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Learn here about the ‘soft skills’ that companies look for in an employee. In addition, Daniel Eilenberg, Associate Director of Human Resources for the Pacific region of P&G, gave us a ‘top.
Does your resume only highlight your professional and academic experience? It is also valid to highlight your ‘soft skills’. Your performance in a company is not clearly the result of a vast or specific knowledge or a task executed. Companies are valuing other types of skills in their teams, which probably won’t teach you in a classroom.
Competencies such as responsibility, punctuality, perseverance and positive attitude are valued by companies and direct managers. Even so, people often omit them from their daily behavior at work and many omit them from their resumes.
Presenting a resume that highlights professional achievements is paramount, but don’t forget to know yourself and highlight your qualities. For Sonia Jaramillo, senior manager at Hays Colombia, learning these skills is basically a “process of self-discovery”, constant and necessary, which must arise from the situations that a lives in his work environment.
Each company, boss and team with whom you will share during your working life will bring you new challenges, conflicts and solutions. Learning from them is key. “In a job that has variable conditions, the ability to adapt to change will probably develop. Or if you are part of a multidisciplinary team, effective communication skills and teamwork will be strengthened, “says the expert of Hays Colombia.
Communicating clearly and concisely is one of the great skills that will allow you to develop well in your work environment. “One methodology that works is to ask for feedback focused on behaviors, which are accompanied by good results; when they are rewarded, it is important to highlight that the way to achieve them was by the behaviors and that they were not granted randomly, “says Daniel Eilenberg, associate director of Human Resources for the Pacific region of P&G.
“They preach but they don’t apply”
Superiors or leaders are those who must set an “example through actions.” Both bosses and employees must have these skills. Eilenberg points out that you must have a constant willingness to learn, assume responsibilities and be a protagonist in decision-making, as well as be recursive in any situation, advising that “if you cannot perform an activity, always propose alternatives, if you cannot do what they asked you and have obstacles, when you give the news, you should bring alternatives. “
Try to balance the knowledge you have about your work experience and those skills that help you effectively meet the expectations that your boss and company have of you.
In the elempleo.com company portal there is a definition of important competences. Some of them are:
Administrative powers
Acceptance of authority; continuous learning; numerical aptitude; attention and concentration; self-confidence; self-leadership; collaboration; companionship; knowledge of the business; conviction; effective communication; analytical skills; trading skills; research; planning and organization; administrative productivity; relationships with others; business relations; resolution of conflicts with the client; work under pressure; Teamwork.
Managerial competencies
Teamwork focused on objectives; information networks; supervision; analytical thinking; planning and monitoring of human resources; negotiation; knowledge of customers and their business; management initiative; understanding of the client’s business; empowerment; entrepreneurship; project management; diversity; development of highly competitive teams; integral development of the collaborator; competitiveness.
Organizational competencies
Coherence; autonomy; self-control; organizational commitment; dedication to the task; dynamism and energy; empathy; ethics; innovation; integrity; initiative; justice; orientation towards organizational achievement; customer orientation; productivity; prudence; resilience; responsibility; simplicity; customer service; I work with clarity and excellence.
Ireland is one of the European countries that today is betting on talent around the world. On this occasion we present vacancies for people who speak Spanish, in different areas. An opportunity for Colombians who wish to apply for their resume.
Here are the vacancies that are available:
Research Specialist:
This vacancy is to work with Amazon Ireland Sup Svcs Ltd and some of the requirements that the candidate must meet are:
Spanish and English skills to draft written responses and improve communication between internal and external clients.
Good command of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word and Excel.
Ability to learn and share knowledge in a global team environment.
Time management and multiple tasks at the same time.
Customer service:
Viagogo, a company dedicated to the sale of tickets for music, sports and shows around the world, is looking for staff located in County Limerick, with customer service skills and verbal fluency in Spanish.
The functions of the position will be:
– Maintain high level of service by phone and email.
– Fast, accurate and customer friendly service skills
– Represent and sell the platform and tools
– Relationship with clients and other teams.
Specialist in advertising services:
If you are a professional, a specialist in advertisements and you speak Spanish, you can work with Tik Tok, at its headquarters in Dublin.
The functions you would have to perform are:
– Mediate between internal and external clients and the team on issues related to frequent queries.
– Perform analysis on data and trends to increase profits and the success of the platform.
– Collect comments and suggestions to provide solutions through its platform.
There is also an opportunity to work with Tik Tok, but as a Search Operations Specialist, the person who will be in charge of analyzing the operation of the content and optimizing the strategies from the trend side. To optimize the processes of the position, work will be done jointly with R&D/PM/operations.
