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More and more people work after 70 years

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The situation Demographic of Japan is forcing government and companies to adapt its regulations to maintain the balance between a very aging work mass and a serious labor shortage young man who has caused decades of stagnation in the birth rate. One of the measures that are being applied most in companies is the expansion of the mandatory retirement age. Thus, the most veteran employees They can continue working until beyond the 70 years if they wish. 5.4 million senior employees. According to data published by Nikkei Asia, Japanese companies keep more than 5.4 million employees of 70 years or more. According to A report Of the Japanese Business Federation of 2024, the employment rate among those over 65 in Japan is 25.2%, well above 18.6% in the US, of 10.9% of the United Kingdom or 3.9% registered by France. According to this report, 99.9% of Japanese companies had measures to guarantee the use of their workers Beyond the 65 years, after the reform in 2023 of the retirement age in Japan, which went from 60 to 65 years. However, Japanese companies have taken the legislation a little further: 29.7% of them have measures that guarantee employment up to 70 years and beyond. In Japan, the 70s are the new 60. According to data from A survey Made in 2023 by the Ministry of Labor of Japan, 80% of retirement workers wanted to continue working beyond the legal retirement age. Of these, 70% of them would prefer to do so in their current job. Part of that mood to continue working beyond 70 years is due to Japan registering one of the greatest rates of life expectancy on the planet. According to data from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan published by Nippon.comJapanese life expectancy is 87.14 years for women and 81.09 years for men. That makes Japanese employees reach their legal retirement age with good health, which allows them to expand their working life by adapting their working days to their physical limitations. “60 -year -old people are young. In this era of labor shortage, managers need to find ‘older men who contribute value,” said ATSushi Morishita Morishita, 78, founder of Tenpos Holdings. Pensions in Japan. Another reasons that are leading retirees to maximize their effective retirement age is the amount of pensions. With an aging population, the budget balance of pensions suffers since there are more people in a situation of receiving them What quotes youths. Retirees can only receive from the public pension system a maximum of 831,700 annual yen (equivalent to about 5,100 euros), which add up to the assignments of private pension funds that workers and companies have hired (or not) throughout working life. According to estimates Bloomberg, that leaves them with an average monthly public pension of 40,000 yen (about 245 euros per month). A full income Insufficient to subsist. Companies tailored to the elderly. According to them Published figures by Nikkeiemployees over 65 represent around 15% of the company’s workforce in Japan. These employees are less demanding diurnal shifts. “Instead of fitting people in a system, it is essential to manage work hours in a way that adapts to our diverse talent,” explained to Nikkei Kazushige Mori, president of GASHOEN, a company that manages care centers for older people whose template is formed by 15% of people over 70 years. Those who work 20 hours or more adopt the status of employees with contract, which is a higher hourly salary than those considered as part -time workers. “Compared to young people, who have a high rotation rate, the senior professionals who work with us for a longer time are the pillar of our company,” said Kimino Osada, president of Sixei Server. In Xataka | The lack of generational relief is forcing Japan to take desperate measures: that retirees return to work In Xataka | Japan will pay an old man $ 85 for each day in prison: Half a century has been waiting for the gallows by mistake Image | Unspash (Nicholas Green)

