Abstract

SANDI, Ana C. Leandro et al. Employability of industrial engineering students in universities in the Latin American context. Rev. ciente. UCSA [online]. 2022, vol.9, n.1, pp.32-56. ISSN 2409-8752.  https://doi.org/10.18004/ucsa/2409-8752/2022.009.01.032.

The project is developed for Industrial Engineering Schools in the Latin American context, developing two critical aspects of higher education centers: the employability of students after their training and the role of the University in establishing the facilities to achieve it. The main objective of this study is to characterize the current situation of the employability of Industrial Engineering graduates through the measurement of the current working conditions for the improvement of services and processes that this study demands. Although the study is carried out on high school and undergraduate graduates of industrial engineering, the improvements of services and processes, established as a result of the study, will influence all students of the participating universities and the employability study itself will serve as a basis for future studies extended to the other careers of the institutions. The research proceeds through a quantitative approach, descriptive correlational scope, and a non-experimental transectional correlational design; in which the program curriculum and employability are evaluated by means of a content analysis and questionnaires to graduates. The solutions refer to the establishment of strategic activities towards the integral strengthening of the career, which show the interest of the career with the commitment to academic excellence, through the process of continuous improvement applied in an institution of higher education.

Keywords : Employability; training, skills; labor market; graduate follow-up.

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