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Interview with Sandra, student of Los Andes, 23 years old

Say▪ There was no career counseling to find the right job

▪ In her first jobs she learned well how to use the PC

▪ She recommends the Canal Capital page for job hunting

▪ She would recommend only one friend to a job

▪ For her socio-economic background, there are no channels to find jobs

▪ There must be consistency between the job description and the pay offered

▪ She thinks she is good with jobs related to admin stuff

Think

▪ Small jobs to pay her tuition fee

▪ She would look the news paper, websites and get recommendations to find a job

▪ She goes with her dad to interviews

▪ She started helping an accountant and being a sales person

▪ She saves about 100,000 pesos a month

▪ She saves in the “money-pig” and below the mattress

▪ She studied a in a technical institute (to be an electrician) but she likes administrative jobs better

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Feel ▪ Scared about going to job interviews by her self

▪ Frustrated, since she feels all employers want a more qualified person

▪ Does not trust all job postings

▪ Proud about saving money about her job

▪ Disappointed about her first job experience

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Interview with Sandra, student of Los Andes, 23 years old

Insights▪ There are no formal channels to find a job

▪ Recommendations still work better in Colombia than uploading a CV into a webpage

▪ There are a lot of “fake jobs” in the classifieds

▪ Some bad experiences of friends or just things you read in the newspaper affect significantly the job hunting of Sandra

▪ It feels good to have your own savings, besides your parents help you

▪ Not always you study what you like

▪ How can we create a job hunting channel to help people like Sandra finding a job related to her preferences in a safe and consistent wayGustavo LagosProblem

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