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convert schools into tourist experience

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If we look back for a year until today, the word that best defines the situation in many rural areas of Japan is despairand is given by a birth crisis and aging of the population that affects several layers of social fabric. That is why they are betting unpublished in bring immigrantsor there are villages where, literally, there are More dolls than neighborsor they are even offering thousands of euros for attracting youth. Drift has led to School closureand now they have found an unpublished solution to the centers. The sunset of classrooms. I told it in an extensive BBC report And we have gone counting months ago, Japan faces a silent but deep transformation: every year, about 450 rural schools close their doors, victims of the demographic aging and of the exodus Youth to the big cities. What were previously training and community life centers become empty structures that reflect the depopulation of entire regions. Miyoshi, a remote municipality of the Shikoku IslandIt is a paradigmatic example. Its population has decreased dramatically since 1955, going from almost 78,000 inhabitants to just 20,000with more than 40% of its residents exceeding 65 years. In this context, the closure of the Deai Elementary School in 2005 seemed only one more fact in the chronicle of the rural decline. An designer and an idea. And here an unprecedented name and initiative arise. It was in 2014 when the Designer Shuko Uemoto He visited Miyoshi with his little son. What began as a getaway became a revelation: pure air and the natural environment caused an immediate improvement in the health of their son, who suffered asthma. That personal impact, added to the overwhelming silence and the beauty of the landscape, inspired a vision into a vision: transform an abandoned school into a Rest spacehealth and community. As soon as he discovered the Deai building, surrounded by trees and crossed by the rumor of a river, he knew that he had found the perfect place for his project. From the classroom to the accommodation. So HARE TO KE BORNa rural accommodation that takes its name from an ancient Japanese dichotomy: Hare, the holidays and extraordinary days, and Ke, the daily life. The concept invites recover balance Between them, in contrast to a modernity that has saturated the everyday of constant stimuli. The rooms occupy old carefully restored classrooms, spaces where blackboards, desks, laboratory bottles and murals painted by former students are still preserved. The design does not erase the memory of the place, but it welcomes and enhances it, offering visitors an intimate and deeply rooted sensory experience. Miyoshi Sleep like never. The hotel has specialized in what call “Sleep Trips”experiences focused on improving sleep quality. From a brief questionnaire, guests receive personalized medicinal infusions, accompanied by aromatherapy, spring water baths, and sessions in cedar sauna overlooking the forest. Everything is designed to “reconnect the five senses” with a slower, more natural vital rhythm. In a country where light and sound pollution is omnipresent, the absolute silence and the total darkness of Miyoshi are, for many, A revelation. Sleep well, even just one night, transforms the entire trip, says Uemoto to the British environment. “Other” tourism. But HARE TO KE It is much more than a hotel. Its impact has been so deep that former students and even the former director have returned to visit the building, now revitalized. Local elders gather in the old sports field for Play Gateballwhile guests observe from the classrooms turned into common rooms. In addition, the hotel organizes kitchen workshops with local products, monthly fairs and cultural activities such as classes of Awa Odorithe traditional dance of Tokushima. All this not only strengthens the link between visitors and residents, but helps to support the traditions that, without intervention, could be extinguished. Ancestral legacy. The experience in Miyoshi goes beyond rest: it is part of a cultural and historical landscape that resists over time. Guests can participate in the Mount Tsurugi Festivalwhich includes a Ritual procession over 900 years old. Or can travel the Iya Valley and cross their iconic liana bridges, or taste dinners made with cultivated cereals In inclined terraces up to 40 degrees. Everything seems thought to integrate the visitor into a way of life that has been transmitted for generations, and that now finds a continuity through tourism (respectful). Replicated model. From the opening of Hare to Ke, at least 13 more schools In Miyoshi they have been converted into coffees, offices or new accommodations. A revitalization model, promoted by the local administration, which has returned economic activity, community self -esteem and visibility to a region condemned to oblivion. So much, the challenge is huge: Japan loses about 900,000 inhabitants a year, and it is estimated that More than 40% of his municipalities could cease to exist in the coming decades. Under that scenario, the Miyoshi case It shows that it is possible to fight against oblivion, not with great megaprojects, but with sustainable proposals and deeply rooted in memory. Image | HARE TO KE, 京浜にけ In Xataka | In his desperate career against rural depopulation, Japan has a star measure: 7,500 euros if you move there In Xataka | The situation in the Japan field is so desperate that they are betting on an unprecedented solution: bring immigrants

