Final year students and many others who have already completed courses at ETIC_Algarve will try seduce with its dowries 30 companies in the region linked to the creative and digital industries.
The Algarve's School of Technology, Innovation and Creation promotes the event once again Speed Hunting on October 1st, on its premises in the Market of Faro, and to give their students an opportunity to show themselves to potential employers.
This «unique and pioneering event in the Algarve» is inspired by the concept of speed dating, and is widely used in the business world, «in which the players have to “seduce” the others in a short period of time», according to ETIC-Algarve.
«The purpose of Speed Hunting is to put ETIC_Algarve students and alumni face-to-face with players areas of their training areas – Animation & Videogames, Design, Photography, Sound & Music, Video and Web & Communication – in just 4 minutes to “seduce them” through the originality, creativity and professionalism with which they design and present their portfolios/showreel, thus demonstrating their talent in a way that allows them to conquer their professional future», added the school based in Faro.
For Nuno Ribeiro, director of the school, «with the organization of the Speed Hunting, ETIC_Algarve reinforces its commitment to preparing its students for the job market, which begins with training itself, based on the philosophy of "knowing how to do it by practicing", and continues in events of this nature, facilitating the transition between training and entry into the labor market, bringing students and companies together whenever possible, while promoting the networking, which is so much talked about nowadays, but still very little practiced».
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