Former VP of Linkedin Talent: “Don't compromise to get a good job, but to be recruitable”

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

EAE Business School celebrated its Annual Alumni Reunion for yet another year, previously taking place last Friday, October 11 of 2018, at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona. More than 750 alumni attended the event to reconnect with their former classmates, strengthen their networking and learn about new trends in the business world by Steve Cadigan, former Vice President of Talent at Linkedin; Javier Pijoan, General Director in Bacardi; Cristina Aranda, Founder of Mujeres Tech; and Jordi Urbea, Senior Vice President of Ogilvy Spain and CEO of Ogilvy Barcelona.

Cadigan explained during his speech that currently the average number of years of employment in employees is 4.2 years, although for young people between 25 and 35 years of age their number decreases to 2 years.

“We don't compromise to get a 'good job', but to be recruitable. Safety in a job forever will not continue for a long time,” he explained the framework of this new paradigm.

This statement also corroborated the fact that in a few years, "65% of jobs will no longer exist, so it is important to have skills to learn quickly, rather than store knowledge." - a constant idea throughout his intervention and key for anyone in an ever-changing business environment.

"The slogan of the recruitment of the future will come to my company because we will do better for you to leave," he said, surprising the audience that gathered at the Maritime Museum. However, he said that this slogan should not surprise us because today this is the dynamics of the consulting companies or the team that works in a Hollywood movie. "The most valuable companies are where you can learn," he said.

This adaptability must also be a skill for the company. “We need companies to take more risks. Those who have the ability to make decisions and adapt quickly are the ones who succeed.” And he said that he was more interested in "big companies that are capable of changing, rather than small ones that grow very fast."

Another proposal that he launched to the audience was that of “being able to value our bosses as when we used a Cabify service.”

On the other hand, the Senior VP of Ogilvy Spain and CEO of Ogilvy Barcelona, ​​Jordi Urbea, spoke to the event's audience, which focused on data analysis and how to predict buying behaviors. For his part, Javier Pijoan, General Manager at Bacardi, in Leading by Example, shared his experience in complexity management strategies and mobilization of the entire organization through inclusive leadership and building reliable relationships.

Finally, Cristina Aranda, in charge of business development in Europe in Taiger and Co-founder of Mujeres Tech, explained through her experience how artificial intelligence is making its way into business processes and the positive impact generated by technological innovation, in productivity, and in the improvement of service quality.

This article was written and published in Spanish and has been translated into English via Google Translate. Click here to read the original article.

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