What is it, how will it work and when will you get

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Let’s explain What is the digital eurowith all the information we have until the date of this new currency that wants to boost the European Central Bank. It is a digital version of El Euro that will not arrive to replace cash, but to coexist with it, but without depending on banking entities or private companies as with the current digital payments. We are going to start the article explaining what the digital euro, its concept and what is expected of it is. Then we will explain to you How will it work This technology, and we will end up talking about the times and when it can come. We will update this article according to new information and there are advances. What is the digital euro The digital euro is An electronic version of the conventional euro that we use in cash in our day to day. Therefore, it is a virtual currency, although It is not a cryptocurrencysince the technology behind it is totally different. This digital currency is being developed directly by the European Central Bank. Its value will be the same as that of tickets and coins, and will be considered public and safe money. Its value will remain the same as that of the digital euro, so you will not have to worry about the ups and downs of alternatives such as cryptocurrencies. Nor can it be used to speculate Not to invest, it will simply be a digital version of normal money. What this currency is looking for is Facilitate Internet paymentseither through the mobile as the browser. Therefore, it becomes a kind of alternative to the debit cards that you give when paying online, so that we no longer depend in Europe on the big brands of these, such as Visa or Mastercard. The digital euro will not replace the euro in cashbut both versions of the same currency will coexist. When paying in person, you can do it with conventional currencies or with the digital euro, and time to pay online you can do it with this digital version. It will also help you to give money to friends or family. How the digital euro works You will be able to use the digital euro from any device, including your mobile phone. With him, you will be able to pay safely In any country in the euro zone. Therefore, if you are going to travel to these countries, you will have both the option of getting cash and using digital. We will arrive with us on a card or in a digital wallet or wallet. This technology has not yet been developedbut the idea is that you can create one with your bank for free. You can also create your loading in establishments such as Correos. The idea of ​​technology is that There are no technological barriers To be able to use it, since you will not need a mobile by force by also having a physical card to save your money. Another of your keys is to be a free service that you can use whenever you want. There will be two ways to put money in your purse Digital euro. You can do it by sending money from your banking entity, or depositing cash. Once you do, you can use the digital euro for the transactions you want, without depending on the bank or private companies to pay or save your money. This means that the idea is to have a payment method with an alternative card to those used by banks, and that they are normally from US companies. But with a system that also has mobile application or digital purse, just like your bank’s app. In addition to this, You can also send money to your contacts Just like you do with Bizum. Another characteristic that are pursued in this phase of development of the digital euro is that can work without internet. Come on, if you are in an area without coverage or network connection, you can use the NFC technology of your mobile and the safe element chip to make payments. The ECB says that Privacy will be the same as paying in cash. They can only access the details of the transaction people and businesses who have participated in it. When the digital euro will arrive There is still no date for the launch of the digital euro. The project was presented at the end of 2023, and at the time of writing these lines, in mid -2025, we are still in a “preparation phase” according to the European Central Bank. The foundations of how you want it to be, but have not yet been carried out. Developing this digital currency is a technological challenge in which many elements intervene that must be controlled and regular, and you have to take many things into account. Come on, they go slowly to try to do well, and we are still in a phase of tests, experiments and information exchanges to decide the final path to follow. One of the last steps of the project is to create an innovation platform where 70 companies, including 3 Spanish, can do tests and experiments in search of the best technology to carry it out. Therefore, Several years will still spend Until we see this project in our mobiles, and the card or wallet in our pockets. In Xataka | The European Central Bank has been fighting for five years to literally create a “European Bizum”. Now has taken a key step

Klarna presumed that AI did the work of 700 people. Its quality is so low that it is rectuming humans

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In June 2022, 700 Employees of the Swedish Fintech Klarna were fired. That template reduction was an absolute disaster: The announcement was made with a pre -recorded video, and also the CEO shared the personal data of those employees in LinkedIn. The story did not end there. Not much less. The AI ​​that works for 700 people. After the dismissals, Klarna made a unique decision: to use an artificial intelligence system promoted by Openai models to replace the functions performed by those 700 people. In February 2024, those responsible for the company proudly affirmed that the assistant “is doing the job equivalent to 700 full -time agents“And they also disregard that” it is along with human agents in terms of customer satisfaction score. ” Not so fast. Klarna’s CEO and co -founder, Sebastian Siemiatkowski has started a hiring process that allows customers to always talk to a human agent. The reason is striking, especially taking into account Klarna’s ambition in its use of AI. The AI ​​offered a low quality service. The strategy that proposed to place AI as a fundamental pillar of its support services is no longer valid. According to this CEO, “unfortunately, the cost seems to have been an evaluation factor too predominant,” and explained that “what ends up is a lower quality” in the service. Now they intend to “invest in the quality of human support” for the future. Uber type structure. In an interview With BloombergSiemiatkowski indicated that the Swedish company is pivoting a structure similar to the one Uber: workers can log in and telework for them. That, this manager indicates, will allow in the future these new hiring to replace “the few thousand human agents” that Klarna Subcontrata. Labor is sought (cheap). The pilot project for that transition has a very limited reach, but the objective is to attract candidates as students or people of rural environments. “We know that there are a lot of Klarna users who love our company and enjoy working for us,” said Siestkowski. The intention seems clear: instead of hiring professionals with experience in this area and replacing them with such profiles that will allegedly reduce costs. An erratic evolution. Klarna came to have an assessment of 45.6 billion dollars in 2021, but those decisions made that estimated value a year later It was 6,500 million of dollars. The company now expects to lift $ 1 billion With an OPA that allows to place its valuation at about 15,000 million dollars. The plans of that IPO have been postponed due to the current volatility of the markets. But the trend is clear: less human. Despite these decisions, in Klarna they create technologies such as AI will continue to impact the dimension of their template in the future. The CEO hopes that in a year they will exceed 3,000 current employees to about 2,500. We are seeing it everywhere. Other companies have suffered that “recontraction” effect. IBM fired 8,000 workers To replace them with AI, but their CEO, Arvind Krishna, explained that at the same time they are hiring a lot of programmers and sales personnel. Other companies ensure that replace humans with AI It has really worked very well, but the reality is that many are realizing that After using ia they end up investing in new hiring When needing different profiles such as the aforementioned programmers. AI is removing some jobs and promoting others. The conclusion seems to be the same in all cases. The companies that are betting on taking advantage of everything they can They manage to replace human workers by artificial intelligence systems in routine and very automated tasks. However, those same companies end up realizing that they need more programmers and specialized personnel, probably to ensure that the IAS that do the automated work do so much better than they do as a start. Image | Anna Shvets In Xataka | We do not know if the AI ​​is going to eat your work, but the CEO of some startups are determined to convince you of it

