Inferential analysis of the labor field of the professional of the School of Business Administration of the ESPOCH period 2018 - 2019: Realities and challenges

Abstract

Optimizing the links between Higher Education Institutions and employers to promote labour insertion processes should be a priority within the aspects to be considered within the framework of Ecuadorian Higher Education and also anywhere in the world. In this regard, the research focused on analyzing the problems presented by professionals of the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Ecuador, in relation to its insertion into the field of work. The methodology followed was of a non-experimental descriptive type, accompanied by theoretical methods and the survey as a data collection technique. A sample of 64 graduates from both sexes of auditing, marketing, finance, accounting and transportation management careers was randomly determined. The analysis of the results allowed through the application of descriptive and inferential statistics, to corroborate the level of employability achieved by the graduates under study, describing the behavior of variables such as: age, gender, hierarchical level, type of organization, economic activity, functions, among others. It also shows an analysis of the number of graduates from other Higher Education Institutions and the projection for the coming years in terms of the need for professionals. All this favored through inferential analysis to determine the realities and challenges for the next 5 years in terms of the field of work of the graduates of the Faculty.