a recent study by the oneq and the ilo shows that only of unemployed men and of unemployed women find vocational education and training useful to find a job in tunisia conversely of unemployed men and of unemployed women believe that higher education is useful to find a job in part this hierarchy reflects the widespread preference for public sector jobs in tunisia for which the entry requirement is typically an academic university qualification afdb world bank yaagoubi et al the problem of poor career guidance outcomes for young tunisian is not new