Almost 5 million jobless, but Spain faces skills shortage

Madrid

SPANISH headhunter Ismael Pimentel just can't find the candidates. After a frustrating search for specialist consultants for a client, he's given up and is casting his net elsewhere.

"We were looking for people for two months," Mr Pimentel, a partner at Ackermann Beaumont Group for Spain and Latin America, said. "We managed to find one in Spain. We turned to Argentina for others."

Mr Pimentel's…