Nationale-Nederlanden will continue to help young athletes from the Sant Cugat CAR to join the job market

2023-05-22 14:59:08

National Netherlands, Company of the NN Group which offers short, medium and long-term protection, savings and investment solutions to more than 850,000 customers in Spain, has renewed thecollaboration agreement maintained since 2016 with the Center for High Performance Sports (CAR) of Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona), according to which the insurer will continue to form and incorporate, in its team of insurance agents exclusive, young people who practice various sports disciplines in the field of competition and who are attached to the job board of this center.

The goal of Nationale-Nederlanden, with this agreement, is help young athletes to enter the labor marketin providing-the l‘exercising a task that facilitates and allows you to reconcile your participation in sports competitions. To this end, the Company will continue to offer the necessary means to support the comprehensive training of athletes at the High Performance Center from the Catalan town, placing special emphasis, not only on what is strictly sporting, but also on their academic training.

This collaboration agreement also includes the sponsorship, by the Company of Dutch origin, of the CAR Speakers program, which disseminates the sports values ​​in the business sector through highly competitive athletes.

Nationale-Nederlanden’s commercial network growth plan

The renewal of the agreement is part of the ambitious growth plan of the commercial network that Nationale-Nederlanden has for the coming years. To achieve this, the insurer has Talenthe professional development plan for insurance agents which offers continuous quality training and which, in addition, is approved by the University of Valencia. Considered one of the best career plans in the industry, Talent gives insurance agents the tools they need to enrich their knowledge and specialize from day one.

In the words of Àngel Abril, director of the Agency Channel at the insurer, “At Nationale-Nederlanden we strongly believe in the values ​​that sport represents. Values ​​like teamwork, discipline, perseverance and personal improvement, all of them fundamental, not only in the sporting field, but also in the professional environment”. To this he adds that “at the Company we believe in them and, for this reason, we make sure that our agents also bring them together, because only in this way is it possible to be relevant to our customers, responding to their needs and helping them take care of the what matters most”.

For its part, for the General Secretary of Sport and Physical Activity – body to which the CAR belongs -, as stated by its general secretary, Anna Caula, “supporting athletes in the various fields, promoting their training and dual careers is a fundamental point: the transition to the working life of elite athletes it is not without complexity and the collaboration of leading companies such as Nationale-Nederlanden, who believe in the values ​​that sport and athletes bring to the workplace, helps us in this task.”

From competition to management

Nationale-Nederlanden participated in the day ‘From competition to management’, which took place last May 17 at the CAR of Sant Cugat del Vallès. The meeting, which was attended by the director of the CAR, Ramon Terrassa i Cusí, who opened the day, and Vicente Pérez, territorial director of the Nationale-Nederlanden area, addressed, through different speakers, business experiences in which the regular practice of sport has been an important factor when it comes to leading people and work teams.

Next, the round table on business experiences took place, moderated by Pep Marí, head of the CAR SPEAKER’S area, and in which Kiko Fàbregues, former field hockey player and director of Call2World, participated; Mireia Clemente, former alpine ski athlete and consultant in people management at AMTTE; and Joshua Jové, ex-weightlifter and executive and delegate at Nationale-Nederlanden. The participants highlighted the importance of playing sport and its direct relationship with better exercise and professional leadership. Likewise, they presented several examples of how in companies the practice of sport has turned out to be a great motivator for workers.