Juventudes e trabalho decente: percepções dos jovens sobre o mercado de trabalho em Fortaleza/CE

Abstract

Youth is a social and historical construction, beyond an age cut-off it is related to elements of class, race, gender, and other social aspects. The several juvenile groups inserted within this category resulted in the need to think about the use of the term "youth" so that it would be possible to include its most diverse representations and broaden the understanding of the concept of youth. Thus, in face of the relevance of the theme in Brazil, it becomes important to think about public policies that guarantee its full development. In this way, we pay attention to the importance of public policies for the generation of employment and income aimed at young people in the job market in Fortaleza/CE, especially those that make it possible for them to develop their activities in a decent way, with good working conditions, fair pay, and equal opportunities for all. The present work sought to analyze the expectations and challenges faced by young people when they seek insertion in the job market in Fortaleza, for this we used the qualitative method and exploratory and descriptive research, with bibliographic and documental analysis. The research reached 23 young people from 17 neighborhoods in Fortaleza and the metropolitan area. For data collection the instrument used was the questionnaire, applied on June 29, 2022 at the Núcleo de Iniciação Profissional (NIP) and for data analysis the methodological strategy used was data triangulation. It was revealed that the lack of experience is the main challenge faced by young people, as for expectations, a portion just wants to get a job, others seek to acquire knowledge and grow professionally assigning themselves great responsibilities. It is concluded that due to the greater vulnerability of youth it is still necessary to protect and provide young people with adequate conditions for their full development.