Step 2 Describe the supply and demand labour in your country.

Colombia is a country with urban and rural areas, where the economy is based on the extraction of oil, minerals and other natural resources; It is also based on tourism, which generates employment in the different regions where people offer a diversity of artisan products, customer services; it is an agricultural country which also bases its economy on the production of food such as rice; in urban areas we find offer of customer service work, product promotion and marketing, financial and administrative services.


                           

The city of Bogota is an urban area based mainly on industry, commerce and financial and business services. Therefore, labor supply and demand is mainly based on the administrative and financial areas of the companies that, for the current year, start with the highest number of job offers (approximately 37,000), followed by commercial (7,000) and job offers. customer service (2,500).



The most important companies in Colombia and Bogota are: 1. Bancolombia Group is the best Colombian company by 2018 , is the largest conglomerate of financial companies in Colombia, offers a broad portfolio of financial products and services in 10 countries: Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Perú, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador , Puerto Rico, Nicaragua and the Cayman Islands. its number of clients amounts to more than 10 million.
It was the pioneer company in the Colombian financial system with the first virtual branch of people in 1996 and in 1999 it inaugurated the Virtual Branch of Companies, which was the basis for the first online payment system in Colombia. Other milestones achieved in 2000 were the launch of the first virtual credit card in Colombia for purchases on the Internet and in 2006 the opening of the first banking correspondent in Colombia.

2. Grupo Nutresa is the second best Colombian company for 2018 , until some time ago it was called Compañía Nacional de Chocolates, it was founded in 1920 in Sonsón, and is considered one of the largest companies in Colombia.
thas been developing a process of expansion and diversification in coffee beverages, chocolate, which has allowed it to achieve a consolidation in the national market, as well as to position its brands in the Andean region, Central American and Caribbean, and with the Spanish-speaking community in the United States.

In accordance with its expansion process, the company purchased 44% of shares of Dan Kaffe of malaysia, a producer of soluble coffee, thus managing to diversify its production and enter the Asian Market.

3. Alpina is the third best Colombian company for 2018, is a multinational food production company, was founded in 1945 by Walter Gogel.

In its beginnings, it was established in the Sopó Valley, on the outskirts of Bogotá and began the production of cheeses. Currently his specialty lies in dairy products and beverages. Its area of ​​operations is made up of countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and the United States, and it also markets its products in the Central American market.



4.Cementos Argos is the fourth best Colombian company by 2018, is the leading Colombian company in the Cement industry, has a 51% market share, and is the fifth largest producer in Latin America and the second largest in the Southeast of the United States. It is also the only producer of white cement in Colombia.

It has nine plants in Colombia, three in the USA and one in Honduras. It exports cement and clinker to 27 countries around the world, it also has ten clinker mills located in different countries, such as: Colombia, the United States, Honduras, Haiti, Panama, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana and Suriname; and twenty-four ports and terminals where the reception and packaging is carried out. They have a total capacity of 21 million tons of cement per year.



5.The EPM group is the fifth best Colombian company for 2018 , head of the business group to EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín), which is an industrial and commercial company of the State, which is owned by the Mayor of Medellín.

Among its functions are those of providing electricity, drinking water, sanitation and gas network to the municipalities in which it is present.

The budget that the company had for 2015 was $ 12.5 billion (12 billion 5 billion pesos) of which 21% in the completion of the hydro-income project, 47% in investment, 22% payment of the debt, and 10% in social projects and modernization of their structures.



 6. Bavaria SA is one of the best Colombian companies for 2018, is the largest beer company in Colombia, one of the largest in America and ranked 10th worldwide.
It was founded on April 4, 1889 by the German Leo Siegfried Kopp. Among its national beer brands are Águila, Club Colombia, Costeña, Pilsen, Poker and Redd's. They are also responsible for distributing other soft drinks such as Pony Malta and Cola and Pola.


7. Avianca is one of the best Colombian companies by 2018, and s Colombia's leading airline, was founded on December 5, 1919. It is the second oldest airline in the world still in operation.It specializes in the transport of passengers and cargo, and directly covers more than 100 destinations in 27 countries in America and Europe, with a fleet of aircraft that has 171 short and medium-range aircraft. Its human team is made up of more than 20,000 employees, who have been recognized for their excellence in service.



8. The SURA Business Group - Grupo SURA is one of the best Colombian companies for 2018, it is a Colombian company listed on the BVC (Stock Exchange of Colombia) . It is part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, which recognizes organizations that stand out for their good practices in the social, economic and environmental fields.Its main headquarters is located in the city of Medellin, Colombia. The company's investments fall into two types: Strategic and Industrial, the former belong to the sectors of financial services, pensions,savings , insurance and the latter are made up of the cement, energy and processed food sectors.



9. Ecopetrol is one of the best Colombian companies for 2018, mostly owned by the Colombian state, formerly known as Empresa Colombiana de Petróleos SA it is the first oil company in Colombia.

It is the second largest oil company in Latin America, after Petrobras and according to Forbes magazine, occupies the 114th place among the largest companies in the world. It also positions itself as the fourth largest oil company in the Americas.

Among the activities of Ecopetrol it is possible to find the exploration of crude oil and gas, the production, refining and transport projects.




10. Corona Organization is one of the best Colombian companies for 2018, is a leading company in the manufacture and distribution of products and solutions for remodeling and construction.
It is a multinational company that is dedicated to manufacturing, as well as distributing products and solutions for remodeling and construction. Its foundation was in the year 1881 in Caldas (Antioquia).

It has more than 15,000 employees, 29 factories in the United States, Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Brazil. And six business units that are responsible for shipping products and solutions for home and construction in about 50 markets around the world.

References

  Best Colombian Companies for 2018 https://www.rankia.co/blog/mejores-opiniones-colombia/3153489-mejores-empresas-colombianas-para-2018 via @RankiaColombia