The English Court is turning towards experience

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The English Court has finally closed two of its most emblematic outlet centers in Madrid: Boadilla del Monte and Vista Alegre, as reported Digital economy. The first had been inactive for months. The second ceased its activity on February 9. They are not isolated facts, but part of a broader process: the model of stores with permanent discounts is losing weight in the group’s strategy. What’s happening: The two centers disappear from Official Outlets Directory. Other previous closures (As Rivas Vaciamadrid, La Vaguada or Méndez Álvaro, among others) point to a replication pattern. Only six operational outlets remain in the Community of Madrid. The company is now committed to reforming premium centers such as Castilian, Preciados or San José de Valderas. In perspective. The rise of Fast Fashion and online trade have reconfigured consumption. Accessing discounts no longer requires visiting a specific physical store: it is enough to open an app. The attractiveness of the physical outlet vanishes if it offers nothing more than a low price. Between the lines: Purchase experience is the new currency. Digital customers not only seek savings: they look for a story, a brand, a pleasant environment. The transformation goes beyond commercial: it is cultural. Yes, but. Although the online channel gains weight, the English Court does not renounce the physical. Rather, it reorient your efforts towards strategic centers and with greater potential profitability. The closing of outlets does not imply total divestment, but selectivity. This rethinking is also a new axiom: the ideal client is no longer the one who looks for holes last season, but who values ​​selection, environment, attention and brand. The question is no longer whether it is cheap, but it is worth going. In Xataka | “I am very perfectionist”: the answer that recruiters no longer want to hear in work interviews Outstanding image | Xataka

What is, how it works and how to install the new European alternative to Google Maps with 25 years of experience

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Let’s explain What is Mapythe European alternative to Google Maps. It is an application that already has 25 years of history and experience, but that after having been all this time being a local tool has now opened to all. We are going to start explaining what this tool is and where it comes from. Then we will tell you its main functions, and we will end up giving you the links to be able to install and use it. What is Mapy Mapy is a map application that He was born in 1998 in the Czech Republic. During all these years it has been a local service in this country, initially with cars maps in certain cities. Then, the service was growing progressively. One of the keys to its growth was to have been bought by the Czech company Seznam.cz, which began to boost the application. The final step was given in this 2025, when they changed their domain .CZ for a .com, and began to work globally to reach more users. At the moment, mapy.com It has detailed maps around the world, and is translated into Spanish In addition to many other languages. You can use it both in a web version and in mobile applications. What Mapy offers Mapy offers practically the same as Google Maps. You have road maps around the world, but also a restaurant and public services index., including phones and opening schedules. You can also see the climate you make in the area where you are. With the maps you will be able to draw routes and receive indications when you are using it in the car. In addition, one of its differentiating characteristics is that information and Routes very thought for hiking or to go by bicycle. You can also look for ATMs or accommodations in the application. When offering you the routes you will not do it with Google services. Inside your country you use your own data, but when you go out of the Czech Republic Use Open Street Maps datathe open source service. You will have several layers of maps, including aerial photos, base, tourist information or winter maps. Also You can use the app in your car with Android Auto or Apple Car. The bad news is that, at least at the level of Spain, the information of the establishments is not so complete, and in some cases expired or erroneous data appears. Even so, You can send corrections whenever you want. There are also some services, such as real -time traffic information, which only work in certain countries such as Germany or Austria. Mapy has a free version and another paymentsomething understandable when you do not have the financial muscle of large companies such as Google or Apple. In exchange for 19 euros a year That you offer you will have routes to run or do several types of sports, speed meter walking or bike or download of offline maps on your mobile. How to use Mapy and lower your app You can use Mapy both with its official website and its applications For mobiles. The official website is mapy.com/eswhere you can start accessing its content. Then, applications are available In Google Play For Android and In the App Store of iOS. In Xataka Basics | 61 European alternatives to Google, X, Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Dropbox, Google Drive, WhatsApp and other popular services

