Veronica Rafaniello, Author at Politecnico di Milano School of Management

Hostmate: how our startup was created at MIP

Posted on 22 April 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

The story of this company that operates in the short-term rental market, born in the classroom at MIP. One of its founders, Felipe Aguilera, an MBA alumnus, tells us about it, illustrating opportunities and challenges and offering some advice to those who are about to begin the Master’s programme.

Good ideas, on their own, aren’t enough. They must be studied, closely evaluated, discussed, defended. It’s the best way to bring out their real potential: «In fact, if an idea is born perfect, it means that it’s not innovative», says Felipe Aguilera, alumnus of the Master in Business Administration programme at MIP and among the founders of Hostmate, an innovative startup with headquarters in Milan that operates on the market of short-term rentals. «We manage every aspect of the service, from putting the property online to the cleaning of the apartments, meeting requirements of the compliance side, receiving guests and maintenance».

Cross-cutting skills for a one-of-a-kind service

As often happens, Hostmate was born out of brainstorming: «About three years ago, together with some friends and colleagues, we started discussing the so-called megatrends in the property market. Among these stood out home sharing», says Felipe. «And so we created Hostmate. Currently we operate mainly in Milan, but we are slowly expanding in Turin and Venice. Rome and Florence will be our next big challenges. We want to distinguish ourselves from our competitors and to offer a unique service». There are many variables to manage and they require a wide range of professional skills: «For this reason, two other MIP alumni joined the team: Virginia Soana, currently business manager, and Amr Aladl, operations strategy advisor. Two people with very different academic backgrounds, in law and engineering. But the complexity of the business requires this», explains Felipe. «Our primary objective is to offer a high-level customer experience, which for us is one of the most important parameters. The customer must be satisfied: it’s the best guarantee for the success of our business. But to meet their needs, we must know every facet of the business».

Between bureaucracy and innovation

The operating context is also important. «Italy offers two fundamental advantages for the short-term rental market: widespread home ownership and large tourist volumes. On the other hand, however, we find a strong resistance to change, along with the bureaucratic and administrative aspect: it’s truly challenging to manoeuvre through the various requirements», explains Felipe. Luckily, these limits are compensated «by the great availability of talented and young, and not so young, people, who have a desire to innovate, change the rules, fight the fear of what’s new».

A Master’s that teaches how to do

Characteristics that also marked Felipe’s experience at MIP. «My previous training was in the field of finance, but I felt the need to gain further expertise in logistics, operations, in innovation in general. In particular, I felt the need for a Master’s that led me to “do”, in addition to “learn”. The MBA has fully met my expectations. We had the opportunity to work with professors who shared excellent guidelines for the definition of “agile” business models, operational and organizational, able to survive in uncertain and continuously changing environments, like that in which we live today. In the same way, open communication and the constant sharing of experiences with my colleagues favoured the proliferation and the improvement of ideas which then materialized in concrete projects. Hostmate is one of these». Lastly, some advice for those who are about to embark on this path: «You have to prepare yourself for an intense period of study and work, and don’t forget that a large part of the value of the MBA comes precisely from this dialogue between colleagues, like that between me, Amr and Virginia, and professors. So, speak up and raise your hand».

A response to the challenges of Covid-19

Although the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the hospitality industry, Hostmate and their team have managed to react: «We decided to take advantage of this particular situation to fast-track some important projects included in the strategic plan, in particular, Hostmate Accommodation Facilities and Hostmate Rentals Centre», says Felipe. «The first project, for example, aims to help the less digitally equipped establishments by adding their property to the main virtual booking platforms, managing it, and helping them to communicate with their guests». With respect to the future of the sector, however, the alumnus makes this comment: «We expect tenants and guests to pay more attention to hygiene and health issues and to increase the use of digital channels for booking, communication and payment of services, but we will be ready to face the new challenges».

QS Online MBA Rankings 2020: MIP Politecnico di Milano 5th in the world for its “International Flex EMBA”

Posted on 22 April 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

The School of Management of Politecnico di Milano improves on its 2019 results in the QS Quacquarelli Symonds classification for online MBA programmes.

MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business takes 5th place worldwide in the QS Online MBA Ranking 2020, a yearly classification of the best business schools for distance online programmes. MIP’s online MBA is the only Italian programme included in the rankings and is in 4th place in Europe. MIP Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business takes a further step ahead, up from last year’s 7th place.