A young computer scientist was looking for work. So “hacked” LinkedIn to always receive offers first

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The youth of generation Z face serious difficulties in starting their work career in a labor market so competitivein which for Each job offer hundreds or thousands of candidates are presented. Find The slightest advantage To highlight in job requests it is fundamental. Michael Yan, a 25 -year -old founder and CEO from Simplify, has shared A trick on LinkedIn which allowed him to receive job offers from large companies such as Meta, Microsoft and Google. This method allowed him to access before the rest of vacancies candidates, thus increasing the possibilities of being hired Faced with other candidates. Yan’s trick. Like Yan told to Business InsiderIn 2018, the young manager was in his first year of computer science at Stanford University and was looking for companies to do his first practices. Given its technological training, Yan warned that the URL address of the LinkedIn Employment Section showed an “86400”. That number is not accidental: it is the number of seconds that have 24 hours a day. Therefore, when Yan asked LinkedIn the job offers of “the last 24 hours”, he always showed him those that had been published the day before, not in the last hours. A simple change to be the first. From that discovery, Yan accessed LinkedI’s employment tab and made a search for the professional profile that demanded and applied the filter “publication date” to “last 24 hours”. Then, the number “86400” of the URL address in the browser bar for “3600” changed, which is the seconds that have an hour. In this simple way, the young candidate “hacked” LinkedIn’s job search obtaining the offers published in the last hour, so that always He was one of the first candidates in postulating for vacancies. “I got job offers in Meta and Google because I postulated offers a few hours after they were published,” said the young manager in his publication. Access to better opportunities. Yan discovered that manually modifying these URLs could access the newest offers before other users, which placed their curriculum among the first in the list, causing their hiring options to improve considerably. Although this trick does not guarantee that a company hires someone for a position for which It is not preparedit does offer an important advantage in the selection process. Many companies establish an order of arrival to review the candidacies, so being among the first to apply will place you among the first to do your job interview. That served him to do your practices In the best technological companies. Any advantage is welcome. According to a report of Handshake of 2024, 57 % of the Z generation that will be incorporated into the labor market in 2025 is pessimistic about the start of its careers. 63% ensure that pessimism comes from an extremely competitive labor market. The data suggests that these newly graduated young people have already sent 24 % more employment requests than last year students of the previous year. Although skills and experience remain crucial, response time can be decisive to advance the selection. According The published by Business InsiderAndrew McCashill, expert in professional racing in LinkedIn, said that “being one of the first to run, especially for jobs you really want or for those who are super qualified, should undoubtedly be part of a job search strategy.” In Xataka | A LinkedIn function opens a debate that divides recruiters: the #Pentowork label Image | Unspash (Sign Pratama)

We do not know if the AI ​​is going to eat your work, but the CEO of some startups are determined to convince you of it

