The Más Sénior Foundation has highlighted the need for policies that promote employability and training for the unemployed over 45 years old, in addition to eradicating ageism in selection processes. "We must build a labor market capable of offering opportunities to all generations," indicated the general director of the foundation, Sonia Catalán, in light of the latest unemployment data, published this Wednesday, from which it is extracted that 57.49% of the unemployed (1,354,401) are over 45 years old. Thus, Catalán emphasizes that the evolution of senior hiring in times of lower market dynamism demonstrates "that senior talent is still mistakenly considered a dispensable resource," without taking into account that they bring experience, knowledge, and highly valuable skills to organizations and to society as a whole." The Foundation indicates that the difficulty of senior professionals in leaving the unemployment lists is directly related to the low hiring rate they experience. In August 2026, a total of 1,144,827 contracts were formalized in Spain, of which only 294,789 were aimed at those over 45 years old. This represents barely 25.75% of the total signatures, which implies that only 1 in every 4 contracts in a month of contraction of activity is directed to this age group. Likewise, of the 294,789 contracts signed by those over 45 years old in August, 64.16% (189,130 signatures) were temporary contracts, recurrently associated with seasonal jobs, while 35.84% of the formalized employment was of an indefinite nature. It also emphasizes that the problem affects women more strongly, as there are currently 828,988 senior women in unemployment compared to 525,413 men over 45 years old, which "evidences that senior unemployment in Spain is not only an age challenge but a chronic and strongly feminized problem."