7 out of 10 Autoocupació students enter the job market after training

September 27, 2019

  • The job placement rate of Autoocupació’s training service stands at 72.8%.
  • The training service offers subsidized courses with the aim of helping individuals enter the job market and achieve their professional goals.
 

Autoocupació estimates that currently 72.8% of students find employment or start a self-employment project after completing a fully subsidized training course at the entity.

  The Autoocupació training service offers a wide range of fully subsidized occupational training for both employed and unemployed individuals, with the aim of helping them achieve their professional goals and enter the job market. In addition, the entity also offers the possibility of undertaking internships in companies and an employment guidance service. “Thanks to the team of instructors and the professional team of the training service, we offer high-quality training and an individual and personalized guidance service that promotes the job placement of our studentsexplains Vanessa Montserrat, head of the entity’s training service.  
Laura Montagut“I wanted to find a new professional path and started a training course at Autoocupació. After completing the Professional Certificate in Training Instruction, the company where I did my course internship hired me. I am happy to have initiated a career change and to be able to experience new professional opportunities.” – Laura Montagut, student of the training service  
According to the foundation’s data, during 2018, the service trained over 2,000 students. Specifically, 2,245 students attended Autoocupació classrooms in the Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona delegations, where over 14,000 hours of training were delivered through 141 training activities, a figure that has tripled in the last four years.

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