Green jobs, contributing to the adaptation against climate change

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Green Jobs. We explain you what they are.

We are in a new era where climate change is no longer just a reality, but we live the consequences day after day. Global warming, pollution of oceans and rivers and air pollution are in the news every week.

The growth of the global population, the large industries, the habits of life that we are accustomed to lead and the level of consumption evoke the degeneration of our planet.

We have long been in this situation and thousands of people are already working on the ecological transition to improve the condition of planet earth.

We are talking about Green Jobs. What are they?

According to the ILO’s Green Jobs Programme, are works that contribute to preserving and restoring the environment by incorporating one or more of the following aspects: increasing the efficiency of the consumption of energy and raw materials; limit greenhouse gas emissions; minimise waste and pollution; protect and restore ecosystems; and contribute to adaptation to climate change.

The new Green Economy economic development model was born to be able to reconcile economic growth that generates a sustainable environmental impact and collective well-being.

This new model has created and transformed jobs in Green Jobs in different sectors such as industry, construction, urban planning, agriculture and tourism among many others.

There are a wide variety of “green” jobs, but here are examples of some of them:

– Installers and designers of photovoltaic systems: they are profiles that are increasingly requested, since they give both companies and individuals economic benefits for the energy adaptation of sources such as solar, an alternative to the traditional ones we know.

– Energy manager: is the person in charge of rationalizing energy consumption in companies. Its responsibility is to ensure energy efficiency, limit waste and, as much as possible, it must be able to be in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies.

– Quantity surveyors or architects: These are the ones in charge of giving the Energy Certificates. They are the people in charge of evaluating the energy behavior of a house or any space that needs this certificate, also taking into account the materials with which it is built.

– Environmental chemists: they are experts in seeing eco-sustainability levels. They must be able to foresee and study with a high degree of precision the results of the interaction between the natural environment and chemicals.

– Ecochef: Although it may not seem like it, agriculture and livestock play a very important role in these aspects. The ecochef site is responsible for contributing and contributing to the creation of eating habits with less impact, such as Km0 products. At the same time that they contribute to local trade, they help reduce emissions, since they do not participate in the industrial transport of food between countries.

These are just some examples, but there is a wide range of jobs considered Green Jobs, which will increasingly be transformed and evolved so that, together, we can improve the living conditions on our planet.

And, even if your work is not green, you can start contributing with your grain of sand individually either by recycling or using public transport, for example.
In this link we leave you an entry in which we talk about how to reduce energy consumption in offices to collaborate with the fight against climate change.

 

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What is a startup?

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Startup in Spain: in 2021 our country has multiplied by four the investment in startups to reach 1.9 billion euros. In Spain there are currently more than 10,500 startups and 300 scaleups (innovative companies that are growing).

 

It should be noted that ours is the fifth European country with the highest number of startups and Barcelona is one of the cities where this type of company invests the most.

 

What is a startup?

A startup is a emerging company, which has been created recently or does not have a long history in the world of work. This company is usually in the development phase, presents high growth possibilities and sells products or services through ICT.

 

 

What differentiates a current company from a startup is the development of business from original and innovative ideas. The objective of startups is to cover the need for an offer that does not exist yet or is not fully developed.

 

General characteristics of a startup

– Is a new creation company.

– It is innovative to differentiate itself from the competition.

– Needs to grow rapidly.

– Sells a product or service.

– The equipment is mostly small and its components have little work experience.

 

 

Positive points of startups

  • Close interaction with the client. Since the team is small and is a small company, the relationship between startup and customer is very direct.
  • Innovation. One of the main characteristics of these companies is the process of evolution in projects thanks to their innovative power. They’re always looking for a way to differentiate themselves from the rest.

 

  • Teamwork. Being a small working group, everyone has their tasks and responsibilities, but they all help and cooperate in the team’s tasks. Therefore, everyone learns and acquires an overview of the company.

 

How do we help startups from Espai 114?

One of the purposes of Espai 114 is to offer a support space for entrepreneurs and businessmen, where they can enjoy a set of services and services that will help them develop their projects.