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AI comes for your work. It is the message that does not stop arriving since Chatgpt reached the market. And even before. The impact of artificial intelligence on the world of employment It can be hugebut for the moment They have not been noticed Its effects too much. That, they say more and more frequently the CEOs of technological companies, it will change. First, Shopify. Less than a month ago the CEO of Shopify, Tobi Lütke, He sent a memorandum To its employees with a clear directive: “Using AI effectively is now a fundamental expectation for everyone in Shopify.” In fact, he indicated that before expanding a workforce or investing in other tools, project managers should have exhausted all the ways to do that task with AI already available tools. Then Fiverr. The last to adopt a decision and speech of this type is Micha Kaufman, CEO of Fiverr, who in a memo to his employees emphasized the importance of protecting their careers in the face of the growing influence of AI. His message was overwhelming: “This is the unpleasant truth: AI comes for your work. Demons, it also comes for mine. This is a call of attention. It does not matter if you are a programmer, designer, product manager, data scientist, lawyer, customer service representative, seller or financial: the AI ​​comes for you. You must understand that what were previously considered” easy tasks “will no longer exist; what were considered” difficult tasks “will be” difficult tasks ” Easy, and what was considered “impossible tasks” will be the difficult thing. Finally (for the moment), Duolingo. Luis von Ahn, CEO of Duolingo, announced its template A few days ago his intention to be “an Ai-first. Among the measures that the company will take is to “gradually stop hiring freelancers to do the work of which AI can be commissioned.” Of course, Von Ahn apostilled, “Duolingo will continue to be a company that deeply cares about its employees. This does not replace the DUOS (company employees) with AI. It is about eliminating bottlenecks so we can do more with the spectacular duos we have now.” Many said it before, many will say it later. The message is explicit, but of course it is not new. The appearance of Chatgpt caused this type of predictions to become increasingly frequent, and little by little we have seen how the CEOs of large companies have talked about the impact that AI will cause on work. Above all, in the world of programming: Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, was clear a year ago than No one should learn to programand they have also said Mark Garman (CEO of AWS) or Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Mark Zuckerberg joined that prediction a few days ago and assured that in 12-18 months the majority of the code would be written by an AI. And I didn’t talk about the machines autocomplete code, but that they would write it completely. First it will help us, then (perhaps) it will replace us. Many experts believe that AI It will enhance our productivity And it will help us do more And better work than ever. It is what happened with the computer or internet, but with AI there is a clear fear that I end up going beyond and completely doing our work. The possibility is there, although with other technological revolutions, there will be more threatened jobs and others that will be less. Bill Gates, for example, believes that Doctors and human teachers do not have much future And Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, states that the impact of AI on employment “It is a huge, huge problem“. Perhaps 140 years of history point to a surprising future profession. Hairdressers. Between 1871 and 2011 Technology created more jobs than destroyed. The 2015 study published In The Guardian It focused specifically on data from the Census of England and Wales, and that allowed to assess the impact of technology on the world of employment. The most physical works clearly fell into a fee, but while or other professions were created, or professionals were added to which there were already. For example, surprise: the number of hairdressers grew prodigiously throughout those 140 years: just 0.1% of the workforce in 1871, this group went on to represent 0.6% in 2011. But the impact is inevitable. There are more studies and forecasts that occurred before the current “revolution” of AI. In 2018 the World Economic Forum (WEF) He published his report ‘Future of Jobs 2018’. In their conclusions they pointed out that automation would eliminate 75 million jobs by 2025, but would create 133 million new functions. The balance has changed five years later. In your 2023 reportthis agency pointed out that in the next five years it is estimated that 83 million works will be lost and 69 million will be created. The funny thing is that lately workers They seem to be somewhat more optimistic With his future. Image | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles In Xataka | Thousands of employees use AI in their work. More and more do not want their bosses to discover it

