Engagement and employability of the student newly titled of vocational training. Conclusions for a redesign of the training modality

Abstract

In the article we observe and analyze the bibliographical references related to the mismatch data between the training in skills that the graduates of Vocational Training have received in the educational system and the employment that has developed in the labor world. Subsequently, the particular case of the graduates of Vocational Training of the Region of Murcia is analyzed. Specifically, it is assessed how a titled in Professional Training perceives its process of labor insertion six months after the completion of its academic training, as teaching supported by technology, to face an environment of business and industrial changes. The sample facilitated by the Educational Regional Department, is composed of 1110 students graduated in the Region of Murcia Professional Training of middle grade and higher grade of the course academic 2013/14, randomly selected. In this case, the results show a mismatch between the training in skills of the newly students titled in Vocational Training and their subsequent employment, confirm the trends observed in the bibliographical references. Therefore, in the conclusions it is proposed to reconsider measures that address the overcoming of this mismatch.