A inserção dos egressos dos cursos de graduação na área de tecnologia da informação dos campi de interior da UFC no mercado regional

Abstract

The professional qualification is a current demand from the labor market, so, to keep oneself active in a profession, a constant update is necessary according to economical tendencies, new technologies and the demands of the labor world. Those formative presuppositions have the objective of professional entrance or maintenance in the labor market. The main objective of this research is to investigate how the introduction to the professional activity occurred to students that have graduated in the Information Technology field of study at the Federal University of Ceará – UFC from both the campi of Sobral-CE and Quixadá-CE and its relation to the labor market of the area where the students majored. The analysis of this context assisted in identifying which difficulties and facilities the students have encountered in the labor market, enabling us to propose indications to the qualification improvement of those higher education institutions. By doing that, this research aimed at contributing to the discussion on the Higher Education Public Policies Evaluation through the analysis of the close relation among university, professional qualification, labor market and regional development. The methodology used was a descriptive and exploratory research. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire constituted of objective and subjective questions that were analyzed both in quantitative and qualitative approaches. The data collection was performed in a census-like form applied to the 148 majored students resulting in 102 answered questionnaires. The Alfa Cronbach coefficient was used to verify the internal consistency of the instrument. Results indicated issues as significant flow of professionals working in great urban areas, scarcity of positions in the labor market of the regions where the workers majored and the need to promote the growth and enhancement of the regional economies.