This is my experience with the most economical iPhone

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The cheapest iPhone you can buy right now (if you want it new) is the iPhone 16E. Apple has decided to end the iPhone se For a good reason: give Apple Intelligence to its most economical model. This required a lot of RAM (8 GB) and a fairly powerful hardware, something that did not go too much in the line with the previous model. So Apple has decided that iPhone 13 and the iPhone 16 Pass a crazy night, to create the 16E iPhone. We have recorded our 24/7 to tell you the experience we have had with this phone, and how it behaves on a day -to -day basis. The first thing that has surprised us of this phone is its drums, one of the most durable on a small iPhone. We have reached ten hours, getting to bed with 4%. And not in short days, days of 6: 33 in the morning to 0: 43h from the night. Of course, in the video you will see that this has a small trick. The second to highlight is … that this phone has only one camera. Neither Telefoto nor ultra wide angle. We liked the results, and we have not noticed big differences in front of their older brothers. I also liked the video, which records up to 4k 60fps in Dolby Vision. Of course, there is no Cinde mode, something that I have missed. Performance, screen, user experience and more, we keep it so you can find out everything about the video. We already tell you that, if you are not willing to leave you a thousand euros for an iPhone, this purchase makes enough sense. In Xataka | iPhone 16 Pro, Analysis: It is one of the best mobiles of 2024, also the one that excites me least

That will improve the experience of watching videos in goal

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Hispanic countries have a wide dubbing culture for the contents in other languages, so that we consume films, series and programs bent with Voices in the local language. As one of the main content creators From YouTube, Mrbeast knows. That is why he said that if he were CEO of Facebook, the first thing he would implement would be a dubbing system of his videos as Youtube already has. Mark Zuckerberg agreed. Speak the same language as the audience. Mrbeast and Mark Zuckerberg agreed In the podcast Colin and Samir Show Where the interviewers asked Jimmy Donaldson (real name of the YouTuber), what would he do if Mark Zuckerberg appointed him CEO of Meta. Donaldson made Mark Zuckerberg see that the finishing video platforms are staying behind in terms of the ability to offer content in several languages. According to Mrbeast, this lack of dubbing options is negatively affecting the scope of videos on the platform. In another language you don’t get the same. As the Youtuber explained, the audience’s commitment is not the same when they see a video in their language as in English, therefore, the Content creator with more subscribers From YouTube he was especially concerned with the target tools in translation. “Something that seems really bad (finish) is that on YouTube you can have different audio clues. 70% of my audience on YouTube does not speak English, so I upload videos and then you simply upload a lot of different files. If you click on my video in Mexico, it automatically reproduces in Spanish. What is brutal is that when I publish those same videos on Facebook or in any of your platforms, I can not care about the dubbing. Audience is always infinitely lower because people from Mexico, Brazil and others cannot see them with dubbing, “Donaldson explained in his speech. Audience of India Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico. No traffic data of Mrbeast has been revealed, but According to data From the GMI consultant, some 2.7 billion people around the world use YouTube every month, of which 476 million users are from India, 147 million Brazil, 139 million Indonesia and 84.2 million users see content from Mexico. His videos are reproduced in more than 100 countries with 80 different languages, so for Mrbeast, speaking the same language as his audience is the key to the success of his videos. There click Facebook. Mrbeast was very clear: “If he were the Meta CEO, one of the first things he would be would be to improve the dubbing options.” For him, it is essential that goal helps creators reach more people and to increase the engagement With its content. One of those tools is the language. “It is quite overwhelming once you understand it. You think: ‘uf!, Only 15 or 20% of the world, or the figure that is, consume content in English.’ It is brutal. It is almost barbaric to use a platform in which you have to choose a language,” said Donaldson. The interesting thing is that Mark Zuckerberg agreed with Mrbeast. He acknowledged that the lack of dubbing options is a problem and that artificial intelligence could be the solution. Mrbeast has already proven that the Use of dubbing generated by AI With his own voice, hearing retention on other platforms has increased. The multilingual future with the finish line. Zuckerberg agreed that the youtuber in the importance of languages ​​when reaching the audiences, and added that there could have the AI ​​could have A very important role. “Actually, retention is 1% greater in that language because when you do dubbing with AI you can use my voice instead of sounding like a dubbing actor,” Donaldson explained, indicating that her producer already uses cloned voice tools with voice with AI to fold your videosinstead of applying a neutral dubbing voice or simply applying subtitles. For the goal, which seeks to have a global presence returning to the origin Without Facebook algorithmthis option is even more important. By incorporating dubbing generated by AI, the goal could increase audience retention, expand its user base and compete more effectively in the panorama of social networks. In Xataka | One in three employees uses AI at work: your position is not in danger because most use it as a translator In Xataka | If the question is “how much money you can earn sleeping on Twitch”, the answer is Muroonh: $ 17,000 Image | Goal