The International Flex MBA is the fully English version of our Flex MBA, which was the first smart learning MBA launched in Italy in 2014, and is now MIP’s flagship programme, with nearly 500 students taking the Italian and International versions as of today. In 2016, AMBA (the Association of MBAs) listed the Flex MBA among the most innovative MBAs in the world and, in 2017, it was the first such course in Italy to receive the EFMD – EOCCS certification for online programmes of excellence. According to the Financial Times’ Online MBA Ranking 2020, the International Flex MBA is also the only distance learning Italian programme to be included among the ten best in the world, in 9th place internationally and 4th for European schools.

The programme uses a digital teaching platform developed specifically in partnership with Microsoft.

In building its ranking of online MBA programmes taught in business schools, QS Quacquarelli Symonds assesses four key indicators:

Employability (30% of final score): which estimates how employable are the people taking the course.
Class Profile (30%): which looks at several parameters, including number of students on the course and their average professional experience.
Faculty and Teaching (35%): which looks at the quality of teaching and that of the teaching body.
Class Experience (5%): which looks at a series of indicators, such as the percentage of in-presence hours, whether students can use an app to support learning on a smartphone and/or tablet and the level of technical support.

Looking at the individual indicators above, the School of Management is in 3rd place for Faculty and Teaching and in 5th for Employability.

The QS rankings show IE Business School (Spain) in 1st place, followed by Imperial College Business School (UK), with Warwick Business School (UK) in 3rd place and AGSM @ UNSW Business School (Australia) in 4th.

Vittorio Chiesa and Federico Frattini, Chairman and Dean of MIP Politecnico di Milano, respectively: “ We are pleased that our position has improved again compared to 2019, and we will continue to invest in digital innovation and in the quality of teaching and learning. This will allow us to grow and develop further, in the full knowledge of the extraordinary importance held by online teaching at this moment and its role in the future”.

«Thanks to my EMBA, today I know how to handle the mask emergency»

Posted on 17 April 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

PierPaolo Zani, MIP alumnus and general manager at BLS, a company that manufactures protective devices for the respiratory tract, tells us about the impact the coronavirus has had on business on a human and organizational level. Explaining that, with solid foundations and a clear mission, even the hardest stress test can offer an opportunity

Can a moment of great stress, for a company, translate into an opportunity? Yes, if the company has solid organizational foundations and a clear strategic vision of its business. In the space of just a few weeks, BLS, an Italian company that manufactures protective devices for the respiratory tract, more commonly known as “masks”, found itself in this position. «Already at the end of January, before the Covid-19 contagion had extended to Italy and the rest of the world, orders shot up in a way that until that moment would have been unthinkable», says PierPaolo Zani, general manager at Bls and alumnus of the Part Time EMBA at MIP Politecnico di Milano. «Until a few months ago, the demand for masks came from customers who needed to protect from pollutants in industries. This posed a problem for us: what to do, in this moment, to satisfy the demand of our long-time customers, and at the same time help out the civil protection authority and the country?»

The challenge of BLS between today’s emergency and tomorrow’s trends

Not a small dilemma, on which Zani and his team had to reflect deeply before coming to a decision: «We managed to find a balance. And we did it by going back to our corporate mission: protecting people and doing it well». The jump in orders risked generating a series of organizational difficulties: «I must say, however, that we had already been observing the situation for some time. It’s essential to pay keen attention to all signals that could have an impact on your business, even if they are small signals».

From a strategic point of view, then, it also becomes important to take into consideration the changes that could result from the coronavirus epidemic: «We don’t know how long this emergency will last, at a global level. However, we do know that the use of masks in the West could follow that which is the Asian model, characterized by a greater use of these devices at the consumer level, regardless of the pandemic. Throughout this period, the challenge will be to maintain a straight course, but we will also have the principles of our mission guiding us». And it’s possible to do so, explains Zani, also because the company has made far-sighted choices: «We have worked hard to enter long-term contracts, that ensure our operations, and we can count on back-up suppliers. This situation is an authentic stress test: but our foundations are solid, that’s why we’re holding up».

But for Zani there’s an element that’s even more important, that truly makes the difference: «People. Never so much as now have we been repaid by our ethics, which require us to protect all people in general, as well as those that work with us. In this period, it’s essential to establish a dialogue with production, reinforce hygiene standards, guarantee a secure workplace».

