the companies arriving in Mexico will come. This will allow us to know if we have enough talent to satisfy needs and, if not, to analyze between the different actors how we will ensure the development of these talents.
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And in Mexico, we must ensure, and therefore negotiate with companies, that the staff of arriving companies is made up of between 80 and 90% Mexicans. Most likely, the remaining percentage will be employees from the companies’ home countries establishing operations to align processes, but not the rest of the staff.
To deal with this great challenge that we face, the government must have a holistic vision of the phenomenon, so that various actions can be proposed on different fronts. Academia, for its part, must increasingly strengthen its ties with businesses, in order to understand the new technical and non-technical capabilities and skills required of talent.
Companies, for their part, should contact the various allied chambers to obtain more information on the needs of industries and thus, if possible, develop their own activities.
Although many companies arriving in Mexico and that will arrive have employee training in their DNA, many others do not, so it will be essential, from the beginning, to anticipate with them the need to have training centers.
If we want to take the first steps then, it is already too late. It is therefore essential that the different industrial chambers carry out an analysis that allows us to know the sectors in which we are most fortified with talents, then to understand in which sectors we should strengthen capacities and skills, and how long this would take . The watchword here will be value and growth.
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Francisco Briseño is a Senior Workforce Transformation Partner at PwC Mexico.
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