Perceived Employability and Competence Development

Abstract

This research delves into unemployed people's perceptions of their employability competences. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with twenty-six unemployed people in Bilbao, Spain. Based on the interpretation of information from an educational perspective, interventions in the field of vocational guidance and continuing education were considered. The issue of perceived employability is understood as the self-perception of a set of competences, skills and social resources to gain or maintain employment. This group's perceptions of their competences mainly include individual, instrumental and systemic competences.