Las competencias profesionales demandadas por las empresas: el caso de los ingenieros

Authors

Mercedes Marzo NavarroSalto de línea Marta Pedraja IglesiasSalto de línea Pilar Rivera TorresSalto de línea Universidad de Zaragoza.

Abstract

The professional competencies required by companies: the case of engineersSalto de línea Salto de línea At present, the Spanish university education system, just like the European, is immersed in a process of transformation, whose main objective is to establish a common educational basis for European university students. Engineering studies are also affected by these changes, which demonstrates the need to identify the deficiencies in the current education in order to be able to establish the appropriate corrective actions.This study reveals the existence of a deficient general situation in relation to the main skills and competencies required by the asolabour market.This situation is especially noticeable in the ability to communicate, the ability to work in a team, skills for lifelong learning, knowledge of languages and computing, flexibility, and the ability to lead and innovate.

Keywords

Education, competencies, adaptation, labour market, Europe.