Advantage Consultores was interviewed by the German newscast on 07/05/2013
On the influx of skilled workers from Southeastern Europe in Germany
In the last years, the immigration of foreign specialists to Germany ascended steeply. Due to the desperate search of suitable candidates German companies appoint more frequently personal consultants, like Sylvia Taudien.


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www.prweb.com | Chapel Hill, NC (PRWEB) (05.08.13)
One of the world’s largest providers of talent management solutions, is pleased to announce its expansion in Spain.
As businesses around the world desire to increase productivity, reduce costs and enhance profitability, the demand for global talent management solutions continues to rise. Career Partners International, one of the largest providers of talent management solutions, has expanded its global reach in Spain to meet the needs of its clients around the world.
Providing outplacement and other talent management services in Spain, Advantage Consultores joins the 68 existing partner firms in over 40 countries that make up the equity ownership of Career Partners International. This expansion assures that Career Partners Internationals’ clients receive local experts in their locations.
“We are pleased to expand our service capabilities in Spain”, commented David P. Hemmer, President and CEO of Career Partners International. “Advantage Consultores meets our high standards for quality in all lines of business and brings our clients in these locations access to best-in-class services. We are delighted to have them as part of our global team.”

Advantage Consultores S.L. celebrates 10 years in business on May 30, 2013. Career Partners International celebrated its 25th year in business in 2012. [+]
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www.economist.com | The Economist (16.02.2013)
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More southern Europeans are going where the jobs are. But not enough
DANIEL GÓMEZ GARCIA, aged 23, is the sort of person Europe’s leaders may have had in mind when, on paper at least, they turned the European Union into a single labour market like America’s. Mr Gómez, from Andalusia in Spain, learned a smattering of German in school and passable English while studying in America. But when he came back to Spain he saw that hardly anybody in his class of 80 had a job. “Nothing to do, so let me go to Germany and get the language,” he recalls thinking. In autumn 2012 he took an unpaid four-month internship at his embassy in Berlin and paid for his tiny flat-share by helping a local holiday-rental firm with its Excel spreadsheets. Last month that turned into a low-paying but permanent job as an accountant.
That is how the single market is supposed to work. Spain has a youth unemployment rate of 56%. In Greece it is 58% (see chart). By contrast, Germany has negligible youth unemployment (8%) and a shortage of qualified workers. Theoretically, people should be willing to move from the “crisis countries” to the boom towns, just as the Okies once flocked to California.[+]
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www.guia-frankfurt.com | La Guía (Sep/Oct-2012)
«The biggest obstacle is the real candidates’ motivation. And also the fear of the language»

Interview with Sylvia Taudien Founder and CEO of Advantage Consultores
Advantage Consultores consulting firm with offices in Barcelona, Madrid and Frankfurt, has specialized in the recruitment of professionals internationally
Ms. Taudien, Do you currently observe in Germany an increased demand for qualified professionals from abroad? Do Spanish professionals look more for opportunities in Germany?
Yes, no doubt. Before companies demanded knowledge of German, now accept good knowledge of English and even pay the candidate a German course. Depending on the required profile (commercial, employee with direct contact with the client, etc..) is essential to be fluent in German. We are currently looking for all kinds of professional profiles for positions throughout Germany, as Financial Controller, a computer systems consultant, SAP consultants, engineers, Key Account Manager, etc.[read more]
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www.ABC.es | ABC (06.09.2012)
A Spanish-German summit to boost foreign investment in our country
Spain and Germany held on Thursday, and parallel to the meeting between Merkel and Rajoy, a forum to discuss the dual training which is very well-established in the German economy and education.
With the Spanish-German Business Summit we want to strike a major blow to foreign investment in our country, “announced the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, last May on arrival at the NATO meeting and after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both had agreed -on a boat trip through the canals of Chicago, holding an investor conference to be held in Madrid on the day of the crucial meeting between the two leaders to address the euro crisis.
The investor forum will include representatives of the major Spanish companies such as Telefonica, Banco Santander, BBVA and Abengoa and Iberdrola, among others. From the German side, members expected are Bayer, Siemens, Seat, Volkswagen and Daimler-Mercedes as part of a long list of successful companies.
During the meeting they will discuse various points in the business arena: Spanish-German cooperation, the study of exemplary models of investors of both countries and the need to reduce red tape for start-ups.[+]

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