Lourdes Martín Jiménez is from San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa). He finished ISSA in 2003 and speaks English, French and Basque. Your first contact With the business world it was, as for the rest of his classmates, the internships of the last year that, in his case, marked his degree program professional. "My first work were the internships through ISSA at Banco Sabadell, in San Sebastián. I liked the experience so much that I redirected my entire degree program to this sector."

She is currently a commercial advisor at Kutxabank (Irún) where she has worked since 2008. Previously, he worked for Deutsche Bank, Fincas Corral and the high school Carmel. Your first work was doing administrative tasks, management agendas, customer search. "It was what I expected," he says, adding, "I've been in different administrative positions. administrative assistant, teaching assistant from management to the position of commercial/financial advisor that I currently hold." 

She fondly remembers her time at ISSA and each and every one of the teachers who gave herclass. "What I liked the most is the attention human, the work what I have learned and what I have learned is that it will happen so quickly," he says. And about the teachers, he emphasizes: "I learned from each one of them. All together they gave that added value to the degree program". To this day, it maintainscontact with several companions. "Some are still in Pamplona, others in San Sebastian, Madrid and also abroad. Most of them are in different multinationals," he says.

"When I finished ISSA, I knew about the offer of the job listings which works great. Did you know that our programs of study They had a lot of employment opportunities", he says, and his trajectory confirms what he intuited at the time: "I have worked continuously since I graduated from ISSA".

For Lourdes, the definition of what she learned at ISSA is as follows: work He showed me that if you fight for what you want, you can get it."

Why did you study ISSA?

I studied at ISSA because the degree program I found it spacious, versatile and with many possibilities. After ISSA I studied a Master's Degree in Commercial Management and Sales at the University of Barcelona. Recently, I finished a Master's Degree as a Financial Advisor promoted by the business in which work.

The training Continuous is an essential requirement and even more so in a changing environment. I don't understand a work environment without training Active. Both on the part of the business as well as on the part of the worker.

Among the jobs you've done, what has been the project What has marked you the most personally? Why?    

Help a little girl business, located in Barcelona, in the creation of it from scratch with all that this implies. It was not an easy task: search for premises, search for customers, advertising in different media with a budget minimal... It was a great challenge staff and professional.

What roles/responsibilities do you have in your current position? What do you think they value most about you in your career? work?

I have my client portfolio. At the moment, I also carry an important weight in the achievement of the objectives set by the business. This, along with the work constant and theattention With the client, I would say that's what they value most about me.

What do you like most about your work? And what about your profession?

What I like the most is that my conference are never the same and the attention staff with customers. The exclusive service that we can give you and, with it, the added value. More personalized and human service.

How would you define the profile professional of a graduate of ISSA?

With a desire to improve, manager, decisive, optimistic and hardworking.

And finally, some advice for those who are currently considering studying attendance of Management...

Success comes with sacrifice! Cheer up.