How evolve the professional competencies in the knowledge society?

– Nebrija Business School and the Institute of skills professionals Nebrija will present the conclusions of the report: most demanded professional skills in the company and key factors for the employability and personal development ”

Madrid, February 2013- Nebrija Business School and the Institute of skills professionals Nebrija have organized the day would evolve the professional competencies in the knowledge society? ” which showcase the conclusions of the report: ” most demanded professional skills in the company and key factors for the employability and personal development ”.

Professional skills are an essential value in the curriculum of persons in search of employment or promotion internal in the selection and promotion of personnel. For this reason, we wanted to identify the skills most valued by the Spanish companies both in their external selection processes, and internal promotion, restructuring and performance evaluation ”, ahead of Antonio Diaz Morales, general manager of Nebrija Business School.

According to Morales Diaz, the results of this study provide revealing data ” as those who highlight which the Spanish company is aware of the paradigm shift that is taking in more developed countries in terms of staff evaluation, even though, the practice still prevails the consideration of traditional concepts of evaluation ”.

Traditionally or commonly accepted skills are distinguished in the report (orientation to results, planning and management of projects, leadership, teamwork and time …) and more typical of the emerging paradigm skills (entrepreneurship, ethical behavior, change management, emotional intelligence …). which of the two approaches it is valuing most from the Spanish company? It is our society by adopting the new paradigm, or remains too stuck in the traditional?

Participate in the presentation of the study: Carlos Cuervo. Dean Faculty of social sciences, Jesús Gómez, Director Institute Nebrija in professional skills. Fernanda Armada: responsible for Consulting of Great Place to Work ®, Nuria I.Prieto: HR Director of Astellas Pharma S.A., Tomás Calleja, Director of programs of high direction of Nebrija Business School yAntonio Muñoz, Professor of the Institute Nebrija in professional skills.

Great Place to Work ®, regarding international research consultancy and HR management, which each year produces the Best Workplaces list, collaborates with Nebrija Business School and the Institute of skills professionals Nebrija in this day. According to Fernanda Armada, head of Consulting from Great Place to Work ®, the culture of the great places to work is based on organizations by values where is encouraged that the employees give their best in their day day ”.

-presentation of the study “most demanded professional skills in the company and key factors for the employability and personal development ”

20 of” February. 10-11:30 h.
Foundation Nebrija. 59 Street Cea Bermúdez.

La Universidad Nebrija and skills training

The Universidad Nebrija considers it essential to train students in the skills that make it easy for them to access to employment and adequate integration into organizations that are incorporated, either in practice or employment contract.

This University was the first that included the formation of skills to a degree. Now, has created, with the collaboration of the Institute of skills professionals Nebrija, a set’s eminently practical training programs that are carried out in a transverse way, in all grades and in most graduate programs, and also longitudinally, as graduate studies students work these competencies during three different academic courses. All programs of professional skills have a logical sequence that starts with the analysis, development and leadership – emotional intelligence – self, continues the practice of relationship and communication skills, and culminates with the development and team leadership, the importance of diversity management and the improvement of employability.

The main objective of these programmes is to facilitate personal, academic and professional development of its students. Since the process of admission of the student, is a careful evaluation of their level of competence, which serves as a guide and a starting point to evaluate improvements in their individual and collective development.