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(tech jobs in Spain are currently offering more than tech jobs in the City of London)
That article was panned over on HN with no evidence of those high salaries being offered at all.
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I realise that some aspects of the article were panned, other aspects backed up, a general "we're staying in SV|Berlin|London" vibe. But that's the modern press for you and modern forums too... who knows what is real or not, but it's all little grains of anecdote and data that shapes pictures, and no-one is actually disagreeing with the fundamental premise of the article that the majority of those unemployed do not have the skills the workplace offer (even though most disagree with the anecdotal evidence of salaries on offer).
Velocio
Spain has an interesting problem right now. There is a high unemployment rate and also a large number of jobs unfilled and offering rather eyewatering salaries (tech jobs in Spain are currently offering more than tech jobs in the City of London).
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-01/spain-is-running-out-of-workers-with-almost-5-million-unemployed
The issue there is that the home population, the younger generation, is unskilled for the current marketplace. There is unemployment and there are jobs, but the Venn diagram does not show a great deal of overlap between the two and the unemployed remain out of work whilst the jobs remain unfulfilled.
Education is the single biggest thing needed across the whole of the EU, but it is really desperately needed in the places currently showing the highest unemployment rates. Jobs are there, but the jobs don't match the skills of the people in those areas who have historically plied different trades than the ones offering jobs today.