In search of work, thousands of people queued for hours at the Mutirão do Emprego in Vale do Anhangabaú, in downtown São Paulo. The task force was organized by the São Paulo Merchant Union and came to offer 10,500 job openings in more than 100 companies.
Most of the vacancies are for telemarketing services, but placements have also been offered for butcher, baker, cook and cashier, among others. This was the first face-to-face effort after two years of the covid-19 pandemic.
The first person in line was a 57-year-old woman. She arrived at the task force at 19:00 yesterday (15) so that she could be attended at 8:00 am today (16), when the task force began. Unemployed for two years, she ended up being hired by a company providing services to the union, where she will start working. In addition to her, another 1,300 people were also assisted this morning.
In the morning, the line started in front of the Traders Union, next to Shopping Light, and continued until near the Post Office, in Vale do Anhangabaú. In the afternoon, the movement was a little calmer as passwords were distributed for some people to return from tomorrow (17) for assistance.
Alongside the union, trucks were also installed where interested parties could sign up for vacancies in free vocational courses offered by Centro Paula Souza and Senac.
Cleber Rodrigues, 40, arrived at 8 am to look for a job. He has worked with computer and metallurgical companies until he became unemployed about two years ago. Around 12:30, still without lunch, he was still in line waiting to be served. “It could be in the area of information technology, the metallurgical industry. Whatever comes,” he told the report. Brazil Agency. “I have training and experience, so I hope to make it.” “[Ficar desempregado] it’s horrible because you don’t have anywhere to make a living and you don’t [consegue] pay the bills,” he added.
Younger people like Jennifer Saito, 25, were also in line looking for a job opportunity. “I have finished high school and haven’t finished college yet. design. I’ve taught English and worked as a designer, I’ve done odd jobs in stores. I was fired last week. I worked from home, I wasn’t registered, but I made a little money during the pandemic,” she said. Now, she’s looking for a job. “To be honest, I’ll take anything. I think we’re in a very complicated time, so whatever’s coming up is fine. We are in a time of crisis and it is very difficult to get a job right now. So I can’t be demanding too much.”
A cook for over 30 years, with experience and training in the area, in addition to being a caregiver, Maria Angela Gonçalves Santos, 59, arrived at Anhangabaú at 7 am. At around 1 pm, she was close to being attended at the task force. “I have been out of my area for two years. She was a cook and now she was working as a caretaker. Hospitals called me to take care of patients who were hospitalized. But now I am unemployed,” she said.
“I hope there is at least one vacancy for either a caretaker or a cook. I’m taking what appears because we’re stuck: the cost of living is too high, the salary is too late and then, the longer you are unemployed, the more complicated it will be.” She has been looking for jobs for years, but says competition in the job market is high. “And sometimes people want you to change your profession. You’re a cook, but they want you to take it as a helper. But you are past that stage. They may even reduce my salary, but not my profession,” she said. “I’m hoping I can get something,” she added.
One of the people who could not be seen today at the task force, but obtained a password to return tomorrow was Amauri Souza Costa Ferreira, 49, who worked as a forklift operator in a department store. “Since I was fired, I haven’t found any vacancies in my sector. The crisis started and I am unemployed to this day, three years ago,” he said.
“When I arrived at the task force, around 11 am, they were already releasing the password for tomorrow. My number is seven thousand and something. I’ll be back tomorrow,” she said. But he took advantage of the fact that he was there in Anhangabaú to enroll in a professional course. “I came to look for courses to improve myself. I looked for gastronomy, metallurgy and photography linked to gastronomy”, he said. “It is very difficult to be unemployed. I’m living on beaks. But it’s not always that it has a gig and, when it does, people want to pay very little. With the price of things, we have to balance ourselves on a tightrope.”
