The tenth edition of Talentia Skills to train the university students with the greatest potential in Bizkaia is up and running
2024/04/15
182 first-year students will participate over the next four years in this initiative which is designed to develop local talent. On the 10th April Bizkaia Talent carried out the presentation event of the professional skills programme Talentia Skills in the Perrera building in Bilbao. This [...]
The application period is now open for the programme to attract highly qualified talent to Bizkaia
2024/04/10
The “Talent Attraction Programme 2024” provides subsidies of up to 40% of the salary of the contracted individual, up to a maximum sum of 30,000 euros. The Department of Economic Promotion of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia will use a total of 28.5 million euros in 2024 to boost the [...]
Bizkaia university students collaborate with companies from the province to improve their selection processes
2024/03/25
A group of a hundred Generation Z youngsters have participated in the Bizkaia Talent Skillathon event to help to improve the selection processes of six Bizkaia companies. On the 18th, 19th and 20th March Bizkaia Talent carried out a new edition of Skillathon at the La Perrera building. This [...]
Great success for the networking events held by Bizkaia Talent in Colombia
2024/03/20
The association fostered by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia has organized a number of meetings in Bogotá, Medellín and Pereira, linking up with over 200 professionals who are in search of opportunities for developing their professional careers in Europe. It is of vital importance to reduce [...]
Bilbao, the fifth-ranked European city with the highest educational level, according to the Europe’s Best Cities 2024 report
2024/03/12
Universidad de Deusto The report, produced by the American consultancy Resonance, also places Bilbao as the eleventh European city with the highest number of companies in the Global Fortune 500 list with headquarters in the city. The Europe’s Best Cities 2024, which classifies the 100 [...]
The international community enjoys the Basque mythology in Bilbao
2024/03/05
Bizkaia Talent brings together 25 highly qualified professionals and international post-graduate students to discover the traditional myths and legends of Basque culture. Bizkaia Talent continues to organize play-oriented encounters aimed at people who have opted to come to the Basque [...]
The “Labo-Talento for SMEs” programme kicks off to promote STEM talent in the province’s companies
2024/02/28
Fifteen small and medium-sized Bizkaia companies will take part in this edition Bizkaia Talent has launched “Labo-Talento for SMEs”, an innovative programme designed specifically to train SMEs in Bizkaia in effective STEM talent management (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), [...]
Bilbao is the fourth best large European city for foreign investment according to The Financial Times
2024/02/21
The capital of Bizkaia climbs six positions in a ranking drawn up by the British publishing group regarding the capacity to attract foreign capital. Bilbao has been recognised as the fourth best large European city in terms of attracting direct foreign investment, according to the European [...]
Bilbao Airport is crowned as the best in Europe according to the Airhelp Score ranking
2024/01/31
Mikel Arrazola The airport occupies the twenty-first position in the worldwide classification. Airhelp, the leading worldwide organization devoted to the defence of the rights of airline passengers, has published its annual Airhelp Score for 2023 classifying the world’s top airports. [...]
Bizkaia Talent reinforces its commitment with the environment by planting trees in the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve
2024/01/30
The Basque association carried out planting of native trees event to compensate for its carbon footprint, with the additional aim of strengthening the link between professionals and international students and the Basque Country. In the same way as every year, on the 27th January Bizkaia [...]