An EMBA to test your dedication

Indeed, Zani has always had a strong interest in the role the human element plays in a company. «This was perhaps the aspect that above all else pushed me to enrol in the Part Time EMBA programme at MIP. I felt the need for improvement. I needed new, more effective and fine-tuned instruments. I wanted to delve into the principles of organizational behaviour. And from all these points of view the master’s was truly helpful». The part-time format of the EMBA also put the commitment and the dedication of Zani to the test. A sort of small, personal stress test: «The advice I give to those who are preparing to begin this master’s is to face it with the maximum commitment. It can be challenging to find a balance between work, private and academic life; but the return, in terms of skills and career opportunities, is very high. It’s truly worth the effort of devoting yourself completely to the programme. I also like to remind people that BLS has a very close relationship with the Politecnico di Milano, with which we are supporting the creation of a startup, a spin-off from the university, and have already worked together with on different workshops. And we always keep a close eye on the talented people we meet in the classroom», concludes Zani.

Flexibility, skills, artificial intelligence: Logol’s challenges were born at MIP

Posted on 10 April 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

Marco Farina, 2015 Flex EMBA alumnus, tells about the establishment of Logol and what he learned from his participation in the master’s programme. Starting from the ability to work remotely, using new technologies

Why is technology, often, surrounded by a negative sentiment? And why isn’t its potential completely embraced? These are the questions from which Marco Farina, 2015 Flex EMBA alumnus of MIP Politecnico di Milano, started to set up Logol, a Swiss company that since 2017 has been active in the field of artificial intelligence. «My idea», explains Farina, «is that too often digital transformation services are managed in an improvised fashion. The objective was and remains that to bring real skills within companies, skills that can translate into a real value added for business. And in this process artificial intelligence now plays a fundamental role».

Logol’s operational pillars

There are four pillars on which Logol’s business model is based, says Farina: «We are first of all advisors. Our main goal is to support companies in their approach to AI». The second pilaster, instead, is tied to the idea for which Logol was born: «We were established as a company without a physical office. Smart working is part of our mentality, and it’s this same attitude that we want to bring to the companies that turn to us. This process mainly involves the migration of server infrastructure to the cloud. In the transfer of this sensitive data, data security is fundamental, and AI helps to increase the level of security».

The third pilaster involves business applications. «Today companies must be lean, if they want to be competitive. Today’s gold is data, so the planning of an information system must be carried out using modern applications that allow you to have a holistic vision of the company».

The last pilaster involves pure AI. «After having rationalized the company’s technologies and processes, we apply artificial intelligence to the reference technology, whether it’s a chatbot, the optimization of warehouse stock or customer engagement in ecommerce».

Logol makes flexibility one of its strengths and works with both medium-small and large companies: «In the world of small and medium businesses we position ourselves as the sole interlocutors, because we step in to totally redesign their technological approach», explains Farina. «In our relations with larger companies, with which we don’t have an exclusive relationship, we express our expertise in more specific areas».

The Flex EMBA experience: a rehearsal for flexibility

Before setting up such an innovative company, Marco Farina attended the Flex EMBA programme. An experience that proved useful to him from different points of view: «First of all, I felt the need to strengthen my skills. I had already studied computer engineering at the Politecnico, but I still needed to acquire the expertise necessary to understand the management of business processes». The master’s also allowed Farina to forge important relationships with his colleagues: «The relationship with them was fantastic, and still is, seeing that we are still in touch. Uniting us, now and then, was the desire to challenge ourselves with the goal of improving. The possibility of interacting with people with very different educational and training backgrounds, thus adopting always new points of view, represented a real value added». The FLEXA format fit well with his needs in that particular moment of his career: «It was a decidedly demanding moment, flexibility was fundamental». A flexibility that represented an important testing ground, on which to develop those smart working methods on which Logol would be built: «For two years we got used to interacting as if we were in front of each other. This is fundamental: these are practices that we, as entrepreneurs and managers, must pass on to our collaborators. The workers of the future will be people who interact in this way».

MIP Reading List

Posted on 9 April 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

Discover the reading list suggested by the members of our Faculty

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

suggested by Chiara Franzoni, Director of the International Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Reasons why: This beautiful book from Nobel-Laureate Daniel Kahneman explains in a clear and enjoyable way the pitfalls and biases of human cognition. A must-read for anyone dealing with financial markets and with marketing. But also a real classic and fun read for anybody.

