Young University students with vocational training and job insecurity

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the status of labor and employment among the student population of the University Center of Economic and Administrative Sciences (CUCEA) at the University of Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico. The objective consisted in analyzing the characteristics of remunerative positions occupied by CUCEA students as well as the respective sociodemographic profiles of participants. These students attend to the activities and institutional demands of their academic lives while working to improve their economic and professional circumstances. The study was conducted through quantitative methods and transversal cuts. A questionnaire was given to undergraduate students at CUCEA during calendar year 2015 “B.” Among the results obtained was the prevalence of precariousness employment in regard to the following characteristics: projected salaries, working hours, a lack of welfare benefits, and a scarcity of labor contracts.

Revista Población y Desarrollo: Argonautas y Caminantes Vol.12, 2016: 95-104