Only one of them enjoyed the experience

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Running out of wifi or no data connection is one of the worst nightmares for generation Z, since it is the first that has grown in A 100% digital environment. However, the Milllenials and, above all, the members of generation X, have lived part of their lives without current hyperconnectivity. Although it seems crazy, A group of editors of Good Housekeeping He decided to return to those times when the smartphone was not the center of everything and, paradoxically, it was used to call or, at most, to send messages on SMS. The reason? Escape from constant Notification bombardmentsocial networks and the feeling of always “connected”, making your brain detoxify the negative effects of the constant “Infinite Scroll“That predominates in applications installed in smartphones. The challenge: one week without smartphone The idea arose after verifying Digital detoxification need In a world where mobile dependence is almost inevitable. Google Maps to get to the sites without losing us, listen to music or podcast in dead times or be in constant communication with dozens of people at the same time with WhatsApp groups. The protagonist of the article, a millennial addicted to WhatsApp groups, proposed the challenge to her co -workers of different generations: spend a full week with a “Dumb Phone”, such as those used in the 90s and 2000. The response was well received by the participants and many were interested in the experience of disconnecting from the slavery of notifications and Tyranny the Fomo. The only one but found the idea was that the need to stay tied to technology for labor and personal demands. To carry out the experiment, some phones got Basic Nokiafamous for its lasting battery and simplicity. Thus, a Millennial, a member of the X generation and a young woman from the Z generation Zambuller in the “digital disconnection” and did it without float. They did not even make a dump of the agenda, so they could only call those numbers that they remembered or who were getting. X Generation: A Way Without Return Those of us who belong to generation X, more than digital natives, have been digital migrants. That is, we have grown a good part of our life with hardly any technology, but we have been its Inventors and “Early Adopters” that has risen to all the trains of its evolution. Therefore, it is a generation that has become accustomed to technology, but it has not been as dependent as millennials or the Z generation, because it has already lived in a world without WhatsApp, GPS or Spotify. However, the experience was bittersweet. On the one hand, Simon Swift, the editor of the X generation that did the test, claimed to have enjoyed the tranquility of Read a journal to workavoiding negative information overload. That allowed him to reconnect with the real world. However, the difficulty of communicating through text messages and the dependence of physical maps (the bad view, already touched by the years) were frustrating. In addition, the impossibility of playing Classic “Snake” Due to the “too fat” fingers it was a hard blow to nostalgia. “I like to connect with the world around me. In such a dynamic and unprecedented news period, I want to know what is happening. I don’t think I can re -educate my brain In that sense, “said Swift. When honey is proven, it is difficult to give up the candy. Millennials: between the fomo and the return to be productive Florence Reeves-White was the ideologist of the test and the millennial representative in this experience. He confessed to feel panic at the idea of ​​missing important conversations in the chat groups of his friends or not being aware of the latest news. However, the experience turned out to be more positive than expected. Having access to social networks, its productivity increased, dedicating more time to writing, reading and performing activities that really enriched it. In addition, not being constantly communicated with their partner or not having distractions in the dead times, voice conversations with their family and loved ones became more common, creating a different link. Again, as happened to the representative of generation X, the lack of fitness, maps or the impossibility of paying with the mobile, generated inconveniences in their day to day, but the feeling of improve your productivity He has marked this participant who will not hesitate to repeat the experience, although with some nuances. Z generation: This is what they call life? For the representative of the Z generation, it was called Megan Geall, a digital native and intensive user of the smartphone for absolutely everything, the disconnection It was a real challenge. One of the first effects he noticed was that of full attention while seeing a series of Netflix at home. I no longer had the temptation to review social networks while watching the series. The impossibility of accessing social networks also meant a breeze of fresh air in this experience: “It was very nice to be disconnected for a while and not see what others do with their lives, simply live mine,” said the young woman. However, limited options for entertainment and communication of the Dumb Phone who was using some inconveniences. The difficulty in writing text messages, the lack of music in the gym and the impossibility of using Apple Pay were the main obstacles. Despite recognizing some benefits, such as a greater connection with people by having to call them by phone Instead of sending messagesThe young woman concluded that she was not willing to give up the comfort provided by her smartphone. In Xataka | We live a concentration crisis. Experts begin to think that the problem is not mobile phones, but the algorithm Image | Unspash (Sumeet Singh, Mohid Tahir)