Superforcasting. The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip Tetlock

suggested by Chiara Franzoni, Director of the International Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Reasons why: Being able to anticipate and predict the geo-political events is a great ability that any leader should exercise. Here’s a scientific point of view of what we really know about predicting. Learn to use the approach of US intelligence and other experts tasked with professional forecasting.

The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power by Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, David B. Yoffie

suggested by Federico Frattini, MIP Dean

Reasons why: It’s an essential book to understand the innovation dynamics in the new “platform competition” paradigm. It provides the reader with ideas about how to innovate his/her own business in a new, different context that, coming from this emergency period, will highlight the power of digital platforms.

Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur

suggested by Sergio Terzi, MIP Associate Dean for Executive Education

Reasons why: This book is an important source of inspiration for innovators. It talks about a practical method (the Business Model Canvas) to design ideas, products and services.

Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior by Jonah Berger

suggested by Tommaso Agasisti, MIP Associate Dean for Internationalization, Quality and Services

Reasons why: Jonah Berger (Wharton) explains the way in which personalities and environments affect decisions and behaviours in different business situations. Reading this book you will develop an increased awareness about behaviour drivers and new ways to face managerial challenges.

Largo Winch by Francq and Van Hamme

suggested by Filippo Renga, Junior Assistant Professor

Reasons why: A different way to read about finance and corporate psychology. Giscard D’Estaing and other businessmen read it. It is a comic…perfect to relax!

Extreme ownership, How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Winby Jocko Willink e Leif Babine

suggested by Giovanni Toletti, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Organisation

Reasons why: Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame. Leaders must acknowledge mistakes and admit failures, take ownership of them and develop a plan to win

Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy

suggested by Antonio Menegatti, Adjunct Professor at MIP Politecnico di Milano

Reasons why: Human Beings have the power not only to affect how others see us but also to change how we see ourselves and even the ability to alter our own chemistry, simply by changing body positions

The Power of Habit, Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change by Charles Duhigg

suggested by Giovanni Toletti, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Organisation

Reasons why: Why someone is able to change apparently overnight, and others don’t? The key are habits. Habits simplify the life and leave the brains free to perform other tasks. Hence are really useful. At the same time may represent constraints that limit our possibility to do things, innovate and change. How then may you change habits?

Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek

suggested by Antonio Menegatti, Adjunct Professor at MIP Politecnico di Milano

Reasons why: Leaders don’t just sacrifice their place at the table but often their own comfort and even their lives for those in their care, to the heads of big business and government – each putting aside their own interests to protect their teams.

The Power of Resilience by Yossi Sheffi

suggested by Antonella Maria Moretto, Associate Dean for Open Programs at MIP Politecnico di Milano.

Reasons why: In this moment of hard times, companies are finding out more than ever the importance of supply chain resilience, both internally and externally. Through the discussion of practical cases, the book offers interesting insights about why it is important to make the supply chains more resilient and provides practical suggestions about how to pursue this goal.

Platform revolution: How networked markets are transforming the economy and how to make them work for you by Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne and Sangeet Paul Choudary.

suggested by Daniel Trabucchi, Junior Associate Professor in Innovation Management Area.

Reasons why: A fresh view on the power of platforms that are changing the way we enjoy many products and services. At the intersection between innovation and strategy, this book shows how platforms are changing the rules of the game… industry after industry.

Finance and the Good Society by Robert J. Shiller

suggested by Giancarlo Giudici, Associate Professor of Corporate Finance.

Reasons why: The Nobel prize Shiller argues that, rather than condemning finance, we need to reclaim it for the common good. Far from being a parasite on society, finance is one of the most powerful tools we have for solving problems and increasing the general well-being.

Outliers. The story of success by Malcolm Gladwell

suggested by Luca Baiguini, Adjunct Professor of People Management and Organization.

Reasons why: Gladwell challanges the idea of success as a mix of talent and hard work. With his words, success “is not exceptional or mysterious. It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky.”

Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson

suggested by Luca Gastaldi, Associate Professor, Core Faculty Member.

Reasons why: A clear and crisply reflection on the impact of latest digital technologies on our way of living and working.

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries

suggested by Antonio Ghezzi, Associate Professor, Core Faculty Member.

Reasons why: Will my original business idea work? And can startup development be ‘lean’? In his seminal book that revolutionized traditional startup launch based on business planning, Ries proposes a counter-intuitive and systematic approach to business model validation based on MVPs and experiments.

