“Naturalness and transparency are essential”
Zulima Cuadros
Director of Strategic Solutions for Permanent Placement at Manpower España
After Javier Mur Ruiz, it was the turn of Zulima Cuadros, the Director of Strategic Solutions for Permanent Placement at Manpower España. Taking a friendly tone and a humanist approach, the recruited focused her presentation on confidence, naturalness and transparency.
“You can get help from others, but first of all you need to help yourself”, she argued, before explaining that the curriculum should mainly focus on your experience. With respect to interviews, she recommended “not trying to be somebody that you are not, and don’t be afraid of explaining mistakes or doubts with respect to the companies’ policies”. According to the recruiter, naturalness and transparency are essential for connecting with the company and getting hired.
“ENGLISH! You have to speak English!”
Diego Martínez
Director at The Key Talent
The third speaker was Diego Martínez, who began his presentation by emphasizing that “we have to enjoy our work, because we spend a lot of time there”. He also recommended getting used to doing things that you have never done before because today’s world is very changeable and requires a great deal of flexibility.
“I don’t have a curriculum because I can afford that luxury. If somebody wants to get to know me, they can give me a call”, explained Martínez. However, he also advised that “we have to pay a lot of attention to SEO and SEM. All the valuable content that is posed on social media must keep SEO and SEM in mind, because this will help ensure that you are found by companies on Google”.
“ENGLISH!”, concluded the Director at The Key Talent, “You have to speak English!”.
Around 15:30, the event was brought to a close, with the participants taking a long time afterwards to discuss the useful and interesting tips given by the speakers.