Some of the services we offer are:

Consulting

– Legal

– Tax

– Labour

Company and professional activities domiciliation

– Management of electronic notifications

– Tax address

– Commercial address

– Virtual office

Financial Solutions

– Savings management

– Business and private financing

– Financing via Crowdlending and Invoice Discounting

– Public financing

Business Center

– Rental of space Espai 114

– Rental of the Meeting and Event Room

– Entrepreneurship

– Administrative and commercial center

– Consulting and business management

Workspaces

– Private office rental

– Coworking space 24h/7dies

– Meeting space

 

 

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

 

In Espai 114 together we are a team; we want to inspire and accompany you.

Advance professionally with Linkedin

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LinkedIn currently has 727.6 million active users. 43% of these users are women and the remaining 57% are men. Of these, 727.6 million people use LinkedIn daily.

 

Spain is in the seventh country with the most users in this social network with 14 million people. The country that ranks first is the United States, with 170 million users.

 

But what is Linkedln?

 

Linkedln is a platform that was founded in 2002 to put professionals in contact with other people or companies. The objective of this social network is not only to look for work but you can also find ideas, people with which to do business or promote your service, product or knowledge about a topic.

 

 

How does Linkedln work?

The first utility that Linkedin provides us is to use it as a repository for our personal curriculum. The first thing that asks us when we create a user is to fill in all the work, academic, competence and knowledge information we have. Linkedin itself guides us step by step to fill each of the sections in the best way, and tells us the level of precision of our CV according to the amount of information we have added.

 

We could say that the most important utility of this social network is the capacity and ease it gives us to connect with other professionals. The type of contacts and their professional relationship with us are what makes this network different from the rest.

 

 

Once we have our profile filled in and we have connected with colleagues, professionals or customers in our sector, the next step is to generate activity on the social network commenting and making publications.

 

In order for these publications to be useful and generate interest, they must be focused on the professional field: news about the sector, advances in research, job offers, personal opinions on some work environment, etc. They can contain text and can be combined with photos, videos, links or surveys and our contacts will be able to interact with it. Publications must provide some value.

 

This is the best network for networking since, in addition to being able to create and share content, it allows you to send and receive private messages that can help you find new customers, actively search for staff or create synergies with other professionals or companies.

 

On this platform you should avoid topics about your private life (that is why other social networks such as Facebook or Instagram are already available), since this is not the objective of this network.

 

We must use Linkedin to define our personal brand, so we must be clear about the knowledge we want to disseminate and set clear objectives.

 

 

If you’re interested in getting more features from your Linkedin account, you have the option to subscribe to different Premium plans at a monthly cost.

 

Here are the differences between your free account and Linkedin Premium plans:

FREE PLAN

– Find and reconnect with work colleagues and classmates.

– Request and provide recommendations.

– Search and visit the profiles of other LinkedIn users.

– Receive an unlimited number of private messages.

– Save up to three job searches and receive weekly alerts about these searches.

PLANS PREMIUM

– Premium Career: it helps you to be hired and advance in your professional life.

– Navigator Rooms: it helps you generate potential customers and create your own clientele.

– Recruiter Lite: it helps you find and hire candidates.

– Premium Business: it helps you obtain detailed information about companies and further expand your business.

– LinkedIn Learning: it helps you improve your skills and learn new ones.

 

Using strategically all the tools and possibilities offered by Linkedin, we can achieve our professional goals.

 

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

In Espai 114 together we are a team; we want to inspire and accompany you.

Synergies between Espai 114 and Lladó Consultor Group

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Espai 114 is a support space for entrepreneurs and businessmen, where you can enjoy the different services of a business center, consulting and coworking space.

 

Entrepreneurs

 

In our Business Center you can find various services, from renting a coworking table to a private office, a meeting room to do an interview or training for 20 people, domiciliate your companies to receive your customers and your correspondence and we will be able to manage your electronic notifications.

In addition, you can contract the technical services to carry out bonus training for your workers and also process a subsidy that may be suitable for your project. In short, we liketo deal withentrepreneurship and support new business projects and see them grow.

By clicking on this link of Espai 114 you can see the services we offer you.

