This paper presents the results of a qualitative research that made use of focus groups in order to investigate the expectations of senior undergraduate students related to their future insertion in the job market. The students, coming from twenty-six different majors, were divided in thirteenth heterogeneous groups, each one composed of two to six members. The sessions, varying from 40 minutes to two hours, were recorded and transcribed for posterior analysis. The results were submitted to content analysis's techniques. Two conclusions deserve special emphasis: 1) there is no clear definition of the professional profile demanded by the job market, which makes the elaboration of future plans harder; 2) the lack of professional preparation is related to the insufficient and inadequate quality of the internship programs. This fact disqualifies the professionals, either in their profile or in their insertion in a job market that questions the rigid demarcations between some fields of practical endeavor.
Job Market; Focus Groups; Professional Profile; Academic Formation
