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Time to make a difference <\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Helping disadvantaged people in Madrid increase their digital skills and find work brings many rewards.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA small amount of your time can help to change another person\u2019s future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the verdict of Mar\u00eda Luisa L\u00f3pez-Tola Segu\u00edn, one of a number of Capgemini colleagues who have participated in a Spanish partnership to help socially disadvantaged people develop their digital skills and increase their employability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to get involved because it was an opportunity to make a difference,\u201d says Maria, software development manager in Capgemini\u2019s Madrid office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my opinion, the hours I invested in the training mean nothing compared to the possibility of changing people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A partnership for change<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The partnership with Fundaci\u00f3n Integra<\/a> started back in 2017 and, since then, Capgemini colleagues have had the opportunity to help 200 people at risk of social exclusion, including victims of gender violence, homeless people, former inmates, former drug addicts, and people with disabilities. During the training sessions, participants learn to look for work online and to use the internet and apps as tools in their everyday lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy module focused on how to search for a job with your mobile phone, including advice on sending emails and managing your profile on job portals\u201d she explains. \u201cWe tried to be as practical as possible, so the participants could take the knowledge away and confidently apply the skills themselves in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A personal approach<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For Mar\u00eda, there were also some personal rewards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe classes were really enjoyable to teach \u2013 and they taught me things too. I got to see different people\u2019s views of the world. Every person in the class brings their individual characteristics. They have had different lives and face different futures, and you need to adapt what you teach to each one of those.\u201d
Having completed her teaching, Mar\u00eda is now an advocate for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was great to meet other Capgemini colleagues who had volunteered to run modules on the scheme,\u201d she says, \u201cand I\u2019d encourage more to give it a go. COVID-19 has currently put a stop to the courses, but I hope they start again, and I will be happy to take some more sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSome of my colleagues have said to me that they don\u2019t think they would be good teachers. But it\u2019s not really about teaching; it\u2019s about being sensitive to the problems of others. I make sure I recommend it to everyone. For some of us, it\u2019s easy to write an email to apply for a job, but for others it\u2019s much more difficult. We should remember this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results and rewards<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Since the course finished, Fundaci\u00f3n Integra has kept Mar\u00eda up to date with her students\u2019 progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe get sent feedback from the participants, and emails when they find a job,\u201d she says. \u201cWhen I read those emails, it can make me cry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also happened to meet one of her former students by chance, in a client\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI spent some time working as a consultant at a client\u2019s office,\u201d she says, \u201cand I saw Mukhtar, who was originally from Ethiopia, and who had been in my class. He had been in a really difficult situation when he arrived, and now he had a job at the client\u2019s office, working as a janitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI saw him working there every day, and it brings me a lot of optimism and hope for the future. I chatted with him and it was good to see that the class had been useful. For him it had made a big difference. That\u2019s why it has been a very fulfilling experience. It\u2019s only a little effort for me, but for those in the class the impact can be really big.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":505790,"template":"","meta":{"cg_dt_proposed_to":[],"cg_seo_hreflang_relations":"[]","cg_seo_canonical_relation":"","cg_seo_hreflang_x_default_relation":"{\"uuid\":\"59fe100a-b17b-40e6-bbdb-06ed560531cf\",\"blogId\":\"\",\"domain\":\"\",\"sitePath\":\"\",\"postLink\":\"\",\"postId\":null,\"isSaved\":true,\"isCrossLink\":false,\"hasCrossLink\":false}","cg_dt_approved_content":true,"cg_dt_mandatory_content":false,"cg_dt_notes":"","cg_dg_source_changed":false,"cg_dt_link_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","featured_focal_points":"","gsap_animation":0},"tags":[],"story-theme":[],"class_list":["post-505781","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nTime to make a difference - Capgemini 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