YOUTH, PROFESSIONALIZATION AND WORK IN BRAZIL

Professionalization has an impact on young people starting work, their chances of progressing in the workplace and their income. Considering the relevance of this issue, the aim is to highlight youth professionalization policy as a social right and a strategy for dignified insertion into the workplace. The central question is: how has the right to vocational training for young people been materialized in the context of Brazilian policies? The concept of youth is situated historically, the condition of young people in the current labour market is contextualized, as well as the right to professionalization and its intrinsic relationship with work. Methodologically, this research was carried out through a literature review and documentary research. The conclusion is that policies on professionalization for work among young people constitute an agenda under construction with important advances in terms of the recognition of rights, although there are still many challenges to their full implementation.