Se otorgan becas de estudios superiores para carreras de larga duración o técnicas y se acompaña a cada joven con coaches calificados para asegurar un rendimiento académico exitoso. Además, se imparte la certificación para la empleabilidad: Workeys, con una currícula adaptada a las demandas del mercado actual, preparando a cada joven en habilidades blandas y técnicas acompañándolos hasta que consigue su primer empleo.
Active university scholarship holders
Becas entregadas desde 2009
University Grade Point Average
Graduates from the Workeys employability program
Young people placed in their first job
Happiness index of young employees
Because Oportunidades strongly believes in supporting youth, it awards university and technical education scholarships for the academic and professional development of its beneficiaries. As part of the Program’s philosophy of shared responsibility, the scholarships are offered on a partial basis. As a result, scholarship recipients are required to pay a percentage of their tuition or commit to completing their studies through loans at preferential interest rates.
Young people pursue their technical, engineering or bachelor's degree at any of the 16 universities that are strategic allies of the Program. These partnerships have allowed Oportunidades to increase its impact, as these institutions provide an average of 25% of the investment through internal scholarships.
The Program has a team of highly trained coaches who work closely with young people to strengthen their emotional intelligence, skills, interests, and goals so they can develop their talents to their full potential.
Additionally, young people are provided with all the information they need in advance about the academic, technical, and long-term career opportunities available to them. For the Oportunidades program, the Vocational Orientation process is fundamental and is reflected in all stages of the academic follow-up in Phase 2, with the aim of ensuring that the scholarship holders successfully complete their careers.
The Oportunidades program strategically advises all young people on the careers that have the best chance of integrating them into the Salvadoran labor market, with a placement rate of over 90% and most of them finding permanent jobs before graduating from university.
While studying at the university, the young person is involved in activities aimed at promoting employability and soft skills, including:
Workeys by Oportunidades is a program that trains young people in the skills that are currently demanded by the job market. This is supported by studies from national and international partners and recruiters. Through a package of 83 talks, workshops, conferences, and labs, young people acquire the soft and employability skills that employers are looking for. At the end of the certification, the young people will have acquired 18 skills.
Personalized support throughout their career to identify extracurricular activities, courses, or certifications that enhance their technical skills related to their field.
Young people in their third semester of university can benefit from employment services by applying for internships (paid or with travel expenses) or permanent positions. Currently, 706 young people have already been placed in more than 150 companies in El Salvador.
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