But that idea is no longer just obsolete. It’s dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skilled Unemployment and Unfilled Vacancies<\/strong> And no, this isn’t just a problem in Spain, although we are champions of “degree-itis” here. It’s a European phenomenon that demands deep and urgent reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because, let’s face it, what’s the point of investing 20 or 22 years of theoretical training, from P3 to a postgraduate master’s degree, if the young person then finds himself frustrated, disoriented, and without a clear path to professional integration? Do we really believe that accumulating degrees alone guarantees a full life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Benefits of Dual Vocational Training<\/strong> In the field of electricity, for example, a young person can begin training in installations, automation, renewable energy, industrial maintenance, and so on at the age of 16, and do so with companies that are part of the training system. That changes everything. That “chip” connects the classroom with real life. It unites talent with industry. It gives meaning to effort. And it opens doors both to the world of work and to higher technical studies such as engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because this isn’t about closing doors, but rather opening them wisely.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is urgent that families, counselors, and the community overcome inherited prejudices and understand that today, in the 21st century, the key is not having a “great degree,” but knowing how to adapt to a changing world, where technology, the economy, geopolitics, and global markets are transforming jobs at breakneck speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The future belongs to those who know how to learn and relearn continuously, from the age of 16 to 67.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And those who don’t want to see it will simply be too late.<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 06\/19\/2025 \u2022 Opinion \u2022 Antoni Ruiz Article published in C de Material El\u00e9ctrico A few weeks ago, in a conversation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/antoniruiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250402_122300-1024x640.jpg\")
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In 2025, Europe is facing a chronic problem: a brutal imbalance between the needs of productive sectors and what educational systems offer. While thousands of young people with general (and expensive) university degrees are unable to enter the labor market, strategic sectors\u2014such as electricity, energy, and manufacturing\u2014can’t find enough qualified technicians to meet real demand. The result? Skilled unemployment, on the one hand, and unfilled vacancies, on the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In contrast to this outdated model, Dual Vocational Training represents a new path\u2014more direct, more effective, and more realistic. And it’s no small alternative. In many cases, it’s the best way to acquire both the theoretical knowledge and practical experience that companies demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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