Bilbao is among the Top 10 in the IMD Smart City Index 2021
2021/11/17
Mikel Arrazola The Basque capital has gone up 14 positions compared to 2020. The Institute for Management Development (IMD), the Swiss business School recognised as one of the best in the world, together with the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), has presented the third [...]
Bizkaia Talent has carried out sectorial meetings to connect university talent with leading sectors of the Basque Country
2021/11/16
265 students from the three Basque universities participated in these gatherings together with 9 clusters and 21 organisations. Talentia Skills is a programme of excellence with the aim of developing the cross-cutting competencies of university students, guiding them during their training and [...]
Bilbao: the world’s fourth best city for talent retention
2021/10/28
The Global Talent Competitiveness Index report places it at the high end of the ranking in the Retain pillar, among a total of 155 cities. It is 74th in the overall ranking, climbing 9 positions since 2020. Bilbao is fourth of a total of 155 cities in the world ranking for talent retention [...]
The Be Basque Talent Program to attract highly qualified talent from abroad kicks off
2021/10/27
62 professionals residing in 22 countries around the world will participate in this first edition of the programme which has begun this October. The lack of qualified talent existing in the Basque Country labour market is on the rise and threatens the economic development of the Basque [...]
Bizkaia Talent, “talent management organisation of the year 2021” in the Innovation & Excellence Awards
2021/10/21
The British publication, Corporate LiveWire, also gives awards in other categories to AstraZeneca, Netflix and SpaceX. It seems that the United Kingdom is following the policies for capturing talent implemented by other territories with particular interest, even more so after the problem of [...]
The international community makes an excursion to Mount Serantes
2021/10/19
A group of fifteen highly qualified international professionals hike through the forest on Mount Serantes to discover the biodiversity of this natural environment and visit its fortifications. One of the main aims of Bizkaia Talent’s Relocation & Be Basque Dual Career Centre Service, [...]
The first edition of the World Cuisine League comes to an end
2021/09/28
16 highly qualified professionals came together in the BBK Talent Home to conclude this gastronomic league in which Russia was the winner. After many months of not being able to carry out any socio-cultural activity or any other activity of a face-to-face nature, the Relocation & Be [...]
Bizkaia launches a programme to promote the training of highly qualified people in the silver economy
2021/09/23
The programme will partially finance the Master’s degree in silver economics for the 2021-2022 academic year. The total financial allocation for the programme amounts to 108,000 euros, which will be distributed among 20 beneficiary applications. The Provincial Council of Bizkaia has [...]
Travel + Leisure places San Sebastian amongst the 15 best cities in the world
2021/09/21
Miguel Ángel García San Sebastian is the only city in the Spanish State which features in the “25 Best Cities in the World” ranking of places to visit. The New York magazine Travel + Leisure, which boasts 4.8 million readers worldwide, has published the results of the votes for its World’s [...]
Bizkaia Talent is included in the list of the “50 Smartest Companies of the Year 2021” by The Silicon Review
2021/09/15
The American publication highlights the Basque Country Association above other organisations in the management of talent. The Silicon Review, a global publication with an online community for business and technology professionals, has included Bizkaia Talent in its annual list of the [...]
