Employability training, a pillar of the University's postgraduate program site
More than 160 students from Master's Degree have taken part in the Boot Camps, conference intensive courses at training where they learn how to deal with selection processes.
FotoPilarMartín Bravo/Alumnos del Master's Degree Universitario en management de Empresas Pharma-Biotech participaron en simulaciones de entrevista.
08 | 10 | 2021
The students of Master's Degree of the University's MadridCampus have put the focus on their professional development during the month of September thanks to the Boot Camps, conference intensive training in employability adapted to their professional profiles. These are organised by the Schools at partnership with Career Servicesthe University's Careers Office .
Master's Degree students from the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, the School of Engineering (Tecnun) and the School of Architecture have learned, for example, how to make a good resume, how to prepare their LinkedIn profile and how to face a work interview.
In total, more than 160 students from the aforementioned centres have taken part in the Boot Camps at the start of the academic year. Among them is Belén Rodríguez Berdaguer, who is one of the 36 students from Master's Degree University in management of Pharma-Biotech Companies who took part in the Boot Camp: "I have been able to deepen my self-knowledge, which has helped me to rewrite my CV. The conference of training made me understand that I need to adapt it to the subject of business that I am addressing. On the other hand, I have found result very stimulating and entertaining the mock interviews, as well as the dynamics of group. All this learning is going to be of great help to me financial aid to find a work that suits my professional objectives".
About 20 students of the Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering also enjoyed an intensive workshop focused on improving their employability. "Career Services advised us on how to develop a more attractive resume for future selection processes, as well as how to prepare a good LinkedIn profile . We also learned how to face work interviews through a simulation. I am very grateful for having been able to participate in this experience, which will undoubtedly be very useful for me and which I will keep in mind when I apply to any selection process", says Aníbal Núñez, one of the students of the Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering.
Apprenticeships with companies
In addition to learning how to make the best possible use of LinkedIn, 108 students from the School of Architecture enjoyed a roundtable focused on the opportunities and challenges that currently exist in the architecture sector, with emphasis on the world of sustainability and the field of real estate management . The roundtable included the participation of Ainhoa Valle, Real Estate Associate at Deloitte Spain; Miguel Ángel Díaz Camacho, architect and former president of ASA (association Sostenibilidad y Arquitectura); and Alfonso Urbano, partner of AND COMPANY.
The students of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura who attended the workshop study different master's degrees: Master's Degree University Degree in Architecture; Master's Degree University Degree in design and management Environmental Building; Master's Degree University Degree in Real Estate Strategy and Market (Master in Real Estate); Double Master's Degree University Degree in Architecture and Sustainability; and Double Master's Degree University Degree in Architecture and Real Estate.
During the same month of September, also at the headquarters of postgraduate program, the School de Derecho organised conference de training and career guidance, three days in which more than 80 new students of the Master's Degree de Acceso a la Abogacía, Master's Degree Universitario en Derecho de business, Master's Degree Universitario en advisory service Fiscaland the new Master's Degree en Derecho Digital participated.
They learned how to design a resume, prepare for a work interview, face a selection process and overcome group dynamics. The conference was attended by professionals from law firms who explained, among other things, what profile they are looking for, what a lawyer's professional degree program consists of, what it is like to work in a law firm depending on the area of specialization chosen, how communication with the firm should be, and how to improve the LinkedIn profile . They also made a radiography of the legal sector and psycho-technical and personality tests. The firms Abogados Garrido, Allen Overy, Ashurst, Cuatrecasas, Dentons, DLA Piper Spain, Gómez Acebo & Pombo, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Pérez Llorca and Uría Menéndez were present.
