ISSA School of Management Assistants celebrated this Wednesday, February 17, the day of its Patron Saint, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, at Amigos Building of Campus in Pamplona. The workshop also coincided with the celebration of the patron saints of Schools Law and Economics.

The main event was chaired by two graduates, Leire Huarte, who works as a Financial and HR Assistant at Director in Irumold (Pamplona) and Ana López Cano, manager in Communication and PR at Bodegas Muga (La Rioja). During the colloquium "Conversing with graduates", moderated by Ana Mª Fernández, ISSA professor, the graduates told the students about their professional careers and conveyed to them the fundamental skills and attitudes when looking for and carrying out the professional work .

Ana (ISSA'98) manages the winery visits with the Public Relations team. She is in charge of reviewing and carrying out the Marketing, media relations and agency plans for advertising and is the manager of online and offline communication as well as Social Media.

Leire (ISSA'10) does everything that is not technical at business: tasks of management, accounting, reports, presentations... During her intervention she valued that, with the training she received at ISSA, she now supports any department: "I have tools of Accounting, HR, Marketing, Foreign Trade and the languages. ISSA gave me the option to enter the business, to go out with confidence to the labor market and face the different challenges and positions".

As part of the department Human Resources team, she emphasized that when she interviews work, she looks above all at the attitude during the interview, "that's what makes the difference. I look for you to show that you are eager to work with us. That you identify with the Philosophy of the business, that you are methodical and manager and, of course, that you generate confidence in me". And he added: "Being able to delegate knowing that the other person will try to solve it in the best possible way is the core topic of a successful professional".

Ana López, who has seven people at her position , three permanent and four temporary, stressed that when she interviews someone she values "their training, their languages -especially English-, that they are willing to work, that they are flexible", and about flexibility she urged the students that "you should not fall off the rings. There will be things that you like more and others that you like less. You'll work your way up, you'll find your place". He also highlighted the profile that ISSA graduates acquire during the four years of the Degree: "If you come from ISSA, the solidity of the base is there, the training has it. I look for you to get involved in the project, to feel it as your own. The things you feel you live and transmit in a different way".

Both agreed and insisted on the importance of knowing how to work as a team, of respecting the work that each employee performs inside and outside the business; the ability to communicate, core topic so that the day to day runs smoothly.

Regarding what they can expect for their future incorporation into the working world, Leire Huarte answered: "When I left ISSA I felt that I was prepared for everything I was going to find. With the training that you receive here and the range of opportunities that you will have, you can rest assured. Dream big. She recognizes that languages have been essential in her professional career, "as well as knowing how to communicate, write and the knowledge of human resources and accounting". Ana López, for her part, told them: "The employment opportunities is wonderful. I would go back to ISSA with my eyes closed. They also recommended them to prepare well for the interview at work, "it is disrespectful to the interviewer if you don't do it", Ana stressed.

About their time at ISSA, both recalled the family atmosphere, the close relationship with the teachers attention and recommended students to listen to criticism without taking it as something staff, to take advantage of every day to practice languages and not to miss the opportunities exchange that the School offers them. They also encouraged them to never stop training, "to recycle every day," commented Ana López. "When I finished ISSA there were no cell phones, no email, no apps... and now I am the Community Manager of the winery, never stop updating yourselves".