Each generation plays their cards in work interviews

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The Work interviews They represent a thermometer to discover what attitudes present the candidates of the different generations before a work environment as competitive and changing as the current one. Each generation conceives use in a very different way and that is being done especially evident with the arrival of the Z generation to the labor market. The report of the Hays consultant ‘Keys to succeed in a job interview according to the generation‘, puts the focus on how each generation present in the current labor market faces the challenge of a job interview. Each of them Show notable differences that go beyond age and affect communication, preparation and ability to adapt to change. A quality encompassed between Soft skills highly valued by companies. Generational weights The coexistence of four generations in the Spanish labor market is a reality that forces both candidates and employers to rethink their strategies. A candidate of the Baby Boom generation who barely has a few years of professional activity but that treasures an enormous experience, Does not face work interviews in the same way that someone from the Z generation who has barely started their career. According to Study data ‘The generational mix in Spanish companies’Prepared by PLUXEE, the 2021 Active Population Survey (EPA) drew a generational composition of 19% of the active population in Spain belonging to the Baby Boom generation. Generation X adopts a predominant role with 45%, followed by 31% of millennial employees and 5% of professionals from generation Z. The forecast of this study by 2025 is that Boomers and generation Z are equated at 8% presence in the labor market, but with very different strategies. Active population according to its generation. Source: Pluxee More experience vs. Better preparation The experience and commitment It is one of the greatest treasures of generations that, at best, has already exceeded the equator of its careers, and play that letter to maintain their value in the labor market. As stood out from Hays, boomers tend to show a flexible attitude and a constant update in digital skills in their work interviews, while generation X strives to remain in force and adapt to new work dynamics. For their part, millennials and gene generation compete In a saturated labor market, where the abundance of very well qualified profiles generates constant pressure and significant anxiety levels. This competitiveness forces the youngest to differentiate not only by Your technical knowledgebut also for its ability to adapt and alignment with the values ​​of the company. “Baby Boomers usually extend too much on their answers or focus exclusively on their last experience. Generation X can be excessively conservative. Some millennials tend to trust more on their technical skills than in the impact generated. And generation Z, sometimes, sin of informality or insecurity,” said Silvia Pina, director of Perm & Temp Recruitment Services in Hays Spain. As Hays’s report stands out, the most senior profiles are evaluated for their leadership capacity and strategic vision, while the youngest are measured by their growth potential. According to Andy Jassy, ​​CEO of Amazon, beyond the knowledge or preparation of young people, the most important thing is that demonstrate a positive attitude when acquiring new skills. Differences in what is expected of companies The Differences between generations Not only are they offering, but they also change in what they expect from the companies that hire them. Baby Boomers value FORMAL SELECTION PROCESSES and structured where a clear order is perceived that does not waste their time. For its part, generation X seeks clarity in the selection processes and development opportunities of your career. It is an approach close to that of the Baby Boomers in terms of valueing their experience, adaptability and teamwork skills, but does not forget that this generation still has decades ahead of the work career. Millennials and gene generation, on the other hand, are perceived as generations of the future of work. According to Hays, they prefer nearby interviews with continuous feedback and a strong alignment with the company’s values. This is collected by the ‘Labor Market Guide 2025 ‘which reveals that 64% of young professionals prioritize working in companies that have a defined purpose, and that offer learning opportunities to grow in their professional career above promotions. In Xataka | “I am very perfectionist”: the answer that recruiters no longer want to hear in work interviews Image | Unspash (VITALY GARIEV)

Having solar panels at home sounds very good in case of national blackout. The problem is that they don’t work