We have tried Sesame’s conversational. It is the experience closest to a “human voice” that we have seen

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Theodore Twombly, the main character of the movie ‘Her‘, fell in love with a machine called Samantha. He didn’t even need to see her or touch her. It was enough to listen to his voice, which was actually that of actress Scarlett Johansson. That was science fiction, but little by little we are approaching a point where to fall in love with a machine is no longer. We have been seeing some time with replikathe AI ​​service that allows virtual avatars to become our friends or something else. That service achieves it with an AI model that generates text, such as chatgpt. Until now we chatted with the machines, but little by little we are beginning to talk to them. Chatgpt’s voice modes precisely give that optionand in fact the company He had to withdraw one of his voices for being too similar to the Scarlett Johansson. But now an artificial intelligence startup called Skew me has gone one step further. At the end of February the company He published a demonstration of its voice conversational generation model (CSM, by conversation Speech Model), and its impact has been remarkable. Some users have informed of feeling an emotional connection with the male and female voices of the model (“Maya” and “thousands”). One of them, who published his impressions in Hacker News, explained How “I am even a little worried about whether I start feeling emotionally linked to a voice assistant with this level of so human sound.” Anyone can try to speak with Maya or thousands Thanks to that demo on the Sesame website. The only obstacle is that conversations must be in English: these models do not speak other languages ​​at the moment. I just did it for a few minutes, and the operation of this conversational chatbot is really surprising. The voice is warm and close, but above all I perfectly imitate the way a person would speak. With pauses, doubts or intonation changes. The voice generation is instantaneous, there is no latency, and certainly the sensation is to be having a conversation with another human being. It’s strange, exciting and disturbing at the same time. As they explain In his blog Those responsible, “in Sesame our goal is to achieve a” presence of the voice “, that magical quality that makes oral interactions look real, are understood and valued.” They are pointing to something similar to what Replika pointed out: to create “conversational companions” that offer a genuine dialogue with which to build some confidence over time. These models are not perfect. Maya, for example, has demonstrated do strange things From time to time, but comments on Some forums of discussion like this Reddit They make it clear that the quality of these models is spectacular. If you want to check the quality of this model, attentive to this. Source: Reddit. And if you do not believe it, take a look at this conversation that Gavin Purcell, one of those responsible for the podcast Ai for Humanshe posted on Reddit arguing unsuccessfully with the machine to try to find its limits. It does not seem to achieve it, and in fact it is impossible to detect that one of the interlocutors is a machine. His speed of answer, his changes in tones, his choice of phrases and words … is amazing. Sesame’s conversational chatbot It also allows you to interpret different roles (“Roleplaying”), something that for example Openai usually limits. Openai has been working on their voice modes for chatgpt, and Grok 3 has also implemented different synthesized voices and also adjust to diverse personalities. There is even a “deranged” and another “sexy” voice, for example, which demonstrates once again that Musk and Xai do not mind experimenting As they comment In Ars Technicain Sesame they have achieved this advance thanks to two models (one trunk and another decoder) that work together. Both are based on architecture calls, and Sesame has raised three different sizes. The largest of all combines a trunk model of 8,000 million parameters with a decoder of 300 million, which results in a joint 8.3b model. To train it they have used a million hours of audio files in English. The comments In a debate In Hacker News they made it clear that the quality of Sesame’s voices is almost human, but even users continued to notice that something failed. One of Sesame’s co -founders, Brendan Iribe, I participated In the debate thanking those comments and confirming that they still have a lot of work ahead. Is “still too anxious Often inappropriate in his tone, prosody and rhythm “, He explained, and has problems with the interruptions, times and fluidity of the conversation. “Today we are firmly In the valley (disturbing)“, he said,” but we are optimistic and we can get out of it. “ The possibilities seem almost unlimited for these types of models, but they are both for good and for worse. Its use to supplant identities, for example, has already given some serious scares. Here is the Creation of a “family password” It can be very useful to avoid part of those problems, although at the moment you are not allowed to clone voices. We will see how AI companies react to these types of problems, but everything indicates that this future in which We will talk constantly (and we will even fall in love) with the machines It is getting closer. In Xataka | Be careful with falling in love with your chatbot: in Openai they warn that GPT-4O can reduce the need to socialize with human beings

