Resumo

VEGA CANO, Rosa  e  GARCIA RANGEL, Fabiola. Where, how and how much? An approach to the first job of Civil Engineering graduates from the Universidad Michoacana. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2023, vol.13, n.26, e061.  Epub 09-Out-2023. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v13i26.1515.

For several decades there have been critics about the need for consistency between the training received by university students, social demands and the demands of the world of work, which is why it has become an imperative for higher education institutions ( IES) carrying out follow-up studies on graduates. In this regard, the objective of this research will be to describe how the labor insertion has been and what are the characteristics of the first job of the graduates of the Civil Engineering Degree of the Michoacana University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo. This is an exploratory work that was carried out from a quantitative approach, which concludes by pointing out that the field of professional performance of recent graduates is local, in administrative tasks that involve the management and development of projects and civil works, for which emphasizes the importance of maintaining communication channels with the main actors in this sector of economic activity, in such a way that the creation and consolidation of sources of employment for graduates can be guaranteed.

Likewise, it is concluded that it should be recognized that the labor market values ​​the transversal skills that graduates have and not only the specialized knowledge of the career they study, so it is necessary for universities to promote the comprehensive training of their students, from attentive listening to the needs of the environment. It is therefore a matter of establishing a fundamental alliance for sustainable development.

Palavras-chave : University students; labor trajectories; labor insertion; employability; higher education.