CMT is a magazine among whose objectives is the dissemination on issues relating to the labour market, on the basis of inputs from experts and/or directly involved in the employment policy. This is why it is particularly interesting the dialogue that is generated among those who contribute to it, and also between their readers. This number is a good example of how topical and interest of the issues addressed in as well as the variety of their authors.

The central theme is dedicated to the labour statistics. At present, data and information constitute one of the main assets available to any entity. Moreover in the field of public policies, which is the essential input in the analysis, monitoring and evaluation of these policies, contributing to the improvement of the decision-making process. In this regard, the availability of administrative data has improved substantially in recent years, so that further information is available and more quickly. Articles linked to this issue are well aware of the efforts of the Public Administrations to move forward in this area, both in terms of new databases and accessibility to them. In Addition, the understanding between data producers and the user community - in particular, the centres of research is essential to we go down this path. Economic research, in large measure of the increased availability and accessibility to information, which contributes to the achievement of results that can be transferred to society.

Moreover, the dossier addresses issues of interest to companies in a labour market that are undergoing major structural changes. The demographic challenge brings us to a context in which the labour factor begins to be a scarce resource, competition for talent attraction increases and the new generations have different attitudes to those of previous cohorts to work. In a country like spain, accustomed to high rates of unemployment, we are faced with industries and companies in difficulty to fill their vacancies. Furthermore, following the pandemic, certain groups demand different working conditions, whether in time or in the form of work.

Furthermore, ict and IA are changes in occupations, in forms of recruitment and in training needs of companies, which require rapid adaptive capacity of both employers and workers. The tasks, competencies and skills associated with occupations are becoming knowledge and some are rapidly obsolete. In this context, the public employment services have important challenges not only in terms of services provided to unemployed people, but also of those who go to companies.

In short, CMT invites us to reflect on what is happening in the labour market, contributing to a calm debate and to a deeper understanding of employment policies.