A Catalan tells his most northern city experience in the world

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He Svalbard archipelago It is the most northern place in Europe. It is a huge ice cream far away above the Arctic Circle where about 2,500 people They are officially forbidden to die. There, right there, there is a Catalan. A Catalan? Indeed. Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès 29 years ago, Nil Rodés It has become the head engine of the Department of Geology of the University Center of the Svalbard Islands. And just being Interviewed in Via Lliure de Rac1 where it gives details about how it is to live very (but very) to the north of the polar circle. “A few months ago it is night,” Rodés said. “Between eleven and one, we now have a blue light (like the end of the day) and, for the month of March, there will be a sun.” It does not carry it very well and, in fact, the Catalan engineer takes advantage of the months of greater darkness to go outside the island. Of course, the doubt of whether “is something related to the Mediterranean blood” always because, in the five years he has been living in the north, he has met many people who worship the darkness “deep of the Arctic Night. An island without indigenous … There are no native peoples of the islands because it is too north. And the first stable inhabitants arrived with the mining companies that began to exploit the coal of the islands at the end of the 19th and early twentieth. Before that, there were only small fishermen bases that were used sporadically. The truth is that, anyway, there are not many natives in strict sense. It is prohibited to be born in the islands. When an advanced stage of pregnancy is reached, mothers have to go to Norway to give birth safely. In the same way, It is forbidden to die (and be buried) on the island. Except for cases of accidental deaths, no one dies there. … but with many bears. There are about 3,000 bears in the region compared to 2,500 people. 300 of those animals live on the main island (and that means that whenever you leave the settlement you have to be armed with rifles or guns of Bengal). In fact, there is a traffic signal in which the area is indicated in from which the safety of individuals depends on them same. And what does a “chief engineer” do on such an island? A good part of the activity of the islands has to see with education and research of all kinds (from questions related to climate or geology to studies on fauna and conservation of ecosystems). Do not forget that The “end of the end of the world” is right there. Rodés’s work has to do with the logistics and safety of all projects linked to geological research. As I say, the villages themselves are safe areas, but beyond those limits any unforeseen can be critical. To the limit of the impossible. According to Rodésthe site must really be overwhelming. A place where in winter it is not clear what is land and what is sea ice (beyond the “llaneza” of the land can give you important clues); and in which, for six months, they can only move with snow motorcycles. In recent years, the Svalbard Islands have only jumped to the media for the problems that the Ukraine War (and the associated sanctions)) created in the relationship between the capital of the islands (Longyearbyen) and a small Russian settlement (Barentsburg) at 50 kilometers. For the rest, it is a small haven of peace in Miad in one of the areas that more is changing due to climate change. Image | Janik Rohland In Xataka | A Spanish scientist in the most inhospitable place on Earth

