A inserção profissional dos licenciados em sociologia formados em 2002 pela UEM

Abstract

In the present work, we seek to understand the process of professional insertion of graduates in Sociology, that is, to understand what kind of insertion this graduate is subject to in the Mozambican labor market. Our main argument is that the professional insertion of graduates in Sociology is not determined solely by the competence obtained, but by the demands of the labor market. We used the qualitative method because there was no concern with representation, but with the deepening of the understanding of a social group about a certain aspect. However, we were able to verify a dynamic of professional insertion that presupposes different strategies. We found that there is no relationship between acquired skills and employment, as in most cases the market does not take into account the area of ​​training, but its academic degree. That for those who obtained their jobs with resources from the networks Network members are the ones who “negotiate” their skills, and only 15% of graduates in Sociology negotiate the acquired skills. We also found that in the process of professional insertion of graduates in Sociology, two distinct moments stand out: one which corresponds to entry into the labor market and another which is the exercise of s activities. In the first, the diploma appears in the foreground and in the second it is the acquired skills that stand out.