The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment by Martin Ford

suggested by Federico Della Bella, Extended Faculty Member.

Reasons why: This book outlines a reality when intelligent algorithms are already able to substitute blue collar and white collar jobs. Many of the existing jobs have become obsolete, and many others will soon be replaced by robots, especially those based on data and information. Without radical assessment of our economic and political structures, the risk of implosion of our society is very high.

Coronavirus: a fundraising to help the San Paolo and San Carlo hospitals in Milan

Posted on 23 March 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

We team up, as a community of students, alumni, faculty and staff of MIP and the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, to make an actual contribution to the precious work of the healthcare staff every day struggle to treat those affected by the Coronavirus.

Our community is made up of more than 25,000 people: together we can do a lot!

We, therefore, call together our entire community to help the San Paolo and San Carlo hospitals in Milan to activate new intensive care places, essential for saving lives, and to cope with the great need for single-use protective devices (masks, gloves, …) that allow doctors and nurses to operate safely.

The San Paolo and San Carlo hospitals in Milan are part of the public regional health system of the Lombardy Region, and are at the forefront of tackling this health emergency. This fundraising is carried out in close coordination with the management and health personnel of the San Paolo and San Carlo hospitals.

The funds raised every day will be directly and promptly donated to the hospital.

EVEN A SMALL DONATION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

* Donations made to initiatives dedicated to fighting the current health emergency are tax deductible 30% for private citizens, 100% for businesses. More information is available here.

Keep ON learning

Posted on 18 March 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

We know that our country is going through a complicated period. The unusual situation in which we find ourselves is forcing us to rethink our daily habits and way of working, in some cases to totally reinvent them, with all the difficulties associated with this.

I believe that the best answer that each of us can give in this moment, the most valuable contribution to the common cause, is to continue to carry out our projects.

And it’s what we are doing at MIP. We work each day to allow students, professors, staff, companies, alumni, and all our other partners, to continue to rely on us.

In this period, we will share – through our digital platforms – advice, suggestions, articles and live webinars, specific contents and in-depth analyses for each of our stakeholders. Because, even in a situation like this, we must “Keep on learning”.

We are the first to impatiently await the moment in which our premises and the classrooms of MIP are once again filled with people, ideas and energy. but, until that happens, let’s turn these days of forced isolation into a big opportunity.

Because being isolated doesn’t mean being alone. Remember what Barack Obama said shortly before leaving the post of President of the United States: “No matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning”. Let’s act so that the next sun will find us even more united and prepared than we are today.

Federico Frattini, Dean MIP Politecnico di Milano

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Discover the initiatives implemented for our community of Students, Alumni, Companies, Professionals, Educational Institution, Cultural Institutions and Public Administration:

Personalization and digital learning: the full time MBA gets a new look

Posted on 17 March 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

Updated contents and a new structure for the educational offering. Concentrations, four specializations in areas of excellence, are coming. And innovation continues in content delivery: learning is increasingly digital

In 2020 the Full Time MBA of MIP Politecnico di Milano changes shape. It evolves, to meet the needs of companies and to respond to trends in continuous development, obviously while maintaining the mission of a Master in Business Administration: providing a 360° managerial understanding of how a company works. «We continue to focus on those people who have between three- and seven-years work experience and want to give a boost to their career», says Antonella Moretto, Director of the area MBA & EMBA. «What changes is the structure of the educational offering. Alongside a core part, built around traditional thematic pillars, there is also a highly personalized programme, which is divided in four specializations called concentrations».

Four pillars for a solid foundation

«However, students get to this point only after an initial phase in which solid theoretical foundations are laid», clarifies Moretto. «It is an all-encompassing experience, that involves a commitment of between eight and nine months and that guarantees a major career acceleration to who, within four or five years, sees themselves in an important managerial position. An internship is scheduled at the end of the programme. It’s also worth mentioning that last year, at the time of graduation, 90% of our students had already found a new job». The first educational phase, as was mentioned, is that of the four pillars: «In order, they are: analysis of the company and context; management of activities and processes; innovation and transformation planning; and, finally, realization of the latter». This last aspect is a very important part of MIP’s vision: «Training managers who understand the overall functioning of a company is obviously our objective, but that’s not enough for us. Here at MIP we try to select candidates who demonstrate a marked disposition as innovators, who want to be agents of change».

