Fall Edition of Careers Forum Attracts 114 Companies Offering Work Opportunities

Talent & Careers hosted the fall edition of the two-day Careers Forum, pulling together more than 350 recruiters from 114 companies across five industries with some 3,680 IE University students to facilitate professional opportunities over two days.

The biannual Careers Forum, held in spring and fall, attracts recruiters from esteemed companies that promote their employment opportunities for upcoming graduates. Also on hand were top executives from IE University, like Ines Drieselmann, VP of Alumni and Talent & Careers.

The five sectors represented were finance, consulting, global impact, technology and diversified industries, with some of the most known names including EY, Allianz, BBVA, Amazon, TikTok, Banco Santander, Nike, Lenovo, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, L'Oreal and many more.

The employment event’s primary function is aiding students in their final years of education with finding first jobs, and offering a chance to network with companies.

One of the main highlights this year was the growing number of companies that conducted full on-site interviews with IE University students for concrete positions during the event.

For companies, IE University offers a pool of talent from which to select its workers.

More than 60 of the recruiters on-site were alumni of IE University, like Juan San Marallon, an alumni of Dual Bachelor in Business Administration and Bachelor in Law and now a recruiter for Aon. 

"You go into websites and you look at what this company does, and it’s corporate jargon. You don’t understand it," he said. "So I think that’s what I try to fight a little bit by coming to this fair, giving information and helping students that are trying to start to work."

For him, some of the main skills he gained during his education at IE are negotiation and entrepreneurship, in addition to a strong legal background.

The sentiment is echoed by Raul Ortega, alumnus of the Master in Finance and currently employed at BTS. 

"At IE you learn not only technical skills but how to approach the day to day in a real work environment," he said.

Ortega also described his time at the Maria de Molina campus. 

"Everything that I did in the masters was in some way useful for me in the role that I’m doing now," emphasized Ortega. 

For others, like Sofia Okan of Futuro Perfecto and alumna of Strategic Marketing and Communication, the Careers Forum itself is valuable. 

"We specifically look for IE profiles, and here you can meet potential students in person, which helps understand their profiles and what they are looking for. We learn if they need us and we need them," she explained. 

Students who attended the event praised the initiative as important and transformative. 

For Gabriel Santiago, a Dual Bachelor in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence student in his second year, “It has been awesome to connect with multiple companies.”

Dual Bachelor in Business Administration and Bachelor  in Data Analytics student Guilherme Toigo said the event opened doors for him. 

"The experience has mostly been useful for networking, and to get advice and guidance from recruiters," he said. 

Nasya Amalina of the Master in International Legal Studies program praised the diversity of options and the opening of unexpected opportunities.

"I love how multisectoral the companies are. We see a lot of options that we never thought would be possible, so this is a good insight into how the job market works. This event also exposes us to real job opportunities that are exclusive to us," she said.