Universia and Banco Santander celebrate its first virtual employability fair

From today December 1 and until tomorrow, Universia, with the support of Banco Santander, celebrates the first Virtual Employability Fair for Spain and Portugal

Universia and Banco Santander celebrate its first virtual employability fair

From today December 1 and until tomorrow, Universia, with the support of Banco Santander, celebrates the first Virtual Employability Fair for Spain and Portugal. Hosted on the Taalentfy platform, the meeting responds to the growing demand for use of virtual environments in the labor market. The aim that is intended is to create an innovative permanent space connection between young talents seeking employment and academic companies and institutions that require those profiles.

"We start from a context that the youth unemployment rate in Spain exceeds 30% and even many companies do not find the talent they seek, therefore, we believe it is essential to continue creating spaces of connection between new professionals, companies and Training, all oriented towards a common goal that is the improvement of employability, "explains Lucía Rabade, a global director of the employability of Universia.

The new labor reality is marked by the consumption of information, the adaptation to the change and the strength of the personal and professional brand and that is why with this Universia initiative it wants to adapt both the needs of companies and institutions as well as Those of young people in search of work.

The two-day event, has the participation of companies and institutions such as Banco Santander, NTT Data, Universia Foundation, ACCIONA, Unite, Deloitte and Iberdrola, among others. Students, graduates, recruiters and professionals from professional career services of participating institutions, will present employment opportunities, professional practices and training to improve their employability, all with real-time interactions.

Young people interested must register on the page of the Virtual Fair, after which they can apply for the different offers, generate their competence profile and understand the existing options to form and improve their employability. Thus, students and graduates of Spain and Portugal will have the opportunity to targeted hundreds of offers, chatting with live recruiters in the virtual sphere and participating in video interviews (One to One).

In addition, participating entities will develop web seminars to bring potential candidates bring to their work reality, so that they know the needs of companies and to also listen to people who work on them.

"The success of this fair would be that people who are registered can find, or their next opportunity for practices or employment, or, if they still need to round their resume, the formation that more lace with their professional goals, always having very much in Account where the labor demand is, "explains Rabade.

Regarding the permanent nature of the meeting, Universia's global employability director clarifies that it is in two senses: "Thanks to the virtual format, access to the fair is uninterrupted, with the possibility of viewing content (offers, training, scholarships. ..) and postulation to offers during the 48 hours that lasts and, on the other hand, because it will be an appointment that is repeated annually. "

Date Of Update: 07 December 2021, 11:47