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Hello, I'd like to take
a look back to a moment, last autumn,

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when we woke up to 
that kind of news in the press.


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At the time, I was searching 
the web looking for a job

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because I was unemployed.

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And I found this kind of opportunities.

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They didn't match my profile,

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but they seemed very interesting,
and I felt bad letting them go.

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Together with my friend Malena,
who was in the same situation,

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we began compiling those offers
and putting them on a website.

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so that they could be accessible
to anyone interested.

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That's how our project launched

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and we started publishing 
offers like this one.

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For example, Facebook in Ireland: 
they wanted someone who spoke Spanish.

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In Dubai: a chef, speaking 
Spanish, in a 5-star hotel,

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or a video game tester, 
in Spanish, in Frankfurt.

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There is a dream in each of them,

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we want to recycle job offers
sharing the information,

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that despite being public
doesn't reach everyone,

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and isn't always easy to find.

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Some people think that we're boosting
the famous brain drain.

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We prefer to call it
a "talent circulation."

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Why demonize the fact

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that one might leave the country
to find a job opportunity?

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We all support the Erasmus programme.

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Then why don't we want our youth to go out
and get an international experience?

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Ana Lee Saxenian explains
in her book, "The New Argonauts,"

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how many young professionals
who went to Silicon Valley

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come back to their country of origin, 
bringing all their experience with them

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but also establishing solid bridges
between their different regions,

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and this is very interesting.

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But let's go back to Spain.

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A year later, the press
is still publishing the same thing.

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Employment has not improved,
on the contrary.

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However, all through this year,

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we've proudly shared
more than 800 job openings,

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many people visited our site,
and we've helped them.

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But we want our network 
to keep growing

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because we think 
that employment is a recyclable asset,

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and what is no use to me 
may be gold for you.

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The job offer that doesn't suit me
may be perfect for you, or you.

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If two people have been able to do this,

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what could we achieve
with more collaboration?

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The tool is available, it's there,

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who wants to share this challenge with us?

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Thank you.

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(Applause)