Customer Service Representative:
This vacancy is to work with Hertz, a worldwide airport car rental company, which is seeking a Customer Service Representative fluent in Spanish.
The requirements to apply for the position are as follows:
– Experience in sales, customer service or contact center.
– Fluency in Spanish and good level of English.
– Skills to solve problems effectively
– Ability to work in a team.
– Certificate of studies or an equivalent level of education is requested.
If you want to know more about the vacancies and apply your resume, you can enter the official pages of each of the companies.
The Colsubsidio Employment Agency is transformed to respond in a pertinent way to the needs of the productive sector in the processes of profiling, recruitment and selection of human talent, offering affiliated companies a portfolio of services that range from the management of vacancies to the creation of high-level training programs in Information and Communication Technologies, in order to respond to one of the greatest needs of companies in terms of job skills.
Likewise, the operation of a Mobile Employment Agency is launched, which will allow Colsubsidio to take all the towns of Bogotá and the municipalities of Cundinamarca to carry out recruitment and pre-selection processes of candidates tailored to the needs of the companies. in all corners of the city and the department. In this way, the Employment Agency continues to strengthen its mechanisms and tools to close social gaps, bringing job opportunities closer to all territories and populations.
Regarding the services for job seekers, the Agency has also strengthened its portfolio, implementing a Comprehensive Employment Route that will lead them to connect with job and training opportunities according to their profile, skills and professional projection.
Ximena Rodríguez, head of the Productivity and Business Development Department stated that “Columbidae understands Colombia’s need to strengthen its labor market not only to reduce unemployment but also to contribute to the national economy with trained human talent. That is why we believe in the Employment Agency as a comprehensive solution for a productive and stable future.”
The new comprehensive route offers specialized and free accompaniment with personalized attention and at any of the Employment Agency offices, located in Suba, DeSaille, Chapinero, Kennedy, Soacha and Funza in person and virtually.
“Understanding that employability processes must respond to the individuality and skills of each candidate, at Colsubsidio we have evolved our service to assertively respond to the needs and expectations of job seekers, which will also have a positive impact on delivering to companies the ideal talent to fulfill their goals”, added Ximena Rodríguez.
real benefits
Another of the added values of the transformation of the Colsubsidio Employment Agency will be that, from the hand of the counselors, users will be able to receive advice for the construction of the resume in a strategic way, highlighting the potential of the person to be attractive to the recruitment and selection processes of employers, in addition to preparing them for interviews according to their profile and strengthening their skills and competencies through free workshops and training.
In this way we strengthen the employment profile of people and connect them to the more than 20,000 jobs that are offered on average per month in the Agency. This year the goal is to offer 247,000 job opportunities.
Likewise, in October the Employment Route for people with disabilities will come into operation, through which the Agency will continue to transform realities and generate job opportunities for thousands of people who hope to connect with the world of work.
Colsubsidio continues to work to close social gaps by strengthening the productivity of people and companies, and the Employment Agency will continue to promote innovative solutions to strengthen the country’s productive sector.
Many employees tend to spend more time in their workplaces than with their families. Therefore, companies can take advantage of the end of the year season to generate closeness and gratitude with their work teams.
To prevent being in the office during this holiday season from being a sacrifice and that employees are demotivated or decrease their productivity, “teamwork activities can be scheduled so that work areas relate to each other, which generates camaraderie and collaborative bonds. You can also implement days where the children of the workers can come to their parents’ workplace and share as a family, “says Nora González Escobar, Human Management Manager of Assist Card.
Each company can choose different events or days to share among collaborators, such asNovenas, New Year’s Eve parties, lunches between work teams or rafflesbetween areas.
In addition, the end of the year means an opportunity to analyze the work and development of employees. To this end, you can make a balance that “generates synergy, making together a review of what worked well and what should be improved for the new year, as well as proposing a list of objectives or personal and work goals for each employee,” recommends Yesenia Martínez, HR Head of TCS Colombia.
In December, many employees hope to strengthen their relationships, share and get closer with their co-workers, as well as their bosses.
However, it is a challenge to make feedback when the results were not so positive. To maintain a good atmosphere, it is not advisable to provide feedback – when the objectives have not been met – during the most special dates. At this time, a ‘spirit’ of commitment and improvement must be strengthened for next year.
