Unemployment in Colombia has been a growing problem in recent years due to various economic, social and political factors. The economic deceleration, aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic, It affected productivity and led to many companies, especially in sectors such as trade, industry and services.
In addition, the high labor informality – which exceeds 50 % of the working population – reflects the difficulty of generating formal and well -paid jobs. The automation and digitalization of certain works have also reduced opportunities for those who do not have the necessary skills in the current market.
Another key factor has been social and political instability, which generates uncertainty and discourages investment, limiting the creation of new jobs. To this are added structural problems as the lack of access to quality education and technical training programs aligned with the needs of the labor market.
The arrival of migrants in search of work and population growth have also increased competition for available jobs, which makes it harder to reduce unemployment rate. All this contributes to the country in front of a constant challenge in the generation of stable and sustainable job opportunities.
That is why many workers increase the chances of getting a job through educational training with technical courses. Recently, there was a new call for those who want to access free courses.
Thus you can apply new free courses
Together with the Colsubsidio Family Compensation Fund, courses can be accessed to train digital skills with their specialist route. In addition, there is an offer in digital skills and, through the LinkedIn platform. There you can access programs such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Ti Projects Directorate, among others.
In addition to this, they can access the last offer with the ‘Youth with Opportunities’ program. With this alliance, there are more than 4,472 quotas to promote and strengthen specific skills and competencies specific in students, through the combination of technical training and development of socio -emotional skills in each short course, which will last between 120 and 160 hours, available under hybrid methodologies (face -to -face and virtual) and 100 % virtual in a synchronous and asynchronous way.
What are the requirements?
- Reside in the city of Bogotá.
- Be Bachelor (graduate of a public or private school, or by means of Validation of the ICFES).
- Be over 18 years old when carrying out the registration process.
- Present the input test during the registration process and obtain the minimum required score.
- Register to the call on the District Agency website for Higher Education, Science and Technology (Athena).
- Have connectivity and computer for the development of the training process.
- Attend the spaces in person, since two of the training offers are hybrids, that is, face -to -face and virtual.
