17 June 2022
San Sebastian Campus
Being able to collaborate in the implementation of the information system for strategic control or in the development of web applications for the autonomous warehouse management solution allows higher education students to come into contact with the industrial and service reality of our environment. This is how students like Victor Martínez de Lizarduy, in his fourth year of the double degree in Business Administration and Computer Engineering at the University of Deusto, see it. He considers that the Family Business and Talent Internship Programme (PREFYT) launched by Deusto Business School, the Antonio Aranzábal Foundation and Rural Kutxa allows them to "immerse themselves in a local family business and get a real taste of what it's like".
And it is precisely what these young people aspire to, as Gorka Esteban, Victor's fellow student, pointed out, "more than doing something easy, to do something where I can contribute and learn.” Companies in which this dual profile can contribute a great deal, as Rubén Claveras from the same degree programme says, "with our dual profile, we can contribute to local family businesses". Luca Madina and Beñat Badiola, fourth year students of the double degree in Business Administration and Law regard this initiative as an opportunity; their fellow student, Ane Gurruchaga, thinks that working in a family business gives her the chance to "understand how a business operates". And in particular, "a local company", as Pelayo Pardo underlines, who would like to end up working in the region.
Questions such as these were raised this Friday at the breakfast meeting held at the University of Deusto with the participants in the PREFYT pilot project. Rural Kutxa, the Antonio Aranzábal Foundation and Deusto Business School hosted this session, which was attended by students, managers and tutors. The details of the programme and its evaluation were presented, as it is a programme with a long-term approach.
Without a doubt, this opportunity would not have been possible without the participation of companies such as Algeposa, Calcinor Servicios, I2U, Ibarmia Innovatek, Plastigaur, Salva Industrial and Talleres Agui, who have committed themselves both to opening their doors to students so that they can participate in future projects, and to being more involved in supporting these students in their training process. In addition to the job opportunity it represents, it offers the possibility of working in a local company, with expectations of growth and a potentially ambitious career plan.
The fact that current and future managers know each other, interact and create this intergenerational synergy is essential if we are to make progress in anchoring talent in the region and strengthen family businesses. This time of mutual knowledge allows young people to interact with management teams, develop their projects in lively and exciting initiatives and value local projects. Likewise, it gives companies the opportunity to have skilled, committed people from outside their organisations. This unique time allows us to observe ourselves and broaden the possibilities of fitting in. This is in everyone's interest: companies, young people, institutions and the territory. The organisations promoting this initiative, Rural Kutxa, the Antonio Aranzábal Foundation and Deusto Business School, are certain about this.
