PowerYou Xperience partners with University of Barcelona to boost student employability

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

Students and university graduates from different sectors have participated in the PowerYou Xperience conference held Wednesday, May 8th, at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona. The objective of this day is for attendees to enjoy a unique employability experience; to know the challenges posed by the Future of Employment and the competencies and skills most demanded by organizations in a context of digital transformation. PowerYou Xperience also offers the necessary guidance to face important future decisions and to propose a strategy that allows students to achieve their professional goals.

Human Age Institute, an initiative promoted by ManpowerGroup, and the University of Barcelona have been the promoters of this day that has been sponsored by CaixaBank.

Laura Guitart, Academic Vice-dean at the University of Barcelona, ​​presided over the welcome ceremony, and Nuria Rodríguez Ávila, Vice-dean of External Relations, Social Commitment and Students of the University of Barcelona, ​​was in charge of opening the session by encouraging attendees to highlight their main strengths and skills in job interviews. "Remember that companies are looking for proactive people, with critical thinking and capacity for innovation," he assured.

Ramón García Espeleta, Manager of Virtaula de CaixaBank, hoped to insist on the basic skills that companies are looking for in their junior talent. "To achieve your objectives, you will need continuous learning skills, good oral and written expression, sensitivity and logical reasoning, capacity for teamwork and autonomy."

He gave the motivating talk after Develop Your Talent. The sky is not the limit, as taught by Pablo González, Founder and CEO of Trivu and one of the 30 most influential young Spaniards according to Forbes magazine. González has analyzed the context of digital transformation in which professionals must develop their careers today and has ensured that to achieve success in a world that changes at an unprecedented speed, people will have to reinvent themselves constantly. "Let's think that 50% of the positions that exist today are going to disappear in 2025," he assured. "Besides," he added, "in 2040 a computer will be smarter than all of humanity but we do not have to be afraid if we do not just do what we love doing."

After this talk, the round table began with representatives of Human Resources of CaixaBank, Mondelez, Schneider Electric, Leroy Merlin and Grifols, who have exposed their hiring needs before a reality that changes quickly and constantly.

The students enjoyed a session of personalized advice for the construction of their personal brand and have worked on their profiles with recruiting experts to help assuage their doubts about their professional futures. In addition, to end the day, students have participated in practical workshops on how to optimize their curriculum in the digital era or how to make an effective elevator pitch, that is, how to define a value proposition as a professional in a short space of time.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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