Evaluación de las competencias profesionales a través de las prácticas externas: Incidencia de la creatividad

Abstract

The aim of this research study is to analyse to what extent the academic training received by students and the requirements of the job market are related from a competence point of view, with special attention paid to creativity. To meet this goal, the information obtained from the external internships in companies has been a valuable source that provides an ideal context for the development and assessment of the professional competences that students need to acquire, as they constitute a transitional stage for their incorporation into the labour market. 274 internships carried out during the academic years 2013-14 and 2014-15 were analysed, these internships forming part of the degree studies at the Faculty of Business Studies and Tourism at the University of Vigo. Both students and company tutors were given a form to individually assess a list of identical competences for both groups, presumably acquired or developed during their internships. The results of the study reveal that, in general, the average score of all the evaluated competences given by both students and tutors is high, except for creativity, a competence that was scored as the lowest by both groups.