Empregados ou desfiliados?: um estudo sobre os egressos do Projeto Agente Jovem e o mercado de trabalho

Abstract

The study deals with the professional qualification policy, the Agente Jovem Project, for youth in situations of vulnerability, poverty and social risk. The problem that we sought to answer was the following: How was the Agente Jovem Project configured in the municipality of Riachuelo – RN? It is hypothesized that the professional qualification courses offered by the Agente Jovem Project to adolescent apprentices in Riachuelo – RN, did not contribute to their getting a job with a professional record. The objective of the investigation was to analyze the Agente Jovem Project in the city of Riachuelo – RN, as a professional qualification policy aimed at vulnerable young teenagers. The research was developed in the city of Riachuelo, municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, located 86 km from the capital Natal, and has the decade of the year 2000 as an initial reference, since, in 2001, the professional courses began for teenagers aged between 15 and 17 years who were experiencing situations of vulnerability and social risk. The investigation is classified as a case study and is based on primary data, derived from the realization of 125 semi-structured interviews with project graduates, as well as secondary information extracted from the records of the Guidance Guide for Managers of the Agente Jovem Project, the medical records, reports, questionnaires and enrollment requirements of the Secretaria Municipal do Trabalho e Acão Social (SEMTAS) of the city of Riachuelo – RN, the body responsible for training the teenagers enrolled in the project; in addition to a vast bibliography that aligns the theme of professional qualification and the job market. From the reports of the Project's graduates, it was found that the majority experience under-employment and informality, they are far from regular and formal employment.