 

coworking entrepreneurs

 

All these services and more, you can find them in Espai 114, a business center in the heart of Badalona.

As we know, all our clients are entrepreneurs or businessmen who need the services of a consultancy, and we go hand in hand withLLADÓ CONSULTOR GROUP. A team of professionals (economists, lawyers, labour advisors…) with proven experience and great reputation in the business consulting sector.

 

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If you have hired or want to hire one of our coworking services or offices and want to have the consulting services of the labour, tax and/or legal departments, you should know that you will get a discount that will be applied to your monthly fee.

Ask us for this benefit and we will support you in your businessproject in all its aspects.

 

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International Women’s Day

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Today, March 8, International Women’s Day, we commemorate as every year the long struggle of women for their emancipation and active participation in society.

 

It is everyone’s job, regardless of gender, to work to end the discrimination still faced by women in many aspects of our society.

Women's First World War

British Poster for the Recruitment of Women to Armament Factories 1916. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

With World War I, women entered the jobs traditionally occupied by men, as they were fighting on the front line. At the end of the conflict, the return of women to their usual posts, with the inferiority of conditions before the war, led to the beginning of their struggle for equal labour rights.

 

This struggle leads us to the current employment situation, where the pay gapand glass ceilings are still a reality that causes a great imbalance between the opportunities of women and men to reach the same place and achieve the same goals.

women's world of work

Today we can say that women are present in virtually every sector of our economy and at all levels, even if we still have to get more representation at the highest levels within companies.

 

Women are employees, employers and self-employed. Our workforce contributes, at a minimum, to the same extent as that of men in the economy of our state.

 

On this International Women’s Day, from Espai 114 we want to remind you that you have at your disposal our Business Center (private offices, coworking, meeting room, entrepreneurship tools, financial solutions and labor, tax and legal consulting service) to support and grow all your professional projects.

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This post is dedicated to the women who are part of the Espai 114 team.

 

We are theBusiness Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business and today more than ever to women.

 

In Espai 114 together we are a team; we want to inspire you and accompany you.

Subsidized training and RTER

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Subsidized training: improve the competitiveness of your company by training your employees.

The training of workers is a decisive aspect in the success of companies. If they have the right knowledge and skills, they are productive workers so they help companies become competitive.

Today’s labour market requires everyone to constantly update knowledge and skills to adapt to industry-specific changes.

Currently, competition between companies is increasing, and this is when bonus training breaks out for companies. To make a difference you have to train the employees.

Subsidized training, also named continuous or programmed training, allows companies to provide their workers with training courses. These are related to the activity of the company or job, so that their professional skills and competencies are updated or improved.

 

Subsidized training

FUNDAE was born with the aim of reinforcing the importance of training within companies, to adapt an increasing labor market where it is essential to anticipate the needs that your company may have.

Every company that cots for its workers in the General Social Security Scheme has a fee to finance the training of its employees. Both large companies, SMEs, associations, foundations or non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

This training is a free training for workers and has a cost of 0 euros to companies,since the amount of the training is rewardable in social security fees.

How do I proceed to benefit from Subsidized Training?

The company has to pay the invoice before the start of the course and the month following the completion of the course, the corresponding bonus may apply to the Social Security payment of that month.

Note: Self-employed and civil servants cannot benefit from this training.

 

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RTER and Subsidized training in companies

With extraordinary urgent measures to address the economic and social impact of COVID-19, many companies were directly or indirectly affected by the health crisis and applied for a Record of Temporary Employment Regulation (RTER) dossier.

Workers affected by an RTER may perform subsidized training. This is established by Article 5 of Royal Decree 694/2017 of July 3, which implements Law 30/2015 of 9 September regulating the Vocational Training System for Employment in the field of employment. This indicates that:

“Employees providing their services in undertakings or public entities not eligible for training agreements in public administrations and social security for vocational training, including discontinued fixed workers in non-occupation periods, as well as workers who enter unemployment when in training periods and workers affected by temporary contract suspension measures may participate for economic, technical, organisational or production reasons, during their periods of suspension of employment”, i.e. workers who have been affected by RTER.