Sometimes, there are employees who still do not have days available to vacation and others, who due to their position and level of responsibility, cannot leave the job at this time. In these cases, you can “make schedule adjustments such as compressed workdays that allow people to leave earlier or agree on days off during Christmas or the new year. In case the operation requires availability, employees can be organized by groups and schedules so that they are present on one of the two dates, “advises Martínez.
Companies must not omit the effort and work of them on the contrary, they must be recognized. To comply with this, “companies should award prizes in different categories that allow covering all areas and people, for example, to make recognitions for seniority, new talents, proactivity, service, teamwork, innovative projects or initiative,” concludes González.
Christmas has arrived at and that is why this December 9, 2021 we have a new #OffersThursday at We want you to find the job you are looking for!
We present 14 vacancies in this note, so you can see various job opportunities throughout the country, also today, but at 5:00 PM, we will be telling you more about each of these offers in a live broadcast on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Linkedin.
But WOW! We will also search LIVE for offers in companies, cities and professions that you ask us for in the comments. Do not miss it!
Are you interested in any? you just have to be registered in our portal. If you are not already, it is very easy to join.
Click on the offer of your interest to see the characteristics of the offer you want, find out if you are suitable to keep the position and apply, incidentally.
If your resume at elempleo.com is up to date and you apply for offers that match your profile, knowledge and professional experience, you have more chances of being called. With that said, here are the deals:
ATTENTION! In this opportunity 400 vacancies await you!
Security guard in Bogota
restaurant opportunities
Waiter in Bogota
Kitchen assistant in Bogota
sales opportunities
Seller in Chia
Vendors in Bogota
Self-sales commercial advisor in Bogotá
EPS commercial advisor in Villavicencio
Business advisor in Medellin
Business advisor in Bogota
Commercial representative in Bogota
Loss control assistant in Bogotá
Pattern maker in Itagui
Head of validations in Medellín
Production Supervisor in Medellin
Are you the right person to fill one of these positions? Apply. But, if you are not, and you know someone who could be, share this note. Help a friend before the year ends.
See you today, Thursday, December 9, at 5 pm, on our social media accounts. It’s a date! We will take into account your requests and questions! Don’t stay out, because this year we ended up working on it!
With the economic reactivation, job opportunities at the national level continue to arise and different sectors of the economy have opened calls for thousands of Colombians to apply for their resumes and contribute to lowering the unemployment rate.
On this occasion, from we want to inform you of an offer that the D1 chain stores have on the island of San Andrés, a vacancy for which you can apply through our platform.
The required position is Sales Assistant and it is not necessary to have work experience, which allows young people who have not been formally linked to a company to have their first job. Some of the functions are: Cash Management, assortment, loading and unloading of merchandise, rotation of products and prices, assembly and disassembly of shelves, among others.
If you as a worker committed to your employer to comply with certain overtime, it is best to comply and avoid problems. However, there are cases in which you may refuse to work more than agreed in the contract. Overtime is common among workers of different companies in Colombia, some reach that agreement from the signing of the contract and others negotiate them – if it is the case – with their employers. However, what we will answer is whether you can refuse to do extra hours at work.
Leonardo Mejía, an expert in labor matters of the firm Mejía López Studio de Abogados, tells that “the worker when he celebrates or signs an employment contract with the employer is subject and available to him during the ordinary day that is the one agreed by the parties or, failing that, the maximum legal day that is 48 hours a week distributed from Monday to Friday or from Monday to Saturdays.”
Thus, says Mejía, any work that the employee performs outside the ordinary or maximum legal working day is considered as extraordinary work, and this is valid only if the employer authorizes it and, in addition, if the worker is willing or not.
“Because availability is only within the ordinary working day or within the maximum legal working day. This means that in principle if the worker cannot provide his services in an overtime, that is, in overtime, he is not obliged and the employer can not demand that he do so and, much less, he can be reprimanded or sanctioned for not doing so, “explains the expert.
Mejía adds that hecan only be sanctioned or reprimanded if the employer authorizes overtime and the worker agrees to provide the service during that time, because it means that the employer already has that employee and, if he fails to comply or leaves earlier, he is causing damage because the provision of the service is affected. Faced with this situation, there is room for a sanction, a call for discharges and to take the necessary measures.
It should be clarified that the employer must always keep a record of overtime and must set shifts so that there is no confusion. Extra work is paid in cash and is in addition to the ordinary salary.
For her part, Verónica Rodríguez Calderón, a psychologist with experience in recruitment areas at Los Libertadores University, explains that, in general, a worker can refuse to work overtime. It suggests that it should be agreed. In addition, it ensures that overtime is not replaced by compensatory, must be canceled and is a benefit base.