If the question is what recruiters are set when hiring, a study has given the answer: experience and attitude

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Labor trends are changing depending on the needs of companies and, with them, the skills and characteristics that The recruiters look In the new candidates. In the same way that there are warning signs during the selection process that automatically make recruiters Discard candidatesthere are also other characteristics that make them win many points. Take care of your curriculum because they will read it The Sumume Genius Employment Platform has prepared A survey in which he has asked 625 managers and managers of the Human Resources Department in the US. The survey data reveal that, when a candidate’s curriculum reaches his hands (probably after a First filtering by AI) dedicate time to Review knowledge and skills of the candidate. 78% of recruiters and managers claimed to dedicate more than a minute to review each curriculum before moving to another candidate. This time is much higher than the one that was used to employing in large companies, where the candidate’s curriculum was valued In just six seconds. 57% of those responsible for hiring in companies dedicate from one to three minutes for each curriculum. At the ends we find 22% of the recruiters who dedicate less than a minute to discard or accept each curriculum, while 21% takes it easy and dedicated more than three minutes to know the Skills and knowledge of candidates. By age range, they are the most veteran recruiters of the Babyboom generation who spends the most time to Examine each curriculum. 37% of those responsible for hiring this generation claims to dedicate more than three minutes, compared to 24% of generation X recruiters, 19% of the generation or only 16% of generation Z. If the position you postulate is in a technology company, the attention to the curriculum It intensifies. The recruiters of this sector claim to use more time by reviewing the training of candidates and their skills. 51% of these recruiters use between one and three minutes in each curriculum, and the percentage that dedicates more than three minutes amounts to 28% in this sector. More skills and less “titulitis” One of the most important changes in the hiring trend that has occurred in recent years, has been the change in priorities when considering the candidate For a vacancy. While a decade ago The degree was much more taken into account Academic, over time it has been losing ground to leave space to other values ​​such as experience, attitude or soft skills (soft skills). In fact, 48% of respondents claimed not to have hired suitable candidates, but who lacked these skills. Surprisingly, although the sections of “work experience” and “education” still have an important weight in the assessment of candidates, 57% of recruiters affirm that the “hobbies and interest” section is between one of the three sections With more weight of the curriculum. Those responsible for recruiting in this section additional information About personality and values of the candidate, something that is not always conditioned by the academic level. So much so, that 43% of recruiters said not to demand a title of a prestigious institution to consider a candidate, but 54% would not take it into account if they did not have soft skills or a positive attitude during their interview. The commitment to Gene generation values makes 36% of recruiters belonging to this generation give great importance to this section, so it is expected that in future weight in decision making on hiring. 43% of recruiters ensure that for them it is a very good signal appreciate enthusiasm or positive attitude to the position or to the company. On the other hand, 63% believe that detecting that the candidate is lying in his answers, if he uses inappropriate language, or criticizes his previous partners or employers, is sufficient reason for discard it immediately. In Xataka | If your chair holds in a job interview, it is no accident: they are evaluating more than your curriculum Image | Pexels (Sora Shimazaki)