For this reason, taking advantage of this difficult situation for a company, we recommend that you use this time to train your team, whether they are teleworking, or in RTER.

 

worker training

If you are a worker and want to do a training related to your job, you will need to select the training course and inform your company that you are interested in taking a reward course for workers, to authorize it.

If you are acompany, you must select the training action that you want your employees to take or advise you to choose which training best suits you.

If you want to start subsidized training for your company, you will only have to contact us.

 

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

In Espai 114 together we are a team; we want to inspire you and accompany you.

The Meeting Room that suits you

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On several occasions we have talked about coworking and the benefits of working in a coworking like ours in Badalona,but today we will focus on our multipurpose space, the meeting room with capacity for 20 people. Let’s explain what it is and why it’s so interesting.

The room is located on the ground floor of our local Espai 114. Its open space is specially designed to offer different functions and adapt to changes and all kinds of needs.

Thanks to its large space, the interpersonal distance can be maintained correctly, thus respecting the security measures so necessary in this situation.

 

The possibilities of the Hall are many, so we call it our multipurpose room. We can use it to hold business meetings with all kinds of equipment. We have organized meetings in it, talks i has also been used to teach courses of all kinds of specialties. You can book it for events and even to celebrate afterworks after a long day.

 

meeting room

 

We do not forget to mention that the meeting room is equipped with projector, videoconferencing system, WiFi, coffee maker, catering service and all kinds of furniture to organize the event that you have in mind.

We give you the option to rent exclusively the space of La Sala, or rent all the available space, that is, the two floors of Espai 114. We adapt to your needs depending on the number of people or the type of event you plan to organize. We talk with you and agree on the option that best suits you.

Here you will find more information about La Sala and also a small form so you can let us know what you need and how we can help you.

 

Meetings

 

In our last post we talked about flexiworking, its advantages and everything you should know about it. Click here if you if you are interested in informing yourself.

 

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How to prepare a meeting room

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From Espai114 we can help you make your meetings run more smoothly and make it a success. In this post we will give you some tips so that it can be so, take the ones you need and adapt them to your meeting!

 

ROOM PREPARATION

For this we must know what kind of meeting we will give: an informative one, formative meeting, to reach an agreement, commercial, close an agreement, creative or to generate ideas…

Depending on one type or another we will organize the Room in the most optimal way possible. In addition we will need to know the number of attendees to order the room more precisely and we will need to know what material is needed: computers, whiteboard, projector, speakers, etc.

  • If it’s a business meeting, closing agreement, etc. we can place an elongated table.
  • If this is a meeting in which to show a new product or service, track the organization, a training session… for these types of meetings the best thing is the classroom format. It would be best to use shovel chairs, with a good view of the person who reports and with room to take notes.
  • Whether it will be a speech or a briefing, or even a training, we can also opt for amphitheater format, in which the speaker is located in the center and can move to the screen where he projects and towards the attendees. Also as the attendees can see each other there is more interaction.

 

PREPARATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR

This is a point that depends entirely on the company that will present the meeting. It is very important for the conference to be a success within the set time and to develop with complete fluency.

Not in all types of meetings tis this needed, but in most of them we can send in the call for appointment the points to be discussed, who will expose them and the time that each will dedicate.

MORE OPTIONS TO CONSIDER

If it will be an important meeting such as a business meeting, closing the sale… other aspects of the room must be taken into account.

 

Reception

It is a point in favor if there is a reception where to welcome attendees. Better if you make it nice, bright and with some seats where to wait.

 

Office material and technical means

It is necessary to ensure that the room is equipped with the necessary technical means, such as plugs to connect the computer, projector, whiteboard, fiber internet, pointer, paper and pens to take notes,for each assistant, and better if they are with the corporate image, so that they remember our space and return.

 

Temperature

The room must have an air conditioning system to make the attendees feel comfortable. It is necessary that there is a pleasant temperature, neither much cold nor much heat.

 

Catering or drinks

It is appreciated that there is something to eat so that the attendees can attend the 100% and not be hungry or thirsty.

