Ana Pastor has 29 years, two courses (History, Archaeology Branch, and Restoration), speaks English and French. Spent a year in Paris and worked as an intern in the Louvre and the French Heritage Institute. Miguel Larraz is Industrial Design engineer, he did a one year Masters Elisava School of the Pompeu Fabra, fluent in English and spent a year in Romania. He is 27 years. Lilian Garcia, 24, studied Environmental Science and a Master's two years in Copenhagen in Chemical Engineering. He has made six courses since remained unemployed a year ago. Just start another master.
Three races chose their vocation. Each of their resumes speak of years, money and effort. Followed the most repeated advice by experts and politicians to support the crisis: study. But for now, thought they had the advantage that does not appear anywhere, and both Larraz Ana Pastor and Miguel are already looking for any job. Ana hired yesterday for a month and a half in a catering company out of Madrid. "I'm very happy, is my thing, but I'm looking for anything else, because then I will go on strike, the uncertainty."
Lilian Garcia has not lowered their expectations. Although admits that, if you spend more time, especially now that neither his father nor his mother have a job, you have to give up. At least in part. "Why did not anyone told me that this race [Environmental Sciences] had no future?" He asks angrily.
unemployment figures of graduates clearly support the idea that studying multiplies your chances of finding employment. Support 16.4% unemployment rate (double that in 2008, when the crisis began), compared with 52.1% for those who did not complete compulsory education and 33.8% among those who were enrolled high school or FP average. But there is another number that best explains what they happens to those who are better prepared in Spain. Quantifies the frustration, and is 44% of college which is used in jobs that do not require such studies, the report Education at a Glance 2010, OECD. Over-called. And crushing talent, hopes and productivity.
"We must be selective. That premise, as there is a crisis, it is best to study, no matter what, it's useless," said José García-Montalvo, Professor of Applied Economics at the Pompeu Fabra. "There are many university the English labor market can not absorb. The result is depreciated securities. Nor is it a good idea to choose a master have barely worked. Also, looking for a versatile worker. In Spain it is common to talk with academics who just want to 'work your thing' and stay close to home. None of mobility. It does not work that way. "
is not the case of Ana Pastor and Miguel Larraz. Have been placed in prestigious institutions. Miguel spent a year in a position commensurate with their training. They stick to if the phone call, ready to move to any city or country. In the midst of a crisis that is strangling brutally employment, even those who have made the best decisions they find a job opening. "What do I pose?" Says Anna, "my resume Remove the two races and focus towards the unskilled jobs that I've done." Miguel tries to work as a waiter. They see it as temporary. "I'm too young to give up, do not want to give up my job, I like a lot," added Shepherd.
"Sometimes I see that I discarded because they think I'm going to want to charge more or I will leave soon, as you find something better," explains Larraz. "I used to think: the next job will be better.
took a year and a month in unemployment. I just do not think so. Before the crisis came to me 30 offers a day. Now accept anything, but I think the situation will improve. Just hope it's not when you turn 35 or older. The one fact I've noticed is that the cliché is true: the best master is experience. My three years of service are my best asset. "
Lilian Garcia feels at a disadvantage. She is the youngest, and his contract was only six months in an enterprise for the municipality of Madrid, although he had no much to do with the Environmental Sciences. "Youth is bad to find work. They give us an opportunity to learn in a company. In addition, they ask for a thousand languages, three years of experience and training and then pay you less than a thousand euros. "And the benefit wage against those who had completed high school only has plummeted by 40% between 1997 and 2004, according to a report La Caixa published in 2007.
The economic boom years makeover some structural problems of the English labor market and now they explode in the faces of the young and the system. For the over-education is very expensive. ago that a country may lose its competitiveness and productivity. "Spain has made a huge effort in education that the business does not assimilate, because it is a model that does not require much skill, "said Ruess Santos, professor of applied economics at the Autonomous University of Madrid." I think the production system has a great responsibility. No similar effort has been made there, in business, so you do not need to emerge from universities. "
" Without investment in R + D + i not create positions value, which is what young people need better trained, "says Almudena Moreno, professor of sociology at the University of Valladolid." You have to change strategy, because the tissue has specialized production to create low quality jobs. And if expectations are truncated and the plan vital to those studying or want to study, find a generation unmotivated. Not be wasted and all that talent. " SILVIA WHITE
