Definition of Brain Drain

The intelligence, tenacity and creativity They are qualities that do not depend on money and, in principle, any individual from any place can have great abilities. People with these characteristics and who do not find job opportunities in their place of origin have the possibility to go to other countries where they can develop their potential as individuals. When this happens, we speak of a "brain drain".

An atypical migratory phenomenon

Traditional human migrations are based on a scheme simple: individuals of very humble origins who have no future in their countries and who decide to move to other places in search of a better life. This phenomenon is part of the history of humanity and countries like Argentina or the United States have been formed by waves of emigrants from all corners of the world.

The brain drain is another type of migration and normally whoever leaves their country with this label is someone with a good resume academic and a high-value qualification, but despite this his nation home does not offer you a hopeful future.

The profile who stars in the brain drain is usually young, with a university education and a master or several, with languages, entrepreneur and with a lack of expectations in their place of origin.

Hunting for the brain drain

In recent years there has been talk of headhunters, usually multinational companies or prestigious universities looking for individuals with high abilities. The privileged brain and the entity that signs it find a point of agreement in which both parties win: the brain has an opportunity to display his talent and the entity that welcomes him hires a first-rate individual with a great potential. Not surprisingly, the brain drain represents a qualitative loss for the talent-exporting country.

Examples of the brain drain in the history of Spain

In the history of Spain there have been some episodes related to this phenomenon. As an example, we can recall two paradigmatic moments:

1) As a consequence of the civil war, great intellectuals had to leave their homeland and many of them became the germ of great projects and

2) As a result of the economic crisis of 2007, thousands of talented young people began an exodus to other countries with the desire to find a life Proyect.

Another version of the brain drain in the history of Spain occurred with the expulsion of the Jews in the 15th century and with the expulsions of the Jesuits in the eighteenth century, two groups characterized by their worth and intellectual stature, the Jews in commercial activity Y financial and the Jesuits in the field of ideas.

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