A small catering can help attendees stay more relaxed and the meeting goes by without further distractions.

The right thing to do would be to set a timetable and people will know when breaks will be and whether there will be catering or not by the appointment call.

If the meeting won’t last all morning, it might be okay, for example, to make a small breakfast before you start. If it will be longer and it will be until noon it would be more convenient to pause in the middle of the meeting.

If we do not consider ordering a catering, we can offer drinks,such as fresh water, teas or coffees.

 

 

In Espai114 you can rent La Sala by hours to hold your meetings. We will prepare it with care and to your measure so that all your forces are focused on your company and customers.

 

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Team leadership

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Team leadership and management can seem like a simple job, but if managed poorly can end up giving serious problems.

That’s why decision makers in a business organization need to know how to lead a group of people.

Some people think that leader and boss is the same, but this statement is not true, they are two totally different concepts. The team leadership style is very different if you are a leader or if you are a boss, so it is very important to know how to differentiate them, as well as know what their characteristics and ways of acting are.

In short, a boss focuses on meeting the company’s goals in the times that are required regardless of the emotional component of their work team. On the other hand, the leader is in charge of the management of work teams taking into account the emotional component of his work team, and usually has training or knowledge in emotional intelligence.

A leader is the kind of manager that companies have to maintain and avoid losing in their organization, because they will know how to get the best out of the people who make up their team in order to achieve the goals set.

Every leader has to obtain and develop skills that allow him to lead a team, and sometimes these capabilities are already present in the person himself, and sometimes not. Fortunately with a lot of work and good training we can develop these capabilities.

La Sala from Espai114 offers several 100% subsidized courses, including the Team leadership course .

This course aims to help you achieve the following goals to be a good team leader:

  • Incorporate learnings of new ways of being.
  • Produce a change in the way you observe situations to declare opportunities.
  • Take action based on what you want to achieve, promoting commitments to the results, separating you from your explanations.
  • Lead teams with self-awareness and control.
  • Know how to define and identify leadership situations.
  • Define goals for a group you have to lead.
  • Incorporate motivational tools into team leadership
  • Incorporate group leadership conflict negotiation techniques.

 

Need to improve your leadership skills and be a good leader for your team? If so, don’t hesitate to sign up through our website!

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Form yourself for free!

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Do you know the subsidized formation?

Whether you are active at work or unemployed, you have probably wondered at some point how to reinvent yourself, improve your skills and open up new opportunities in the workplace.

Formation is the most useful tool to improve your resume and grow professionally.

What is subsidized formation?

They are free courses that are part of the Formación Profesional para el Empleo (FPE) and depend on the Ministry of Employment and Social Security. These subsidized courses will allow you to form and acquire knowledge of the course, and can also serve as a cover letter when looking for work.

In Espai114 we provide subsidized formation courses aimed at workers, freelancers and people in unemployment. We do this in close collaboration with Carmen Jiménez from Enebra and Criteria Recursos Humanos, to be able to offer a wide range of courses that adapt to the different needs of the students.

Some of the most successful courses during this last call have been Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness.

The concept of Emotional Intelligence refers to the ability to recognize one’s own and others’ feelings. The trainer in this field has been Isabel Lerín,and the course aims the following aspects:

  • Improve professional training in order to use emotional intelligence at work.
  • Learn what emotional intelligence is and the impact it has on our lives on a cognitive, attitudinal and psychological level.
  • Know the basic emotions to enjoy better intra-personal and interpersonal relationships.

 

On the other hand, the concept of Mindfulness refers to the ability to recognize what is happening while it is happening, accepting the way things are happening. The Mindfulness course aims to:

  • Provide the necessary techniques to increase levels of awareness, contributing to better change management, optimizing decision-making, managing day-to-day crises and challenges, as well as obtaining well-being and high personal and professional performance.
  • Establish an action plan for personal and professional improvement in aspects of self-awareness, emotional control, change management and general well-being.

If you are interested in expanding your knowledge, this is your chance!

Visit our Subsidized Training section and you will be able to consult the courses that will be taught soon. Join!

We are the Business Center of Badalona, to give visibility and possibilities to your business.

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