Performance of Civil Engineering students the perspective of employers, period 2014-2016

Abstract

The article refers to the evaluation of employers' perception of the job performance of civil engineering students from the National University of Engineering, Regional Campus of the North, in the city of Estelí, Nicaragua, in the period 2014-2016, during the completion of pre-professional internships in governmental and private regional institutions. It was performed a descriptive statistical  analysis of the data, a multivariate variance analysis as well as a “t” test, which indicated that there is no significant difference in the evaluation of the student performance of both the private and governmental sectors for the 66 organizations with data registered. A BIPLOT graph was generated, which it possible to infer that in the private sector the aspects related to the ability to integration to the teamwork, the initiative and ability to analyze, as well as the care and protection of assets, are better evaluated. The perception of employers of student performance is excellent, setting a pattern to continue with internships or training to strengthen the bond with the environment, consolidate the student experience and thus be able to add to the comprehensive training of those graduated in this house of studies.