the keys that make me look for the Android experience at home

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Few devices have embraced the era of “smart devices” as much as mobile phonesbut there is one who, almost without realizing it, has adopted this strategy so much that In Spain it is difficult to buy one that is not: televisions. Until recently we could find models that did not have a system with apps, but currently it is somewhat complicated. It is even easier to buy a dumb phone, as those that do not have the ability to run apps are called, than a dumb TV. And it is not that there is no demand, since many users prefer to put their own devices to provide them with intelligence, such as Google TV Streamer. The main television brands in Spain are Samsung and LG, at least in the high range, but there are many others that are fighting to gain a foothold, not only in that category, but also in the entry range. There you sign as Xiaomi either TCL They lead the way. In part its sales pitch is not the hardware, but the software. Google TV for everyone These two Chinese brands also make mobile devices, and have taken a similar approach: use Android on your televisions. It is something that neither LG did when it was still in the smartphone market nor does Samsung do currently, despite the fact that it is the largest manufacturer of Android smartphones in the world. The reason why Xiaomi, TCL and other brands opt for Google TV is simple, but at the same time multiple: it is an option that attracts users, but does not involve the development or maintenance of your own operating systemwith what this entails in terms of resources and operating expenses. Although there are more options, such as WebOS or Tizen, Google TV (formerly Android TV) has positioned itself as the best option not only for manufacturers, but for many users who value what it gives them. And we are not only talking about integration with the smartphones they use, but also about functions and possibilities that they do not have in other models with other systems. Advantages of Google TV Many brands available. As with mobile phones, choosing Android as the operating system allows you to choose between more brands. Firms such as Xiaomi and TLC, but also industry giants such as Sony or Phillips opt for the Google system. The range of sizes, models, prices and brands is the largest when compared to other operating systems. Notifications for Android TV The Free Android Good voice control system. Typing on a television is complicated and tiring. Being able to dictate things is much more comfortable. Google TV is not the only system that allows it, but it does have very advanced voice recognition, in part because Google has been working on it for years. Google Assistant. And this function also enables integration with the Google Assistant, making the TV become a speaker if we want, because we can send content, ask questions, change channels… Integration with Google Home. The integration with Android of Google TV is obvious, but also with Google Home. The home automation application allows you to create routines using the television, use the phone as a remote control, etc. We’ll even look at how compatible headphones pair automatically to the TV. Button remapping. Remote control buttons rarely provide the shortcuts we all need. Thanks to applications like Button Mapper It is possible to change the behavior of buttons that we never use. Open applications, take screenshots, turn off the TV, change settings… everything is possible with this free application. Remote control Unsplash The Free Android All types of applications. Thanks to the fact that it uses Android, there are many developers who create applications for televisions, from casual or more advanced games to file management tools, video playback with all types of codecs, etc. Extreme customization. One particular type of apps are desktop replacements. These apps allow us to change the way the TV is shown to us, eliminating ads, sections that we do not use… If we want, we can make only the installed apps appear, to open them directly with the remote control. External storage management. And the memory possibilities skyrocket if we use external hard drives and want to play content. Android allows you to run all types of videos, either with pre-installed apps or with those you download from the Google Play Store. In addition, they usually have reading capacity not only for USB flash drives, but also for large capacity disks, in case we have our digital movie library stored there. bluetooth controls. Although television processors are not designed for games, some simple titles can be easily run on them, and having synchronized Bluetooth controls is an advantage. The number of options available is enormous. Especially if we use them with cloud streaming services. A person playing on TV Chromecast built-in. Of course, we could not ignore the fact that the televisions integrate a Chromecast system, which allows you to send content from a mobile phone on the same WiFi network. This makes it much more convenient to send a song from Spotify, a video from YouTube, etc. To these reasons we must add others such as the convenience that many users have in using a system that they already know because it is the same one they have on their tablet or mobile phone, knowing the applications because, again, they are the same ones that they already used. , etc. Of course, this does not mean that there are no disadvantages when compared to other systems, but the benefits outweigh the latter.

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