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ABSTRACT: the goal ofthis work is to show the manner according to which the activity of robotics clubs influences high school students' career guiding through a study upon the students who are members offive robotics teams in the Jiu Volley. The results of the methodology, which consisted in applying an on-line questionnaire, show that the option of the students participating in robotics clubs is to attend a career in the STEM field. These results match the studies in the domain setforth by specialized literature. As a consequence, the workpinpoints the need and the positive effects of training the students for this field, which is ofprimary importance in the context of the nowadays development oftechnology and has major consequences upon high school students 'future.
KEY WORDS: robotics teams, career guiding, STEM.
JELCLASSIFICATIONS:v420, O30.
1. INTRODUCTION
At present, the labor force market undergoes constant and profound changes determined by the economie reforms, the technological evolution, and the social or political circumstances having a direct effect on the quality and quantity of the human factor. An important component of the economie system, labor market represents an accurate barometer of the internal and international evolutions, while the increase of competitiveness in today society increases the importance of the manner we train and prepare labor force (Zirra, 2006).
Under such circumstances and on a long term, human capital is considered to be the most important resource of a country, while the correlation between the educational factors and labor demand represents a priority. Considering that the progress of society is continual and the profïle of the future specialist is difficult to predict, the educational trajectory of a specialist requires the constant up-dating of the knowledge and abilities with a view to cope with the changing demands of the labor market. As a result, labor force becomes more and more flexible in terms of responsibilities, a fact that is influenced not only by the educational system but also by personal development.
We go through a period when labor market begins to be increasingly impacted by the evolution of technology and operationalization through robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, cloud computing, and the analysis and processing of data bases not only regard engineering domains, but increasingly enter the fields of architecture, medicine and...