In the same way, Mary Stella Cárdenas Herrera, consultant in Human Management, agrees with the previous testimonies and assures that “yes, a person can refuse to do overtime, it is his right to do so and he must be protected. They are called extras precisely because they are outside their statutory working times and cannot be forced to work more than is regulated.”
Cardenas scores: ‘regardless of the type of contract, the worker can refuse to work overtime. If he refuses, the boss would have to find another employee willing to cover those hours. If the person is fired, threatened or intimidated for refusing to work overtime, the first thing to do is to complain – in a good way – to his employer or the Human Resources area and, if he does not find a solution, he can go to the Ministry of Labor or the labor office closest to his city.
Holidays are a paid rest equivalent to 15 working days that are enjoyed after a full year of services at the worker’s orders. Taking a few days off is necessary and, in addition, a right that every worker who has a fixed-term or indefinite contract has. But there are some doubts that must be resolved, for example, if the employee is obliged to go on vacation.
Leonardo Mejía, an expert in labor matters of the firm Mejía López Estudio de Abogados, under article 187 of the Substantive Labor Code (CST), affirms that “the vacation season must be indicated by the employer no later than within the following year, and they must be conceived informally or at the request of the worker without harming the service and the effectiveness of the rest.”
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Similarly, Mejía states that theemployer must announce 15 days in advance the date on which he will grant the vacation to the employee.
“Thus, the worker cannot refuse if the employer grants them ex officio, as long as he notifies him at least 15 days in advance of the date on which he will go out to enjoy them. Otherwise, there is the possibility that the worker says: ‘no, sir, because you did not meet the minimum deadline established,'” says Mejía.
In addition, a number of professionals and experts who are acting as employers respond to elempleo.com their perceptions and ways of operating. María del Pilar Álvarez, Senior Consultant in Human Management, asserts thata worker can be forced to take vacations if he is about to turn one year, but the ideal is that the employee can organize and request them on the dates that best suit him.
“Some companies force their employees to leave to lower the liabilities of vacation days and for people to rest,” adds Álvarez.
For her part, Laura Carolina Laverde, master in project management, comments that thevacations could be paid to the employee if he does not want to enjoy them, but this depends on the policies of the company and not on a legal obligation. In our case,” he says, “it would only apply if you have three completed terms.”
Finally, Yeimmy Hernández, advisor in Human Resources, informs that they can force to take the vacations that are expired, by law it must be done. And he adds that when a person does not take vacations it can put at risk the proper functioning of the company. A human error due to exhaustion.
If you could know the boss’s resume beforehand and have better references, many employees could avoid headaches. Bosses can be a great job uncertainty, especially when you are new to a new company. Although these people will be responsible for guiding the path and professional development of employees, some can stagnate, reduce and block them professionally and personally.
Then, being accountable to a difficult boss becomes a daily ordeal to which the employee may be subjected, affecting the work environment and directly the performance of the team.
According to Antonieta Tavares, Human Resources coordinator at Hays Colombia, the aspects that can the most are:
Discrimination
Victimization
Intimidation
Fraud
Bribe
Corruption
Harassment
Inappropriate physical contact
Abuse
A boss can adopt egocentric, ‘tyrannical’ and distant tendencies easily, since “a vicious circle is generated, where the lack of connection and empathy crumble the morale of the team, increasing absenteeism, breaches and physical and mental illnesses in those affected,” says Patricia Vargas Rojano, manager of Right Management.
To avoid these scenarios, bosses must know their teams, avoid bad temper and be effective and transparentwith the decisions they make.
In addition, Tavares affirms that “companies that wish to increase their retention levels must include topics such as flexibility in contracts and promotion internally, since internal mobility allows employees to know different teams and roles in the organization, giving more variety to their day to day”.
Similarly, companies and Human Resources areas must create “seedbeds” and effective communication channels “to make proactive feedback to leaders, showing in a very respectful way that these harmful behaviors,” suggests Vargas.
If there are no employee support lines, it is a matter of time before the company and teams begin to lose talent. According to Vargas, as a consequence “the organization assumes the time and cost of selecting, training and taking a new employee to a learning curve, who may begin to become demotivated once he enters the organization and must interact with that leadership style.”
If the turnover becomes constant because of a boss, the latter could become the next to be evaluated. The retention of talent and a good work environment depends on bosses who are leaders, close and inclusive, who care about enhancing the skills and strengths of their teams, as well as identifying weaknesses.
