A trajetória profissional dos egressos do curso de Ciências Econômicas da UFC

Abstract

The objective of the research was to analyze the trajectory professional economist, according to the vision of graduates between 2008 and 2012, having specific objectives: identify the professional career egresses of Economics course at UFC; check the positions/functions that the egresses are occupying in the labor market; check the predominant characteristics the powers exercised by egresses in the labor market; check what the vision of the egresses about the Economics course; and identify how the egresses evaluate the employment opportunities for the economist in Ceará.The study is characterized as a field research, conducted with the egresses of the Economics course at UFC. The Economics course provided partially theoretical and practical basement to the inclusion of professionals in the labor market. It was identified that more than half of the graduates surveyed don’t work in their training area, however they are satisfied with their professional career. The egresses find difficult to enter the labor market, but for most of them occurred professional career rise. Job opportunities and the professional growth in the Ceará labor market are not considered good. The research intended to be a tool that manages actions for all the involved in the formation of the Economics course at UFC, among teachers, students, academic institutions and Ceará labor market.