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ULS graduates will participate in the 2014 Employability Survey
The process will take place for approximately 8 weeks, through the portal http://egresados.userena.cl.
Graduates of the different careers of the University of La Serena from the years 2009 and 2012 will participate in the 2014 Employability Survey of the Graduate Monitoring Office of this university, within the framework of the Alma Mater ULS project (Fund for Strengthening CRUCH-MINEDUC Ues.
This is a study to find out the employability and income levels in the 4th year of their degree (2009) and to analyze the employability and income in the first year of the degree (2012), as well as the time it took for these professionals to find the first job related to their area of study, explains the person in charge of the Graduate Monitoring Office, Luis Carrasco.
The professional adds that other key variables will also be investigated, such as continuity of studies, the reasons why one is unemployed and the characterization of current jobs, among others.
Carrasco details that this process is part of the Office's line of action called Employability in Figures, which ''conceives the generation, maintenance and provision in a timely, efficient and reliable manner of institutional information that is relevant to the decision-making processes. of the corporation. Due to this, the line of action focuses on the generation of analyzes and studies based on the characteristics and behavior of the University and its environment, in order to stimulate internal reflection on the future of the university in terms of employability and job insertion. Said information is obtained through the management and coordination of the different internal and external sources of information, supporting the planning and decision-making processes of the corporation, in the various matters of its competence, associated with its growth, development and sustainability.
The 2014 process will be carried out for approximately 8 weeks, beginning on the second of April, through the single window for graduates that constitutes the portal. http://egresados.userena.cl, which incorporates information and services of interest to graduates, graduates and students with a graduation profile.
This important work will provide information that will be analyzed by professionals from the Office, with Business Intelligence tools, whose results will be relevant to support different institutional processes, including: institutional accreditation, self-assessment of careers, MINEDUC requirements, etc.
Let us remember that last year a pilot employability survey was carried out, focused on graduates from 2008 and 2011, which had an active participation of 25% of the total professionals trained at the ULS in the aforementioned years.