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In Europe youth unemployment is still high, many young people leave school with no qualification that would ensure stable employment. The possibility of employment, the length of the transitional period can be significantly affected by the level of education. Within secondary education, professional education has a greater advantage than the Baccalaureate Certificate itself (Lettmayr, 2012). In the competition for jobs digital skills play a significant role and are considered an essential competency. In the present study we undertook a dual approach to explore the vocational training level of Hungarian high school students in Romania: in the light of career orientation and career socialization (professional training and career choice factors, intention to further studies and further education, overview of work opportunities, conception of field of work) and from the perspective of information and communication technologies used in schools (school infrastructure, electronic didactic equipment, use of ICT tools). The examination sample consists of secondary school students (N=1892) who are attending Hungarian high schools in Romania or the Hungarian section within Romanian high schools, as well as teachers (N=98) of career specific subjects. Our nationwide, cross-sectional survey with diagnostic purposes, can serve as a starting point for further research, which is necessary for the development of vocational training. The topic of our study fits into the European educational objectives, because the examination of vocational training is timely, since improving the quality of vocational training is being dealt with at the European level.