Career employability development through a specialized asset management’s degree: An exploratory analysis for a Chilean program

Abstract

Asset Management as a growing discipline is being incorporated into the Chilean Industry, especially into the mining Industry; however, there is a need to provide the necessary skills and knowledge regarding these new positions. In that regard, since 2005 we have successfully incorporated a master’s program scheme entitled Master of Asset Management (MGA, currently in its 9th offering). Up to date, more than 300 postgraduate students from different industries have attended this MGA, becoming the leading program in Latin America. In the training field we have developed a Diploma on Asset Management (DGA—140 h). With the present study, we have analysed the students’ profiles to identify the industry distribution and, at the same time, to measure the extent to which the skilled labour (graduates) have moved between different job positions and/or companies, be it as a horizontal mobility (does not result in a change in the worker’s grading or status) or a vertical mobility (if it does). Additionally, we regularly test the influence of the marketvalue and scholastic and social dimensions of the human capital on the alumni. The scope is mainly the Chilean industry.