Percepción del empresariado de las competencias y características relevantes para el empleo - Perception of entrepreneurs about relevant competences and characteristics for employment

Abstract

RESUMENLa crisis económica en España provocó que los jóvenes tuvieran niveles elevados de desempleo o de precariedad laboral. Al mismo tiempo la sociedad del conocimiento está excluyendo al colectivo con bajo nivel educativo del mercado laboral. El artículo tiene una doble finalidad: a) Conocer cuáles son las competencias más valoradas por las empresas cuando contratan a un nuevo trabajador. b) Indagar su opinión sobre la contratación de trabajadores con bajos niveles 1 Agradecimientos y financiación: Este trabajo ha sido realizado gracias a la financiación de la Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información del Gobierno de Canarias y de los fondos europeos FEDER (PI2007/027). La investigación es fruto de un trabajo interdisciplinar elaborado por profesorado

Supporting Employability by a Skills Assessment Innovative Tool—Sustainable Transnational Insights from Employers

“…In a society in which globalization is a key element, it becomes vital that each citizen is able to use their transversal competences in an international context [18]. The knowledge society excludespeople with low educational attainment from the labour market [19]. In Europe, several positive and effective initiatives have been developed, in particular to the "Not in Education, Employment or Training" customer groups, the European Union has long been trying to predict changes of necessary knowledge and skills of the future population and harmonize existing competencies of graduates with the competencies demanded by the labour market [8].…”

“…The heterogeneous sample of the study (employers from five different sectors and different qualities of the respondents in the companies: managers/owners/associates/employees/human resources managers) because we consider that employers as relevant subjects that are in a position to give realistic assessment of the level of quality of required competencies [4]. They also have a different perception than the educators [26] and they usually identified a missing link between theory and practice [20]; the employers consider the formation of a job candidate an added value, but this is not one of the key issues regarding employability [19].…”

Best Practices in the Development of Transversal Competences among Youths in Vulnerable Situations

“…The economic crisis that started in 2007 has led to a significant loss of employment in Spain, especially among young people. The unemployment rate for the labour force aged below 25 is 32.99% [1], and those with the lowest educational level have been the most severely affected [2].…”

“…The first area has had a greater influence on the curriculum design of VET, both in formal and non-formal pathways. The second area has had more of an impact on general compulsory and post-compulsory education [2].…”