Evaluación de la madurez vocacional de estudiantes de bachillerato tecnológico en el noroeste de México

The objective of this article is to analyze the competences for vocational decision-making of the students of a higher secondary education institution. The research is of quantitative order, with a descriptive approach, of a transversal nature. The sample consisted of 191 students (from 2nd, 4th, and 6th semesters) from a Center for Industrial and Services Technological Studies of Northwestern Mexico. The results shows that the academic training of students shows deficiencies which constitute negative factors that significantly affect decisions about their academic and professional future after concluding high school; however, differences in training needs and perspectives were identified between the characteristics of the participants and the degree they are studying.