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The national blackout that Spain has suffered It has been historicalbut has also sown the doubt. While the vast majority of citizens ran out of light, in the street there was “life” in some supermarkets or marques that made the use of other renewable alternatives. Surely also, today more than ever many will ask about the need to have a solar installation in their home, which leads us to another question: how does a network of domestic panels work before a national blackout? Installation in normal conditions. Before talking about the case of a blackout as the one that occurred in Spain, it is convenient to explain the most basic of A “standard” installation In a typical home. In most cases, solar panels capture the radiation of the sun and generate what we call DC (DC). This current passes through an investor that converts it in turn in alternating current (CA), and that is precisely what we use in homes. In Spain and in almost all countries, most solar facilities are connected to the electricity network (known systems as on-Grid). This allows, on the one hand, to consume solar energy directly in the house. On the other, pour the surplus to the network (which entitles economic compensation, such as the net balance or Simplified compensation). Finally, of course, it allows you to receive electricity from the network when there is not enough solar generation (for example, at night or on cloudy days). The problem occurs when there is a situation like that occurred yesterday. Installation in blackouts. When you have a photovoltaic installation in the house of only panels and there is a blackout, something contradictory but very important happens: even if you have solar panels working, the sky is sunny and the beginning of the day, your house is also It is left without electricity. As? Yes, this occurs by security regulations (for example, in Europe under the standard VDE 0126-1-1 and similar), all solar investors connected to the network must detect the loss of tension and turn off immediately, is what is called Anti-Isla protection. The reason? The reason for this “cut” is to protect network maintenance technicians: if there were thousands of houses by sending electricity to a supposedly “dead” network, it could be lethal for workers They are at that time repairing the failure. Therefore, if you have only solar panels connected to the network, you cannot use electricity during a blackout. Your solar panels are automatically disconnected. There is no more. The solution: batteries. If you also have batteries, the thing changes, although here the situation varies depending on the type of investor and configuration you have. If you have hybrid investors (solar + battery), there are modern investors that already allow to continue operating in what is called Island or back-up mode. This means that when they detect a blackout, they are physically disconnected from the network and come to feed only your house using solar energy and energy stored in your batteries. In addition, there are also systems for backup investors (The so-called back-up inverters), where a separate system is used that can feed a specific part of the house (for example, fridge, essential lights or internet). One More Thing. But even so, for this to work you need lithium or lead batteries properly sizeda hybrid investor compatible with operation in island mode or an inverter with backup function (Back-UP), a automatic cutting system that separates your home from the public network in case of blackout guaranteeing safety, and finally an electrical panel prepared to isolate non-essential loads (for example, it makes no sense to keep the electric oven or air conditioning on if the energy is limited). In any case and to place all this in perspective in the Spanish landscape, only 33% of facilities Current domestic lots in Spain include batteries. This means that most households with solar panels would continue to suffer electric cuts during a blackout like the one that occurred yesterday. The reasons are very varied, but the extra cost of investment of them after the solar installation (already large) is key. The promise of self -supply. All this leads to a final question: Is it possible to be self -sufficient (energetically) in Spain? The short response is no. The promise of solar self -supply on the peninsula is based on taking advantage of the high solar radiation (Spain receives on average between 1,600 and 2,000 kWh/m²/year) to generate clean energy and reduce dependence on the electricity grid, especially in single -family homes. Thanks to photovoltaic self -consumption and the Price drop Of the solar panels (more than 80% have fallen in the last decade), today it is technically possible to cover between 60% and 80% of the annual consumption of an average house in Spain only with solar energy, and in some cases, almost 100% If appropriate storage batteries are installed (although with the network hitch). The problem. However, self -supply has important limits: solar production is intermittent (there is no generation of night and lowers a lot in winter or cloudy days), the batteries remain expensive (between 4,000 and 9,000 euros a complete domestic installation) and its capacity only allows a few hours or days of autonomy without network. Plus: We already said it, the current legislation requires that the systems connected to the network be disconnected in blackouts if they are not equipped to function in Isla mode, which implies that, without a specific design (and of large disbursement), even with solar panels, you could run out of electricity in general cuts. Image | Pxhere In Xataka | What is the “energy zero” and why the supply can go suddenly but it takes hours to recover In Xataka | Spain is dark: a general blackout has left us all without light

