According to DANE figures, academic dropout and unemployment exceeded 23% between the months of April and June, these are some of the aspects that must be taken into account to reflect on the tools in young people to choose a university career depending on the needs of companies in markets that are increasingly competitive.
The Saber Tests, known as ICFES, which were carried out at the beginning of September and motivate the645,000 grade 11 studentswith incentives such as scholarships, subsidies and housing granted by the government, arecognitive assessment tools, however, they are not the main tool to contribute to the financial and / or emotional future of this population that corresponds to 25% of the country’s inhabitants.
Samilé Albarracín, coach and director of Voca Festival, the first vocational event in LATAM to be held in October in Colombia, assures that theICFESis an evaluation that is applied to students during school andmeasures skills that have been developed thanks to repetition and continuous practices, that is, using neuronal plasticity as the main adaptation mechanism to survive the last years of secondary school. However, what is acquired in secondary education classrooms does not necessarily correlate with the talents or ingenuity that young people have.
This shows that, for this reason, choosing a career based on the results of the exam is running the risk of making mistakes, in addition to affecting the individual’s work and personal future.
“Based on the scores of the Saber 11 Test can have serious financial consequences, because although companies are constantly looking for talent capable of meeting the needs of the competitive market, these hires are based on two key arguments: a quality service or one of lower cost. Undoubtedly, good service in addition to technical, technological or professional knowledge must contain the vocational touch that is capable of providing outstanding solutions to the conflicts of the economy for which they are hired, “said Albarracín.
How to choose the career?
Taking into account that the day of knowing the results of the Saber 11 Test is approaching, experts recommend that young people and parents be calm with this, since as Albarracín assures, this is only a test and the best way to choose a university career as the backbone of life is through vocational guidance.
Benefits of choosing a vocation-based career
- This brings a number of advantages in the finances and social sphere of young people.
- When choosing a career based on talents, creativity and intuition are used naturally and eventually become an exchange for money.
- Those who enjoy their vocation will always be chosen when buying a service, since they guarantee greater commitment and, surpassing the academic capacity of those who offer a service without connecting them with their innate abilities; They are only exercising their profession for money or pressure.
Why have vocational training?
Vocational training is important because it allows to find in each young person their talents, strengths and a series of aspects of each person that are found through scientific tests. The method consists of analyzing the evolution of the brain from childhood to youth to detect which of the talents or skills that a young person possesses are real and which are not. With the results obtained, it is possible to identify the area of greatest fluidity in the brain and thus connect adolescents with academic offerings that are potentially according to their faculties, natural thinking style and vision of life.