Vocational training seen as best guarantee of gainful employment
Nursing and other caring professions expected to gain prestige
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Finns are fairly confident that vocational training improves a person’s chances of finding employment According to a survey conducted by Suomen Gallup and published on Wednesday in a special Helsingin Sanomat supplement on training and education, 73 per cent of respondents felt that a vocational school provides the most useful educational background for getting work.
Another 58 per cent felt that a degree at a polytech is most useful, and only 42 per cent believed in the effectiveness of a university-level degree.
Those aged 15 to 24 who are planning their education had less confidence in the value of vocational training than others.
The views are contradicted somewhat by statistics of recent years. According to Statistics Finland, those with a higher university degree are three times more likely to get the work they want than those who have graduated from vocational school.
According to the poll, commercial fields, construction, as well as health care are seen as fields of the future. More than three out of four believe that industrial jobs will be easily available.
The caring professions were seen as most likely to get more appreciation. Other fields expected to gain in prestige were medicine, plumbing, computers, carpentry, and teaching.
Helsingin Sanomat
