Incidencia de los intercambios laborales universitarios en la oportunidad de empleo turístico de graduados en el área de Hotelería y Turismo dentro de Guayaquil.

Abstract

In Guayaquil city there is a lack of job opportunity for Tourism professionals without previous work experience. For this reason and for the youth unemployment rate, the Labor Ministry offers two programs to grant university students experience in different occupational fields at national level. However, in regards Hospitality and Tourism it is important to find new ways that allow improving or developing new skills and abilities and that expand the vision of the students. Whereby, this study seeks to discover the competitive advantages that Work & Travel programs produce in students and corroborate if being part of this programs influence in the personnel selection process in different hotel chains in the city. Therefore, the research question is the following: do university labor exchanges influence the opportunity for touristic employment of students and graduates in the area of hospitality and tourism in Guayaquil? The question is answered through surveys of program participants, which corroborate the added value that these exchanges provide. In addition, at the moment of interviews, the answers received by specialists in both the hotel and academic sector, reassure that university labor exchanges do influence the touristic employment opportunity, especially in the hospitality industry. With this in mind, an advisory proposal is created through two illustrative guides for both students and exchange companies, in order to optimize and improve the use of those university work exchanges.