Concentrations: intensive bootcamps in contact with companies

It’s at this point that concentrations, or specializations, enter into play. «The personalization of the educational programme is one of the strengths of this MBA. There are thematic tracks that foresee hundreds of hours of activities of the student’s choice, and the months of concentrations involve intensive bootcamps on one of these themes, of their choice: Global Management and Sustainability, Big Data and Digital Transformation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Luxury and Design Management. The bootcamps were designed ad hoc together with partner companies, with the aim of developing new skills, but also to work and put in practice these aspects. The factual approach, therefore, in this phase emerges in a very clear fashion», explains Moretto, «but if there’s something else new in 2020, it’s that even during core lessons, that is the most theoretical moments of the programme, the share of practical activities reaches 50%. The rest is made up of what we call experiential gym, a set of activities that include company presentations by managers, challenges and case studies, simulations, company visits, career development workshops».

With digital learning the campus expands

However, even the more traditional teaching part, in its own way, will be innovative. «When we talk about frontal lessons, and that is the classroom, we are not referring to classic lessons. The basic notions, indeed, are delivered by digital means. Students can prepare themselves beforehand, in light of the activity to be carried out in the classroom, dedicated to in-depth analysis. And a portion of frontal lessons can also be accessed remotely. We like to call this modality “extended campus”. In addition, thanks to our digital platforms it will be possible to make use of the contributions from other universities. A series of opportunities that distinguish a highly personalized, flexible, digital learning experience that is line with students’ needs», concludes Moretto.

The Global Talent Recruiting Day goes digital

Posted on 12 March 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

In recent years, MIP Politecnico di Milano has worked hard on the potential of digital learning, to respond to the need for greater flexibility and personalisation and to guarantee high standards to its students, as recognized by the latest Financial Times Ranking.

In line with this strategy, the School decided to use even more this know-how to continue to provide education and services, in order to minimize the inconvenience caused by the evolution of the situation linked to the Coronavirus.

Indeed, for the very first time, the annual Global Talent Recruiting Day, will turn digital and be fully managed online, through a digital platform.

Moreover, it will be powered by FLEXA, MIP’s innovative digital platform, featuring the latest Microsoft artificial intelligence tools, designed for students and companies.

On April 3rd companies and candidates, who will accept this challenge, will be able to meet in a virtual meeting room and schedule interviews throughout the day.

The event will host leader companies from different sectors and our International Specialising Masters and Full Time MBA candidates, coming from more than 30 countries all over the world.

In the end, MIP first digital Global Recruiting Day is also a unique opportunity to exploit the potentialities of digitalization for both candidates and recruiters.

The first ones will meet HR and Managers of top Employers representing different Industry Sectors and the second ones will be able to find new talents among the best in the world, without moving from home!

Global Talent Recruiting Day

Posted on 11 March 2020 | by Veronica Rafaniello | Leave a Comment

MIP and Politecnico di Milano are facing the emergency of these days, thanks to a consolidated expertise on DIGITAL, implementing a rapid and effective turn on distance learning. Here the recognition of the Financial Times.
In line with this strategy, we are glad to confirm the annual Global Talent Recruiting Day which will be managed on a digital platform.

Companies, assigned to their own sector (Technology & Digital | Industrial & Energy| Retail & Consumer Goods| Luxury, Fashion & Lifestyle| Consulting & Finance) will have the opportunity to:

Access a virtual room
Schedule interviews throughout the day
Better manage the time of interviews
Meet International Master candidates coming from more than 30 countries all over the world, representing different cultures and speaking at least another language in addition to English.

The event is open to MIP International Specialising Master candidates, available from May 2020 for internship/job opportunities in companies.
Specialising Master candidates have an international background and 0-2 years of professional experience in different sectors and functional areas such as Supply Chain & Procurement| Business Analytics & Big Data| Marketing Management, Omnichannel & Consumer Analytics| Luxury Management| Industrial Management| Project Management| Innovation & Entrepreneurship| Fintech, Finance, and Digital Innovation | International Full Time MBA

HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The participation in this event is reserved for a limited number of companies belonging to the MIP network.

The deadline for registration is March 16, 2020.
Discover how to become an MIP Partner. For further information please contact: Company&PartnerCare@mip.polimi.it

Concetta Lombardo: 342 1479806

Daniela Mataro: 349.8147209

Elisa Zagami: 327.9776213

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