The answer that recruiters no longer want to hear in work interviews

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In each selection process, there is a moment That everyone fear And few know how to drive with ease because it implies facing personal weaknesses themselves: “What is your greatest weakness?”. The pressure to interpret the perfect candidate paper For the position, suddenly, he begins to make a dent and give a wrong answer can Make you lose points. The result is that, as the expert sociologist and Tiktoker Andrea Ramos (@Reclutidovoy,) counted In one of his videos: recruiters are already tired of always hearing the same. Although it seems impossible, there is an adequate answer for this question, and some recruitment experts have revealed the secret. Wonders for a good reason At some point in the selection process The inevitable question arises And candidates know that their words should measure a lot. They cannot answer simply with a: “I am Unable to wake up In time in the morning “or with a” I have a tendency to get out of problems“Because that, logically, would cause its immediate rejection. That weakness, clashes frontally with the responsibilities of the position and is not making amendment purpose. According to Sonia RodríguezSenior consultant in technical engineering in Randstad with more than a decade of experience in personnel selection, “the objective of this question is to know the level of self -knowledge that candidates have about their professional skills. What we are interested in knowing is what he would like to improve as a professional, not in the personal sphere.” For Lidia Sanz CostaTechnique of Selection, Development and Training in Companies IMAN, “The purpose of this question is not only to know what skills the candidate lacks, but to understand how he perceives himself, how he manages his weak points and if they can affect or not affect the role he will play.” “I am very perfectionist”: the answer that no longer works As Andrea Ramos pointed out in her video, the most common answer to this question is “I am very perfectionist”, and this is confirmed by the staff selection experts we have consulted. “‘I am very perfectionist’ or ‘I am very responsible’, I would say that 90% of the candidates comment one or both arguments,” says Rodríguez. According to the Tiktoker expert in human resources, This phrase has become a cliché So repeated that recruiters detect it instantly and discard it automatically. Simply, it doesn’t sneak. The problem of this answer is that it already sounds like a template taken from the Internet or LinkedIn, and does not provide real information about the candidate. “We expect sincerity. If a person comments that he is good to work as a team, but in the day to day he avoids participating in meetings, that is where we see that there is an incoherence with what he explained in the interview. That is why we value that the candidates can share a realistic weakness, but also to explain how it is minimizing it,” says Sanz. Common errors and the correct way to respond Among the most common errors When answering this question, it stands out to limit Respond with monosyllablesremain silent, or ensure that there is no weakness. “It’s about responding with sincerity and naturalness, in the end nobody is perfect and as I say in interviews to lead this issue: ‘We all have something to continue working to be better than yesterday,” says Randstad’s expert. For Lidia Sanz, the ideal is to show a real weaknessbut that does not directly affect the performance of the position. And the most important thing is to explain What is being done to improve it. Know recognize a weak point and be doing something to improve it It says a lot about a person at a professional level. “If someone says that it is difficult for him to speak in public, he can add that he is being formed or has begun to participate in meetings to gain confidence. It is also important arguments and positive speech,” the recruiter advised. In Xataka | If your chair holds in a job interview, it is no accident: they are evaluating more than your curriculum In Xataka | Bill Gates gave the right answer to the most critical question in a job interview: “Why should we hire you?” Image | Unspash (Christina @ wocintechchat.com, Jason Goodman)

The production of renewables in Europe is so strong that it is forcing nuclear power plants to work

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In Europe there is a division around the closure of nuclear. Some countries have already disconnected them at all, such as Germanyor are in the process of doing so, like Spain. Meanwhile, France keeps them as a pillar of its electrical system. However, the arrival of spring has evidenced something that was suspected: the rise of renewables have forced nuclear plants to stop. A lot of light and little demand. The production of renewable energy has saturated the electrical networks in several European countries. According to Bloombergthe immediate consequence has been the fall in electricity prices, which on holidays (Easter and Easter) and with low demand have even become negative. In Spain, five of the seven nuclear reactors They stopped or reduced their burden And, in the case of France, its electric company, known by its acronym EDF, has cut its atomic production in an average of 4GW daily in March, double a year earlier. Negative prices When talking about negative price it may seem that electricity will be free, but it is not. This means that the electric market, based on time auctions, can yield negative prices when there is too much supply and very little demand. In those hours, producers or electrical companies have to pay to place their energy on the network. Renewables, which have legal priority of access, continue to function. On the other hand, nuclear cannot lower their power so quickly and operate in these conditions, especially in countries such as Spain where the tax burden has increased by 71% since 2019, According to PWC. The clean boom. The rise of renewables is promoting many countries to operate with energy 100% cleanrecently Spain He joined this new coverage. Yes, it is true that the increase in installed total capacity has grown vertiginously in a few years, reaching almost 700 GW According to the Global Energy Review 2025. In this commitment to clean generation systems, storage systems also enters batteries either Reservoirsin addition to creating A good electric structuredespite the fear of companies around The uncertainty of the closure of nuclear. What about nuclear energy? If the nuclear operate less hours and with low prices, they lose profitability. And if they also have to stop and restart due to demand variations, costs rise and technical risks increase. As has detailed The New York medium, France, with 70% of its electricity still of nuclear origin, is seeing how that technical rigidity collides with a system in transformation. EDF has warned that frequent variations hinder maintenance and routine tests. Spain already has put closing date To all its reactors between 2027 and 2035, and other countries follow that path. Forecasts According to Staffan Bergh, chief analyst of Bodecker Partners: “We will see many more hours with negative prices, and these will only increase during spring.” In this line the analyst explained that it is not necessary to install more renewable, but in knowing how to use them well, manage them better and complement them with intelligence. Image |Nuclear forum Xataka | A Tesla co -founder has done business with tariffs: it extracts rare land from old batteries without going through China

A salary of $ 5,400 a month for abandoning the university and getting to work

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In recent years, the idea that obtaining a university degree was synonymous with Professional success. However, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Jack Doresey or Amancio Ortega did not complete their university studies and that has not prevented them from becoming some of the world’s greatest fortunes. Peter Thielco -founder of PayPal and Palantir has promoted a controversial “Antibeca” for students in their company’s practices. Instead of encouraging Approve everything and be the best of the promotion as they do the usual scholarships, their objective is for students to stop studying and devote themselves full time to work in their company. $ 5,400 for not studying. Peter Thiel’s data analysis company has presented an initiative for its fellows that defies conventional standards. Instead of encouraging the academic training of their beneficiaries, Palantir meritocracy scholarshipoffers them a salary 5,400 dollars a month for a period of four -month practices for those students who have finished high school and have not enrolled in the university. This initiative starts from the position maintained by the company’s directive, with Peter Thiel to the front, on the value provided by university education. “Everything you learned at school and at the University about how the world works is intellectually incorrect,” said Alex Karp, co -founder and executive director of Palantir In an interview For CNBC. Protest and capture talent in a movement. Beyond being a strategy to capture technological talent before it is put in the radar of the Universities recruitersPeter Thiel scholarship is only one more step in the crusade than the founding millionaire maintains against the US education system. The Palantir meritocracy scholarship is nothing more than the extension of the Thiel scholarship that, as collected Techcrunchthe millionaire has been granting young talents that they want to undertake, under the condition of abandoning their university training. In return, they get $ 100,000 financing to start your company. “The opaque standards of admission in many American universities have displaced meritocracy and excellence. As a result, qualified students are denied an education based on subjective and superficial criteria. Without meritocracy, campus have become culture broth for extremism and chaos,” says the call. In addition, he points out that at the end of the scholarship, candidates will have access to full -time hiring interviews to work in Palantir. “Forget about debts. Forget about indoctrination. Get the title of Palantir “, reads in the Pliego of conditions of the scholarship. Risks to the future professional. Although abandoning the university may seem attractive thanks to the competitive salary and the work experience offered by Palantir, this decision is not exempt from risks, As he remembered Entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa in Forbes. According to data From the US Labor Statistics Office of 2024, who have a university degree they earn up to 86% more a year than those who only have secondary studies. In addition to the financial impact, leave the university It implies losing opportunities valuable to establish professional and social networks. Connections with colleagues and teachers are usually fundamental to access future jobs or references. To cite an example, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer They were university colleagues. Although Gates left Harvard months later, his stay served to generate those contacts. University and work reality. Peter Thiel is not the only one who doubts the usefulness of the educational programs of the universities. According toReport data Knowledge and Development Foundation of 2024, 35.8% of university graduates occupy low qualification work, due to disconnection between Competencies acquired at the University and the labor market demands. For its part, areas with high professional demand by companies, such as software engineering and IA engineersthey register A high number of vacancies Because universities are not offering adequate training to cover those vacancies, and it is the companies themselves who assume the internal training of their employees. Less titles, more skills. The study ‘DISMISSED by Degrees’ Prepared by Accenture, Grads of Life and Harvard Business School, he points out that many companies require university degrees for positions where the necessary skills could be acquired through work experience or technical training. This “practical” approach to skills is closer to Model adopted by the FPthan to the traditional university. Hence his success. To deal with this hiring bias, companies such as IBM or Amazon have adopted approaches to Skills -based hiringthat Specific skills value more than traditional university titles. An approach to which It is very supportive Mark Zuckerberg. In Xataka | Some millionaires did not like the ideology of universities, so their own university has been created: an anti-woke “ Image | Flickr (Gage Skidmore, Cory Doctorow)

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